Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences Summer Research

该R25-卓越心血管科学（EICS）计划的更新将继续为不同背景的本科生提供短期培训，重点是与心血管系统相关的研究培训，重点是参与转化研究的研究人员团队。这种方法利用了维克森林医学院（WFSM）正在进行的广泛的、多学科的心血管研究，其专业领域包括高血压、动脉粥样硬化、糖尿病、肥胖和血管疾病。来自高血压和血管研究中心，糖尿病研究中心，生理学/药理学，病理学和生物化学，分子医学计划以及医学和外科部门的教师作为研究导师参加，其中许多人参加了该计划15-20年。新的研究导师被招募的更新，以保持与计划主任的愿望，以发展新任命的或年轻的研究者的指导技能。受训人员将是少数民族学生、来自弱势背景的学生或希望从事生物医学研究项目的残疾学生。总体目标仍然是1）通过亲身参与研究项目向学生介绍生物医学研究; 2）通过参加心血管杂志俱乐部向学生介绍关键科学评价; 3）通过研究项目海报展示提供科学写作和演讲经验; 4）提供基础科学和临床研究人员接触机会;和5）培养长期致力于追求通过经验，体现了临床相关研究的兴奋和挑战的生物医学科学事业。更新的新目标包括：6）通过与职业导师的双周教师聊天提供多样化的职业机会; 7）通过提供申请研究生院的信息，参加GRE考试，促进生物医学研究生课程的入学;和8）每年由他们的研究导师对学员进行深入的正式评估。超过80%的前参与者在该计划谁已经完成了本科学位继续研究生，医学或工业技术职位。此外，约15%的参与者作为博士生，医学生或技术/post-bac学生继续与WFSM联系。事实上，从2009年至2011年，在我们的生物医学科学项目中，授予代表性不足的少数民族学生的博士学位中有30%来自EICS项目。这些统计数据表明EICS计划的持续成功及其主要重点是为代表性不足的少数民族提供培训，以促进他们进入研究生课程和他们在生物医学研究中的职业生涯。 (End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The renewal of this R25-Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences (EICS) program--will continue to provide short-term training for undergraduate students of diverse backgrounds, focusing on research training related to the cardiovascular system with an emphasis on teams of investigators involved in translational research. This approach takes advantage of the broad, multidisciplinary cardiovascular research ongoing at Wake Forest School of Medicine (WFSM), with areas of expertise in hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes, obesity, and vascular disease. Faculty from the Hypertension & Vascular Research Center, Center for Diabetes Research, Departments of Physiology/Pharmacology, Pathology and Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine Program and Divisions of Medicine and Surgery participate as Research Mentors, many of whom have participated in the program for 15-20 years. New Research Mentors were recruited for the renewal in keeping with the program directors desire to develop mentoring skills in newly appointed or young investigators. The trainees will be minority students, those from disadvantaged backgrounds, or those with disabilities wishing to pursue a biomedical research project. The overall objectives remain to 1) introduce students to biomedical research through hands-on participation in a research project; 2) introduce students to critical scientific evaluatin by participating in a cardiovascular journal club; 3) provide experience in scientific writing and speaking through presentation of the research project as a poster; 4) provide exposure to research faculty, both basic science and clinical; and 5) foster a long-term commitment to pursue a career in the biomedical sciences through an experience that exemplifies the excitement and challenges of clinically relevant investigation. New objectives for the renewal include: 6) providing exposure to diverse career opportunities by bi-weekly faculty chats with Career Mentors; 7) facilitating matriculation into biomedical graduate programs by providing information on applying to graduate school, taking the GRE examination; and 8) yearly in-depth formal evaluation of the mentees by their Research Mentors. Over 80% of former participants in the program who have finished their undergraduate degrees go on to graduate, medical or industrial technical positions. Furthermore, ~15% of the participants have continued their association with WFSM as PhD students, medical students or technical/post-bac students. In fact, ~30% of the PhD's awarded to under-represented minority students in our biomedical sciences programs from 2009-2011 were from the EICS program. These statistics demonstrate the continued success of the EICS program and its primary focus of providing training to under-represented minorities to facilitate their matriculation into post-graduate programs and their careers in biomedical research. (End of Abstract)