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

描述（由申请人提供）：健康差距给大多数少数民族人口带来了重大困难。有证据表明，增加训练有素的少数族裔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异问题，2001年，哥伦比亚特区大学与乔治敦大学医学中心的伦巴第综合癌症中心建立了伙伴关系。该伙伴关系强调研究、教育和社区外展。这两个机构都从中获益良多。UDC伙伴关系提供的教育影响是巨大的。我们将在发展高级研究训练团（ARTC）这一拟议项目中利用这一优势。通过ARTC，我们建议通过让哥伦比亚特区大学（UDC）（少数民族服务机构）的本科生和教师参与严格的教学和指导计划来帮助减轻健康差距，该计划将包括研究生学分的生物技术实验室研究，为教师举办的教学和科学研讨会，杰出的邀请演讲者讲座，以及UDC活跃的研究环境中的实验室实习。乔治城大学，生物医学研究所，以及政府机构。我们将指导和培训每学年从少数族裔获得癌症研究（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25名本科生。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名选定的学生提供实验室指导。此外，还将安排由杰出的分子生物学家或诺贝尔奖得主进行的演讲。重要的是，UDC和LCCC的教师和其他ARTC导师将接受现代教学方法和评估以及LCCC共享资源实验室提供的生物医学现代技术的培训。我们在培养选择生物医学研究职业的学生方面经验丰富，我们确信，结合少数民族服务机构的人才和资源，一个具有培养urm经验的综合癌症中心，以及在一系列研讨会和短期课程中培养了许多科学家和研究生的BIOTRAC员工，确保我们成功地吸引和支持少数民族研究人员，他们将继续在生物医学领域的研究生学习和职业生涯。

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.