Training in Cardiovascular Sciences for Under Represented Students

项目总结 此申请是为R25提供资金，以资助为代表不足的学生提供的心血管科学培训 (CURS)“增加健康相关研究多样性的短期研究教育计划”(R25) 不允许临床试验)通过RFA-HL-19-024机制。Curs将仿照哥伦比亚大学 大学非常成功的NINDS资助的马刺项目，为大学提供了一个紧张的本科生 哥伦比亚大学医学院神经科学研究经验 外科医生(P&S)，面向生物医学研究中代表性不足的背景的有才华的学生 在过去的17年里。CURS将使用这一非常成功的模式，培训代表不足的学生 心血管科学。在过去，马刺的参赛者主要来自曼城 纽约大学(CUNY)高级学院，包括亨特学院、布鲁克林学院、皇后区学院和城市学院， 虽然近年来，我们已经扩大了我们的范围，并在全国范围内接受了申请。示例 在马刺队最近吸引的代表不足的学生中，包括哥伦比亚大学， 巴纳德学院、纽约大学、哈佛大学、加州大学伯克利分校和阿默斯特 上大学。CURS将在基础科学研究方面提供广泛的培训，并增加 学生将通过攻读高级学位(医学博士和/或博士学位)来实现科学事业。要扩大规模 代表不足的少数族裔本科生有机会参加高质量、有重点的 在心血管科学方面有持续的研究经验 生理学和细胞生物物理学主席、哥伦比亚大学马刺项目创始人正在申请 利用资源启动一项方案，提供培训，加强受训者群体的多样性 在心血管科学领域使用经过验证的成功模式。马刺的申请者人数已经增长到很好的水平 每年超过100名由高素质的少数族裔学生组成的参与者。被选为支持对象的学生 通过NIH的R25夏季研究体验计划(RFA-HL-19-024)，征集将进行动手- 在哥伦比亚大学心血管教研室的指导下，进行了9个夏季周的研究 科学家(目前有97名哥伦比亚大学教职员工获得NHLBI支持)。除了在以下方面的具体培训外 在心血管科学方面，学生将接受深入的研究方法培训，包括：(A) 设计和分析实验；(B)通过期刊俱乐部批判性阅读科学文献；(C)伦理 (D)在实验室会议上介绍科学成果；(E)介绍其研究成果 在海报会议上；(F)向科学家观众口头介绍他们的研究；(G)职业生涯 心理咨询。培训将提供独特的丰富环境，包括每周与以下人员举行会议： 代表了生物医学研究中的少数群体榜样。CURS计划将满足以下关键需求 增加心血管科学领域高素质少数民族实习生的培养。

PROJECT SUMMARY This application is for an R25 to fund “Training in Cardiovascular Sciences for Under Represented Students (CURS)” a Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) through the RFA-HL-19-024 mechanism. CURS will be modeled after Columbia University's highly successful NINDS funded SPURS Program which has provided an intense undergraduate research experience focusing on neuroscience on the campus of Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons (P&S) for talented students from backgrounds that are under-represented in biomedical research for the past 17 years. CURS will use this highly successful model and to train underrepresented students in cardiovascular sciences. In the past SPURS participants have been accepted primarily from the City University of New York (CUNY) senior colleges, including Hunter, Brooklyn, Queens, and City Colleges, though in recent years we have extended our outreach and have accepted applications nationwide. Examples of recent institutions SPURS has drawn underrepresented students from include Columbia University, Barnard College, New York University, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, and Amherst College. CURS will provide extensive training in basic science research, and enhance the likelihood that the students will achieve a career in science by pursuing an advanced degree (M.D. and/or Ph.D.). To expand opportunities for under-represented minority undergraduate students to participate in high quality, focused and sustained research experiences in the cardiovascular sciences the PI, Dr. Andrew Marks, Department Chair of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics and founder of Columbia University's SPURS program is applying for resources to start a program that will provide training that will enhance the diversity of the pool of trainees in cardiovascular sciences using a proven model of success. The applicant pool for SPURS has grown to well over 100 each year consisting of highly qualified minority student participants. Students selected for support through NIH's R25 Summer Research Experience Programs solicitation (RFA-HL-19-024) will perform hands- on research for nine summer weeks under the mentorship of Columbia University cardiovascular faculty scientists (currently 97 Columbia University faculty receive NHLBI support). In addition to specific training in cardiovascular sciences, the students will receive in-depth training in research methodology including: (a) the design and analysis of experiments; (b) critical reading of scientific literature through journal clubs; (c) ethics in science; (d) the presentation of scientific results at laboratory meetings; (e) presentation of their research at poster sessions; (f) an oral presentation of their research to an audience of scientists; and (g) career counseling. Training will provide a uniquely enriching setting that includes weekly meetings with under- represented minority role models in biomedical research. The CURS program will address the critical need to increase the pipeline of highly qualified minority trainees in cardiovascular sciences.