Mississippi INBRE

描述（由申请人提供）：密西西比IDeA生物医学研究卓越网络（MS-INBRE）的使命是加强整个密西西比州的生物医学研究和学生培训。不幸的是，密西西比州的整体健康状况是全国最差的，而且在生物医学研究、培训和STEM教育方面的投资也处于历史低位，无法培养出能够解决这些问题的熟练人才。MS-INBRE的三个具体目标旨在帮助扭转这一趋势，并培养一批有才华和敬业的生物医学研究人员、临床医生、科学家、教育工作者、政策制定者等来解决这些问题。目标1：继续在六个伙伴本科院校（PUI；奥尔康州立大学、米尔萨普斯学院、密西西比学院、密西西比女子大学、密西西比河谷州立大学和图加卢学院）建立和加强生物医学研究实验室，以促进研究和学生培训。将新增5名终身教职员工，以增强他们的研究和学生培训能力。研究导师将协助他们开展肥胖、癌症和性传播疾病方面的研究项目。生物信息学核心将促进信息学方法纳入他们的研究。三个核心设施（成像，基因组学，蛋白质组学）将用于促进这项研究，PUI的教师将在拨款写作，手稿写作等方面接受专业发展培训，以帮助发展可持续的研究和学生培训计划。目标2：发展一支劳动力队伍，通过有效的学生渠道进入与卫生有关的职业，解决国家的卫生问题。我们将继续我们非常成功的本科生暑期研究实习（MIRS， MS INBRE研究学者），为学生（特别是代表性不足的少数民族）提供密集的实践研究培训和与健康相关的职业咨询。目标3：制定新的社区参与和培训核心，培训学生进行社区教育、外展等，并将其推广到密西西比州最贫困和服务不足的地区。MS-INBRE将加强今天的生物医学研究，并在我们培训未来的研究人员、医生、卫生工作者、政策制定者等人时，将研究延伸到下一代。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Mississippi IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (MS-INBRE) has the mission to enhance biomedical research and student training across the entire state of Mississippi. Unfortunately, Mississippi suffers from the worst overall health in the nation and a historically low investment in biomedical research and training and STEM education to develop the very workforce of skilled individuals who could address these problems. The three specific aims of the MS-INBRE are designed to help reverse this trend and develop a cadre of talented and dedicated biomedical researchers, clinicians, scientists, educators, policy makers, etc. to address these issues. Aim 1: continue to build and strengthen biomedical research labs at six Partner Undergraduate Institutions (PUI; Alcorn State University, Millsaps College, Mississippi College, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University and Tougaloo College) to facilitate research and student training. Five new tenure-track hires will be added to build their research and student training capacity. Research mentors will assist them to develop research projects in Obesity, Cancer and STDs. The Bioinformatics Core will facilitate incorporation of informatics approaches into their research. Three core facilities (Imaging, Genomics, Proteomics) will be available to facilitate thi research, PUI faculty will have professional development training in grant writing, manuscript writing, etc. to help develop sustainable research and student training programs. Aim 2: develop a workforce to address the State's health issues via an efficient student pipeline into health-related careers. We will continue our highly successful undergraduate summer research intemship (MIRS, MS INBRE Research Scholars) to give students (particularly underrepresented minorities) intensive hands-on research training and health-related career counseling. Aim 3: develop a new Community Engagement and Training Core which will train students in community education, outreach, etc. which will reach the most impoverished and underserved areas in Mississippi. The MS-INBRE will enhance biomedical research today and reach into the next generation as we train the researchers, physicians, health-workers, policy-makers, etc. of the future.