The Advanced Research Training Corps (ARTC): A Novel Initiative for URM Students

描述(由申请人提供)：健康差距对大多数少数群体来说是非常困难的。有记录表明，增加训练有素的少数群体研究人员的数量可能有助于缩小差距。为了解决癌症方面的健康差距问题，哥伦比亚特区大学(UDC)和乔治敦大学医学中心的隆巴迪综合癌症中心(LCCC)于2001年建立了伙伴关系。该伙伴关系强调研究、教育和社区外展。这两个机构都获得了许多好处。伙伴关系对UDC产生了巨大的教育影响。我们将在这个拟议的项目--发展高级研究训练团(ARTC)--的基础上再接再厉。通过ARTC，我们建议通过吸引哥伦比亚特区大学(UDC)的本科生和教职员工参与严格的教学和指导计划来帮助缓解健康差距，该计划将包括研究生学分的生物技术实验室研究、教职员工的教学和科学研讨会、杰出的特邀演讲者讲座，以及在UDC、乔治城大学、生物医学研究所和政府机构的活跃研究环境中的实验室实习。我们每学年将指导和培训25名从少数族裔癌症研究(MARC)、科学、技术和数学(STEM)和路易斯·斯托克斯联盟少数族裔计划(LSAMP)招募的本科生。此外，ARTC将在每年3月举行的国家科学研究所(NIS)会议之前，组织并向25名选定的学生提供基于实验室的教学。此外，一位有成就的分子生物学家或诺贝尔奖获得者将为NIS会议的所有与会者组织一次杰出的演讲。重要的是，UDC和LCCC的教职员工和其他ARTC导师将接受由LCCC共享资源实验室提供的现代教学方法和评估以及现代生物医学技术方面的培训。我们在培训选择生物医学研究职业的学生方面有丰富的经验，我们相信，结合少数族裔服务机构、综合性癌症中心和BIOTRAC工作人员的人才和资源，BIOTRAC的工作人员通过一系列研讨会和短期课程培训了许多科学家和研究生的尖端研究，确保了我们在这项事业中的成功，以吸引和支持将在研究生学习和生物医学职业生涯中前进的少数族裔研究人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Health disparities present significant difficulties for most minority populations. It has been documented that increasing the numbers of well-trained minority researchers may help to reduce disparities. In an attempt to address the problem on health disparities in cancer, a Partnership was established between the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) at Georgetown University Medical Center in 2001. The Partnership emphasizes research, education, and community outreach. Many benefits have been derived at both institutions. The educational impact provided by the Partnership on UDC has been monumental. We will build on this strength in this proposed project, the development of the Advanced Research Training Corps (ARTC). Through ARTC, we propose to assist in alleviating health disparities through engaging undergraduate students and faculty from the University of the District of Columbia,(UDC) a Minority Serving Institution, in a rigorous teaching and mentoring program which will include Biotechnology laboratory studies for graduate school credit, pedagogical and scientific workshops for faculty, distinguished invited speaker lectures, and laboratory internships in active research settings at UDC, Georgetown University, the Biomedical Research Institute, and government settings. We will mentor and train 25 undergraduate students recruited from the Minority Access to Cancer Research (MARC), Science, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) and Louis Stokes Alliance Minority Program (LSAMP) each academic year. In addition, ARTC will organize and present laboratory based instruction to 25 selected students prior to the National Institute of Science (NIS) meeting held every March. In addition, a distinguished lecture delivered by an accomplished molecular biologist or Nobel Laureate will be organized for all attendees of the NIS meeting. Importantly, UDC and LCCC faculty and other ARTC mentors will be trained in modern pedagogical approaches and assessments as well as modern techniques in Biomedicine presented by the LCCC Shared Resource laboratories. Our experiences in training students who have selected biomedical research careers are extensive, and we are assured that combining the talents and resources of a minority serving institution, a comprehensive cancer center with previous experience in training URMs and the BIOTRAC staff who has trained many scientists and graduate students in cutting edge research in a series of workshops and short courses, assures our success in this venture to attract and support minority researchers who will go forward in graduate studies and careers in Biomedicine.