Wyoming IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence

描述(由申请人提供)：怀俄明大学(UW)是一所授予土地的机构，也是怀俄明州唯一一所授予学士学位的大专学位授予机构。本申请是最初的INBRE-1裁决(P20 RR016474)的延续。建立全州生物医学研究卓越网络的长期规划目标将继续下去。随着最近招聘了四名在生物医学科学的广泛领域进行研究的新教师，以及大学承诺在未来五年内支持另外五名教师，怀俄明州INBRE网络正在逐步获得开发可持续、有竞争力的研究项目所需的生物医学研究教师的临界数量。本着在过去成就和现有优势的基础上再接再厉的目标，将继续努力为怀俄明州INBRE网络的本科生提供参与实践生物医学研究的机会。 在INBRE-1期间开发的三个主要核心(行政、生物信息学和外联)将被保留。由于外联核心的成功及其对全州网络的重要性，这一核心将得到扩大。根据现有的优势，确定了两个主题研究领域：1)心血管疾病和2)肥胖和糖尿病。这两个主题研究领域是美国发病率、死亡率和高昂的医疗费用的主要原因之一，完全在为美国人建设一个健康的21世纪所做的努力范围内。怀俄明州INBRE网络将通过在威斯康星州大学和社区学院的教职员工之间建立伙伴关系而得到加强。这种方法将为建立与其他机构的联系提供榜样，并将通过提高全州进行的研究的质量和可见度，在推动专题研究领域向前发展方面至关重要。通过为本科生和研究生在他们学术生涯的早期创造机会，将创造一批学生，他们将为下一代卫生专业人员、生物医学科学家和生物技术行业的员工做出贡献。此外，怀俄明州的研究网络将扩展到西部IDEA地区，作为西部地区IDEA项目参与者的共同努力 公共卫生相关性(由申请人提供)：此申请是对PAR-08-150的响应，旨在通过发展和维护怀俄明州IDEA生物医学研究卓越网络(怀俄明州INBRE)来提高怀俄明州的生物医学研究和教育机会。除了为教职员工和学生创造在生物医学研究上取得成功的独特机会外，还将实施一项计划，为下一代生物医学科学家和医疗保健专家培养一批学生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Wyoming (UW) is a land-grant institution and the only baccalaureate, post-secondary degree granting institution in the State of Wyoming. This application is a continuation of the initial INBRE-1 award (P20 RR016474). The long-term programmatic goal to establish a statewide network for biomedical research excellence will be continued. With the recent hires of four new faculty who conduct research in the broad area of biomedical science, and a University commitment to support five additional hires during the next five years, the Wyoming INBRE Network is gradually acquiring a critical mass of biomedical research faculty needed to develop sustainable, competitive research programs. Consistent with the goal to build on past achievements and existing strengths, efforts will continue to focus on ways to provide opportunities for undergraduates across the Wyoming INBRE Network to participate in hands-on biomedical research. The three primary cores developed during INBRE-1 (Administrative, Bioinformatics, and Outreach) will be retained. Because of the success of the Outreach Core and its importance to the statewide network, this core will be expanded. Two thematic research areas have been identified based on existing strengths: 1) Cardiovascular Disease and 2) Obesity and Diabetes. These two thematic research areas are among the leading causes of morbidity, mortality and high health care costs in the US and are well within the scope of efforts for a healthy 21st century for Americans. The Wyoming INBRE Network will be enhanced by forming partnerships between faculty at UW and community colleges. This approach will provide role models to build links to other institutions and will be essential in moving the thematic research areas forward by increasing the quality and visibility of the research performed across the state. By creating opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in biomedical research early in their academic careers, a pool of students will be created that will contribute to the next generation of health professionals, biomedical scientists and employees for the biotechnology industries. In addition, the Wyoming research network will be expanded across the western IDeA region as a joint effort among participants in the western regional IDeA programs PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): This application is in response to PAR-08-150 and is designed to enhance biomedical research and education opportunities in the state of Wyoming by developing and maintaining the Wyoming IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (Wyoming INBRE). In addition to creating unique opportunities for faculty and students to succeed in biomedical research, a plan will be implemented to develop a "pipeline" of students for the next generation of biomedical scientists and health care specialists.