Biodefense & Infectious Diseases Short-Term Training to Increase Diversity in Bio

生物防御

• 批准号: 8742145
• 负责人: Joel W Hockensmith
• 金额: $ 5.77万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8742145
• 关键词: Bioinformatics; Biomedical Research; Chromosome Mapping; Communicable Diseases; Educational workshop; Environment; Exposure to; Faculty; Fostering; Genomics; Goals; Hybridomas; Individual; Infectious Diseases Research; Internships; Laboratories; Medical Students; Mentors; Microscopy; Monoclonal Antibodies; Oral; Participant; Preparation; Principal Investigator; Program Reviews; Proteomics; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Technics; Running; Scientist; Series; Students; Techniques; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Virginia; Woman; Work; biodefense; career; interest; lectures; medical schools; member; programs; role model; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to continue an existing and highly successful Summer Research Internship Program (SRIP) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The goals of this program will be to expose a diverse group of undergraduate students and medical students to state of the art Biodefense and Infectious Diseases research, to instill in them confidence and a desire to consider research as a career option, and to familiarize them with the opportunities that exist for a career in biomedical research. The program runs for ten weeks each summer and is multi-faceted. The first and most important facet involves student exposure to and participation in a contemporary research project under the guidance of a faculty member. A second facet has the students participating in a series of weekly workshops in which students are exposed to a variety of advanced research techniques that they are unlikely to see in individual laboratories, including the use of confocal and electro microscopy, bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics, genetic mapping techniques, hybridoma/monoclonal antibody preparation, etc. The third facet includes a series of lectures and discussions wherein the students are exposed to a wide array of research topics and internationally recognized scientists. These scientists include women and underrepresented minority scientists who can serve as role models for these students. Finally, a fourth facet of our program is a weekly research lunch co-hosted by the principal investigators Drs. Petri and Hockensmith, during which the students give oral statements of their working hypotheses, summaries of the past week's research progress, discuss career options and opportunities, and consider approaches for choosing and applying to a graduate program. Nearly 40 faculty members, whose principal research interests are in Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, will serve as mentors. All components of this program are currently in place. In summary, we feel that our program provides an outstanding environment to stimulate and foster interest in research careers in biomedical research. Reviews of the program by past participants have been outstanding and have contributed significantly to the continued interest in our program.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议继续在弗吉尼亚大学医学院开展现有且非常成功的夏季研究实习计划 (SRIP)。该计划的目标是让不同群体的本科生和医学生接触最先进的生物防御和传染病研究，向他们灌输信心和将研究视为职业选择的愿望，并让他们熟悉生物医学研究职业中存在的机会。该项目每年夏天为期十周，内容是多方面的。第一个也是最重要的方面涉及学生在教师的指导下接触和参与当代研究项目。第二个方面是让学生参加一系列每周一次的研讨会，在这些研讨会上，学生们将接触到他们在个别实验室中不太可能看到的各种先进研究技术，包括使用共聚焦和电子显微镜、生物信息学、基因组学和蛋白质组学、基因图谱技术、杂交瘤/单克隆抗体制备等。第三个方面包括一系列讲座和讨论，其中 学生们接触到广泛的研究课题和国际公认的科学家。这些科学家包括女性和代表性不足的少数族裔科学家，他们可以成为这些学生的榜样。最后，我们的第四个方面 该计划是每周由主要研究人员共同主持的研究午餐。佩特里和霍肯史密斯，在此期间，学生们口头陈述他们的工作假设，总结过去一周的研究进展，讨论职业选择和机会，并考虑选择和申请研究生课程的方法。近 40 名主要研究兴趣为生物防御和传染病的教员将担任导师。该计划的所有组成部分目前均已到位。总之，我们认为我们的项目提供了一个出色的环境来激发和培养对生物医学研究的研究职业的兴趣。过去的参与者对该计划的评价非常出色，并极大地促进了人们对我们计划的持续兴趣。