Colorado Summer Research Training for Undergraduate Diversity

我们11-15年竞争性续约的具体目标是继续我们的短期 为未被充分代表的少数民族本科生提供研究教育计划 (“多元化实习生”)具有鼓舞人心的观点和改变生物医学的职业生涯 科罗拉多州本科生暑期项目(“CUSP”)的研究经验。 概述：Cusp使用NHLBI资金，每年夏天从以下地点招募和招收8名多元化学员 全国各地的大学。学员准备并进行为期9周的实验室研究 经验丰富的调查员/导师。学员设计自己的项目，进行实践研究，参加 每天的互动研究讨论，并在我们全校总结时展示他们的研究 毕业海报发布会。受训人员还参加补充临床会议，获得职业生涯 来自招生主任、教职员工和学生、临床环境中的影子医生的建议，以及 融入广泛的支持性社会和学术多样化的校园社区。 创新方面：Cusp(1)是一个久负盛名的项目，一直吸引着许多顶级 来自全国大学的申请者，(2)使用全面的选择过程，目标是不是 致力于生物医学研究事业，(3)通过增加额外的多样性和非 利用参与院校、捐赠者和其他非联邦配对支持的多元化学员 CU，(4)位于一个新的包罗万象的连续医学园区，提供许多研究和 学习机会，(5)采用统一的炎症、免疫学和氧化应激相关 与NHLBI相关的健康和疾病相关的机制重点，(6)强调使用 经验丰富的多元化和非多元化导师，(7)体现了全方位的教学 和实验室计划，通过整合研究培训、医学观点、 职业咨询、校园旅游和社会活动，(8)提供额外的跟踪、教育和 (9)由在加州大学工作的教育评估专家独立审查。 项目成功：独立评估表明，CUSP多样性学员(1)欣赏和 接受CUSP的所有方面，(2)对研究和研究变得更有知识和热情 研究生涯，(3)继续与CUSP的导师关系，(4)再次进行研究，(5)经常进入 卫生专业学校，以及(6)积极向新的实习生推广CUSP。 项目主任：John E.Repine医学博士将继续领导他作为一名经验丰富的医生- 科学家-教师-导师，在过去的9年里创立并指导了CUSP。 意义：CUSP激励和准备生物医学研究不知情的多样性学员 继续从事生物医学研究，从事与生物医学研究和保健相关的职业。

The specific aim of our competitive 11-15 year renewal is to continue our short-term research education program that provides underrepresented minority undergraduate students (“diversity trainees”) with an inspirational, perspective and career transforming biomedical research experience in the Colorado Undergraduate Summer Program (“CUSP”). Overview: CUSP uses NHLBI funding to recruit and enroll 8 diversity trainees each summer from colleges nationwide. Trainees prepare for and conduct laboratory research for 9 weeks with an experienced investigator/mentor. Trainees design their own project, perform hands-on research, attend daily interactive research discussions, and present their research at our concluding school-wide graduation poster session. Trainees also participate in complementary clinical conferences, receive career advice from admissions directors, faculty, and students, shadow physicians in clinical settings, and are integrated into a wide range of supportive social and academic diverse campus communities. Innovative Aspects: CUSP (1) is a well established program that consistently attracts many top applicants from colleges nationwide, (2) uses a holistic selection process that targets students who are not committed to biomedical research careers, (3) amplifies learning by adding additional diversity and non- diversity trainees using additional non-federal matching support from participating colleges, donors, and CU, (4) is located on a new all inclusive contiguous medical campus that offers many research and learning opportunities, (5) employs a unifying inflammatory, immunologic, and oxidative stress related mechanisms focus that is relevant to NHLBI related health and disease, (6) emphasizes using experienced enthusiastic diversity and non-diversity mentors, (7) embodies a comprehensive instructional and laboratory program that engages trainees by integrating research training, medical perspectives, career counseling, campus tours, and social activities, (8) provides additional shadowing, educational, and social activities, and (9) is independently reviewed by education evaluation experts working at CU. Program Success: Independent evaluations indicate that CUSP diversity trainees (1) appreciate and embrace all aspects of CUSP, (2) become more knowledgeable and enthusiastic about research and research careers, (3) continue CUSP mentor relationships, (4) conduct research again, (5) frequently enter health professions schools, and (6) actively promote CUSP to new trainee candidates. Program Director: John E. Repine, MD will continue his leadership as an experienced physician- scientist-teacher-mentor who founded and directed CUSP for the last 9 years. Significance: CUSP motivates and prepares biomedical research uninformed diversity trainees for continuing in biomedical research and undertaking biomedical research and health care related careers.