The University of Virginia Kidney Technology Development Research Education Program (VA K-TUTOR)

项目摘要/摘要 弗吉尼亚大学肾技术开发研究教育项目(VA K-Tutor)旨在 提高不同学科本科生继续深造的兴趣和参与度 肾脏研究方面的研究和职业。目标是招收至少5名生物医学工程专业的学生，包括 弗吉尼亚大学(UVA)、弗吉尼亚理工大学和州立大学的其他本科生 (弗吉尼亚理工学院)进行扩展的研究计划。该计划将由两部分组成：a)为期10周的夏季临床 肾脏学浸泡和指导会议旨在确定肾脏病的临床问题 B)6-12个月的研究方案，其目的是确定在 临床浸入式课程。理想的研究项目应该是一个多人参与的合作项目。 顶石项目中的学生，该项目将导致创新和技术开发，以解决 患有肾脏疾病的患者。Va K-Tutor将招收积极进取的学生参加一个多学科项目 它集教学培训、临床肾病浸泡、研究、技术开发、 创业、知识产权和地方/国家网络机会。此R25计划不可或缺 美国国立卫生研究院资助的教职员工在UVA成人和儿科肾脏科，免疫中心， 炎症和再生医学，儿科肾脏病卓越中心以及 新资助的UVA CTSA计划(弗吉尼亚州综合转化健康研究所(ITHRIV))， UVA的新数据科学学院以及UVA学院的长期成功项目 医学院、弗吉尼亚大学工程与应用科学学院和弗吉尼亚大学艺术与科学学院。这个 环境提供了丰富的跨专业和多学科培训场地，将成长为新的 一代肾脏疾病科学的创新者。此外，我们将利用我们现有的关系 通过VA Tech人因工程(HFE)计划以及我们自己的HFE计划将计划扩展到 UVA。首要目标是提高人们对肾脏疾病影响的认识，让大学生 学生对肾脏病学的研究和教学，并使学生熟悉 存在于肾脏病研究领域的职业。这一方案将成为解决以下迫切需求的国家典范 培养领导创新研究项目的下一代研究人员。

Project Summary/Abstract The University of Virginia Kidney Technology Development Research Education Program (VA K-TUTOR) aims to increase interest and engagement among undergraduate students from different disciplines to pursue further studies and careers in kidney research. The goal is to recruit at least 5 biomedical engineering students including other undergraduate students from University of Virginia (UVA) and Virginia Polytechnic and State University (VA Tech) for an extended research program. The program will consist of 2 parts: a) a 10-week summer clinical nephrology immersion and didactic sessions aimed at identifying a clinical problem in nephrology that is coupled to b) a 6-12 month research program that is aimed at defining a solution to the problem identified during the clinical immersion program. The ideal research program would be a collaborative one involving more than one student in a Capstone Project that leads to innovation and technology development to address problems in patients with kidney disease. VA K-TUTOR will recruit highly motivated students to a multidisciplinary program that incorporates didactic training, clinical nephrology immersion, research, technology development, entrepreneurship, intellectual property and local/national networking opportunities. Integral to this R25 program are the NIH-funded faculty within the UVA Adult and Pediatric Nephrology Divisions, the Center for Immunity, Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine, and the Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology as well as the newly funded UVA CTSA program (the Integrated Translational Health Research Institute Of Virginia (iTHRIV)), UVA’s new School of Data Sciences as well as long standing successful programs in the UVA School of Medicine, the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the UVA College of Arts and Sciences. The environment provides a rich interprofessional and multidisciplinary training ground that will grow a new generation of innovators in the science of kidney diseases. In addition, we will utilize our existing relationship with VA Tech Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Program as well as our own HFE to extend the program beyond UVA. The overarching goal is to increase awareness on the impact of kidney diseases, to expose undergraduate students to nephrology research and didactic learning, and to familiarize the students with the opportunities that exist for careers in nephrology research. This program will be a national model to address the urgent need to grow the next generation investigators that lead innovative research programs.