Summer Undergraduate Alcohol Research Program

在美国，每年有1500万人患有酒精使用障碍(AUD)，9.5万人死于酒精 在美国，酒精滥用是第三大可预防的死亡原因。 尽管迫切需要更好地预防和治疗澳元糖尿病的健康后果，但 致力于这一问题的生物医学科学队伍不足。 内布拉斯加大学医学中心有进行与酒精相关的高质量研究的历史， 20世纪60年代。这种历史、现有的基础设施和多个热情的、由联邦政府资助的组织 酒精研究人员使我们处于有利地位，继续提供卓越的培训并激励下一代 酒精世代研究人员。我们计划的目标是为不同的本科生群体提供 通过早期、身临其境的酒精研究，希望让这些学生中的一些人 在生物医学和以酒精为重点的研究方面的职业道路。 我们在支持青年科学家的发展方面有着很好的记录 本科生酒精研究计划(SUARP)。SUARP于2012年启动，资金来源为 NIAAA，并培养了77名本科生。我们已经成功地招募了一名多元化的 学生人口中有30%的学生认为科学方面的少数族裔代表不足。我们的 该计划已经在实现其增加生物医学的主要长期目标方面取得了进展 研究人员。自2012年以来，参加了为期10周的项目的77名学生中，我们进行了跟踪 数据为71(92%)。在这些人中，72%的人表示在完成我们的计划后参与了研究项目，7%的人表示参与了研究项目 在科学领域的研究生院，58%的人在卫生专业学校或执业临床医生。 SUARP项目将为本科生提供为期10周的实践指导研究体验 激发学生对生物医学研究职业的兴趣。作为节目的一部分，我们将教授 SUARP学生研究酒精滥用对人类健康的病理生理学后果。我们还将 向学生介绍建立成功的科学事业所需的科学技能。 这是一个全面的、高强度的科学训练计划，致力于培养下一代 科学家们致力于研究酒精摄入这一具有挑战性的问题及其对健康的影响。我们已经建造了 以强大的计划和保持的热情继续为学生服务，为提高 酒精研究社区的多样性。

In the US, 15 million people have alcohol use disorders (AUD) and 95,000 people die per year of alcohol attributable causes, making alcohol misuse the third-leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Despite the overwhelming need for better prevention and treatment of the health consequence for AUD, the biomedical science workforce devoted to this problem is inadequate. The University of Nebraska Medical Center has a history of performing quality alcohol-related research since the 1960s. This history, existing infrastructure, and organization of multiple enthusiastic, federally funded alcohol researchers makes us well positioned to continue to provide superior training and inspire the next generation of alcohol researchers. Our program’s goal is to provide a diverse group of undergraduate students with early, immersive exposures to alcohol research with the hope of launching some of these students on their way to careers in biomedical and alcohol-focused research. We have a strong track record of supporting the development of young scientists with our Summer Undergraduate Alcohol Research Program (SUARP). The SUARP was initiated in 2012 with funding through the NIAAA and has trained 77 undergraduate students. We have been successful in recruiting a diverse student population with 30% of our students identifying as underrepresented minorities in science. Our program is already making progress in achieving its major long-term objective of adding to the biomedical research workforce. Of the 77 students participating in the 10-week program since 2012, we have follow-up data on 71 (92%). Of those, 72% reported participating in a research project after completing our program, 7% are in graduate school in a science field, and 58% are in health professions school or are practicing clinicians. The SUARP program will provide a 10-week, hands-on, mentored, research experience for undergraduate students to stimulate their interest in careers in biomedical research. As a part of the program, we will teach SUARP students the pathophysiological consequences of alcohol misuse on human health. We will also introduce students to the scientific skills needed to build a successful scientific career. This is a comprehensive, intense program of scientific training dedicated to developing the next generation of scientists engaged in examining the challenging issue of alcohol intake and its impact on health. We have built a strong program and remain enthusiastic to continue to serve students and contribute to the improvement of the diversity of the alcohol research community.