Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences Summer Research

描述（由申请人提供）：r25卓越心血管科学（EICS）项目的更新将继续为不同背景的本科生提供短期培训，重点是心血管系统相关的研究培训，重点是参与转化研究的研究团队。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心血管研究，在高血压、动脉粥样硬化、糖尿病、肥胖和血管疾病等领域具有专业知识。来自高血压和血管研究中心、糖尿病研究中心、生理/药理学、病理和生物化学系、分子医学项目和内科和外科部门的教师作为研究导师参与研究，其中许多人已经参与该项目15-20年。新的研究导师被招募进行更新，以保持项目主管希望在新任命的或年轻的研究人员中发展指导技能。受训者将是少数民族学生、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)通过参加心血管期刊俱乐部，向学生介绍批判性的科学评价；3)通过以海报形式展示研究项目，提供科学写作和演讲的经验；4)为基础科学和临床研究人员提供机会；5)通过体验临床相关研究的兴奋和挑战，培养在生物医学科学领域的长期追求。更新的新目标包括：6)通过每两周一次的教师与职业导师的谈话，提供多样化的职业机会；7)通过提供申请研究生院、参加GRE考试的信息，为进入生物医学研究生专业提供便利；8)研究导师每年对学员进行深入的正式评估。在完成本科学位的前参与者中，超过80%的人继续从事研究生、医学或工业技术职位。此外，约15%的参与者以博士生、医学院学生或技术/博士后学生的身份继续与WFSM保持联系。事实上，2009年至2011年，在我们的生物医学科学项目中，约有30%的少数族裔学生获得了EICS项目的博士学位。这些统计数据表明，EICS项目持续取得成功，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从事生物医学研究。（摘要结束）

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)