Drew National High School Student Summer Research Apprentice Program

描述（由申请人提供）： Charles R.医学和科学（德鲁）德鲁大学建议继续和加强其德鲁国家高中学生暑期研究学徒计划（NHSSSRAP）。主要目标是增加“管道中”的少数民族和弱势学生的数量，这些学生致力于NIDDK使命领域的生物医学，行为，临床或社会科学研究，包括糖尿病，内分泌学，代谢，营养，肥胖，消化，泌尿，肾脏和血液疾病。通过有效的招聘，保留，教育和培训战略，德鲁NHSSSRAP将有助于多样化的生物医学和医疗保健劳动力与研究科学家谁是文化能力和响应服务不足的少数民族和社会经济贫困人口的多种文化和社会需求。该计划将暴露20名高中生的种族/民族群体在生物医学和行为研究中的代表性不足，以及来自弱势背景的学生在NIDDK使命领域和那些疾病领域确定的关键方法和生物医学研究的原则健康的人2010年不成比例地普遍存在于代表性不足的少数民族社区。该研究计划将使有前途的学生接触到上述生物医学研究领域，否则他们不太可能接触到，从而鼓励他们在这些领域从事生物医学事业。德鲁NHSSSRAP学生的经验将包括一个介绍性的基于网络的培训课程，一个非正式的导师领导的实验室和研究方向，参加各种研究论坛，专门的学生特定的研究任务和活动的机会，以及每年的美国国立卫生研究院学生研究研讨会，学生向他们的同龄人展示他们的研究成果。该方案，主要是在连续五个夏天举行，有以下具体目标：1。为20名高中生提供为期八至十周的暑期研究经验，其中包括研究原则，研究行为，评估和演示的教育。2.在夏季体验期间为20名高中学生提供研究教师导师。3.在NIH为高中生提供一个论坛，让他们使用国家科学会议的标准演示格式向同行和已建立的研究人员进行口头和/或海报演示。4.评估NIH/NI DDK/Drew NHSSSRAP的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Drew) proposes to continue and enhance its Drew National High School Student Summer Research Apprentice Program (NHSSSRAP). The main goal is to increase the number of underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students "in the pipeline" who are committed to a career in biomedical, behavioral, clinical, or social science research in the NIDDK mission areas including diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and digestive, urologic, kidney, and hematological diseases. Through effective recruitment, retention, education and training strategies, the Drew NHSSSRAP will help to diversify the biomedical and healthcare workforce with research scientists who are culturally competent and responsive to the multiple cultural and social needs of underserved minority and socio-economically deprived populations. The program will expose 20 high school students from racial/ethnic groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research, and students from disadvantaged backgrounds to critical methodologies and principles of biomedical research in the NIDDK mission areas and those disease areas identified by Healthy People 2010 as disproportionately prevalent among underrepresented minority communities. The research program will expose promising students to the above areas of biomedical research they would otherwise not likely have access to, thus encouraging them to pursue biomedical careers in these areas. The Drew NHSSSRAP student experience will include an introductory web-based training curriculum, an informal mentor-led lab and research orientation, opportunities for attendance at various research forums, specialized student-specific research assignments and activities, and the annual NIH student research symposium where students present their research findings to their peers. The program, to be held principally during five consecutive summers, has the following specific aims: 1. Provide a rewarding eight to ten-week summer research experience to 20 high school students, which includes education in research principles, research conduct, evaluation and presentation. 2. Provide research faculty mentors for 20 high school student participants during the summer experience. 3. Provide a forum at the NIH for high school students to make oral and/or poster presentations to peers and established researchers using the standard presentation format of national scientific meetings. 4. Evaluate the impact of the NIH/NI DDK/Drew NHSSSRAP.