RUUTEs: Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) for Minorities

RUUTE：少数族裔暑期本科生研究经验（SURE）

• 批准号: 10579129
• 负责人: Ademuyiwa Aromolaran
• 金额: $ 16.36万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-01 至 2028-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10579129
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PROJECT SUMMARY While significant educational barriers exist for minority, disadvantaged, and underrepresented groups it has been shown that undergraduate research programs targeting these individuals increases both enrollment in graduate programs and the number of individuals pursuing careers in the sciences. Therefore, developing undergraduate research programs for minority, disadvantaged, and underrepresented student groups will be vital for increasing their participation in health science graduate programs and career in the biomedical sciences. Groups nationally underrepresented, as defined by the NIH, include racial and ethnic groups but also individuals from disadvantaged background (rural, low-income or medically underserved area). Indeed, many rural areas across the US face unique health and educational challenges and Utah is not immune from these. Rural residents are more likely to die from health issues like cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease, and stroke and fare poorly across many social determinants of health compared to urban populations. In addition, students from rural areas often lack educational resources including access to high-speed internet, AP coursework, or extracurricular opportunities. They also struggle with reduced exposure to career pathways and appropriate role models. Indeed, Utah’s rural students have lower college entrance exam scores and are less likely to enter college. With these unique challenges in mind the Rural and Underserved Utah Training Experience (RUUTE) & Regional Affairs program was established in 2018 at the University of Utah. RUUTE was developed as a concerted effort to extend the University of Utah’s Health Sciences resources to rural and underserved communities throughout the Intermountain West and to create unique opportunities for health science education and professional development. The RUUTE office has expanded rapidly over the past 4 years (from 1 program coordinator in 2018 to 10 faculty and staff members), and continues to develop new programs each year. One of the newest RUUTE initiatives was the development of a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE), piloted in the summer of 2021. to provide a high quality 10-week mentored research opportunity for undergraduates from rural areas in the Intermountain West. The SURE program has an overarching goal to provide students with academic, research, and professional development experiences that will make them competitive when applying to health science programs in the NHLBI mission areas. To accomplish this, the current proposal aims to: 1) Develop a 10-week intensive summer research program focused on heart, lung, blood, and sleep-specific health concerns for students from minority, disadvantaged, and underrepresented backgrounds from the Intermountain West; 2) Develop a concurrent 10-week education series and professional development opportunities to supplement the research experience; 3) Facilitate effective networking and mentoring opportunities for students to ensure retention of individuals; and 4) Determine the efficacy of the SURE program by tracking participants and through both mentor and mentee feedback.

项目摘要 虽然少数民族、弱势群体和代表性不足的群体存在重大的教育障碍，但 显示，针对这些人的本科研究项目增加了研究生入学率， 计划和追求科学事业的个人数量。因此，发展本科 针对少数民族、弱势群体和代表性不足的学生群体的研究项目将对增加 他们参与健康科学研究生课程和生物医学科学事业。全国性团体 根据NIH的定义，代表性不足包括种族和民族群体，但也包括来自 弱势背景（农村、低收入或医疗服务不足地区）。事实上，许多农村地区 美国面临着独特健康和教育挑战，犹他州也不能幸免。农村居民 更有可能死于心血管疾病、慢性肺病和中风等健康问题， 与城市人口相比，许多健康的社会决定因素。此外，来自农村地区的学生 通常缺乏教育资源，包括高速互联网、AP课程或课外活动。 机会他们还努力减少接触职业途径和适当的榜样。 事实上，犹他州的农村学生高考成绩较低，进入大学的可能性也较小。与 考虑到这些独特的挑战，农村和服务不足的犹他州培训经验（RUUTE）和区域 事务计划成立于2018年 在犹他州大学。RUUTE是作为一个协调一致的努力而开发的 将犹他州大学的健康科学资源扩展到农村和服务不足的社区， 山间西部，为健康科学教育和专业人士创造独特的机会， 发展RUUTE办事处在过去4年中迅速扩大（从1名项目协调员到1名项目协调员） 2018年至10名教职员工），并继续每年开发新的方案。最新的成员之一 RUUTE倡议是一个夏季本科生研究经验（SURE）的发展，试点 在2021年的夏天。为本科生提供为期10周的高质量指导研究机会 来自山间西部的农村地区。SURE计划的首要目标是为学生提供 学术，研究和专业发展经验，使他们在申请时具有竞争力 NHLBI使命地区的健康科学项目。为了实现这一目标，目前的建议旨在：1） 制定为期10周的密集夏季研究计划，重点关注心脏，肺，血液和睡眠特定的健康 关注来自少数民族，弱势群体和来自Intermountain背景的代表性不足的学生 2）开发一个并行的10周教育系列和专业发展机会， 补充研究经验; 3）为学生提供有效的网络和指导机会 确保留住人才; 通过跟踪参与者确定SURE计划的有效性 以及导师和学员的反馈。