University of Pittsburgh: Short-Term Educational Experiences for Research (PITT-S

匹兹堡大学：短期研究教育经验（PITT-S

• 批准号: 7741691
• 负责人: Bruce Robert Pitt
• 金额: $ 5.88万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2012-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7741691
• 关键词: Address; Area; Arts; Award; Behavioral; Biology; Biomedical Research; Career Choice; Community Health; Disadvantaged; Educational workshop; Environmental Health; Ethics; Faculty; Funding; Goals; Health Sciences; Laboratories; Letters; Mentors; Metals; Monitor; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Occupational Health; Participant; Problem-Based Learning; Process; Public Health Schools; Recommendation; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Safety; Schools; Science; Series; Students; Supervision; System; Techniques; Toxicology; Training; Transcript; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Work; Youth; base; career; college; design; experience; follow-up; frontier; graduate student; health disparity; high school; interdisciplinary approach; lectures; minority health; programs; prospective; respiratory; twelfth grade

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The overall goal of the University of Pittsburgh Short-Term Educational Experience for Research (PITT-STEER) in the Environmental Health Sciences for High School and Undergraduate Students is to encourage entry of students into careers in biomedical research and environmental health sciences. The PITT-STEER will exploit a mentored focus on respiratory biology, metal toxicology, health disparities and other contemporary aspects of environmental health science. During the 10-week program, students will conduct original research in these areas under the mentored supervision of Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) and Behavioral Community Health Sciences (BCHS) faculty in the Graduate School Public Health (GSPH). Students will work on problems at the frontier of biomedical science using state-of-the art techniques. Students will also follow a dedicated series of lectures and participate in problem based learning to introduce basic fundamentals of environmental health science and toxicology. Additionally, they will participate in a seminar program designed to further their understanding of the scientific process and critical analysis, and workshop forums on career paths within biomedical research. The long-term goal is to promote scientific training of new investigators that exploits interdisciplinary approaches to address significant research problems in environmental health science. Prospective students will be selected from a large and outstanding pool of candidates of emerging junior and senior high school students in the Pittsburgh Public School system. Access to this group of students will be facilitated by ongoing efforts in a separate research project (Healthy Class of 2010) in which the Center of Minority Health in the GSPH has established firm interactive ties with the 9 public high schools in Pittsburgh. Six students per summer will be selected by an administrative committee based on high school transcripts, personal statement and letters of recommendation. The Pittsburgh Public School system has significant underrepresented minority (70%) and disadvantaged youth representation facilitating goals of diversity recruitment. Opportunities will be provided to participate in a second summer experience for outstanding students during their own college undergraduate experience. A core of NIEHS and NIH-HLBI funded, experienced investigators has been chosen as mentors. Ancillary activities will include laboratory safety and scientific ethics. At the end of the program, each student will present the results of his/her work at a colloquium of participating students and mentors. A certificate will be awarded to all students successfully completing the program. Longitudinal follow-up will monitor graduate training and career choices elected by student participants in this program and will be compared with that of entering underrepresented minority biomedical graduate students who did not participate in the PITT-STEER or similar programs. This tracking will provide an assessment of the ability of the program to achieve its goals.

描述（由申请人提供） 匹兹堡大学在高中和本科生环境卫生科学方面的短期教育经验（PITT-Stereer）的总体目标是鼓励学生进入生物医学研究和环境健康科学的职业。 Pitt-Steer将利用对呼吸生物学，金属毒理学，健康差异以及环境健康科学的其他当代方面的指导关注。在为期10周的课程中，学生将在研究生院公共卫生（GSPH）的环境和职业健康（EOH）和行为社区健康科学（BCHS）教师的指导监督下对这些领域进行原创研究。 学生将使用最先进的技术在生物医学科学领域进行问题。学生还将遵循一系列专门的讲座，并参与基于问题的学习，以介绍环境健康科学和毒理学的基本基础。 此外，他们将参加一项研讨会计划，旨在进一步了解科学过程和批判性分析，以及关于生物医学研究中职业道路的研讨会论坛。长期的目标是促进对新研究人员的科学培训，以利用跨学科方法来解决环境健康科学中的重大研究问题。 准学生将从匹兹堡公立学校系统的新兴初中和高中生的大量候选人中选出。在一个单独的研究项目（Healthy Class of 2010）中持续的努力将促进与这组学生的访问权限，在该项目中，GSPH的少数民族健康中心与匹兹堡的9个公立高中建立了公司互动关系。每个夏天的六名学生将由一个基于高中成绩单，个人陈述和推荐信的行政委员会选出。匹兹堡公立学校体系的代表性不足（70％），而处境不利的青年代表制度促进了多样性招募的目标。在自己的大学本科经验期间，将提供机会参加第二个夏季的经验。 NIEHS和NIH-HLBI资助的核心是经验丰富的调查人员被选为导师。 辅助活动将包括实验室安全和科学伦理。 在计划结束时，每个学生将在参与学生和导师的座谈会上介绍其工作的结果。 将向所有成功完成该计划的学生授予证书。 纵向后续活动将监视该计划的学生参与者选出的研究生培训和职业选择，并将与未参加Pitt-Steer或类似计划的代表性不足的少数族裔生物医学研究生进行比较。此跟踪将对计划实现其目标的能力进行评估。