UNMC Summer Undergraduate Alcohol Research Program

描述（由申请人提供）：内布拉斯加大学医学中心（UNMC）内科部有着悠久的历史，支持夏季本科研究。此外，该部还拥有足够数量的研究人员（至少14名），重点研究酒精及其在体内和体外的影响。内科的这两个特点形成了我们的建议夏季本科酒精研究计划（SUARP）的支柱。本申请的目的是：1）为本科生提供为期十周的研究经验，为学生创造机会，了解第一手的研究内容，并激发他们对生物医学科学职业的兴趣2）向参与暑期研究计划的本科生介绍与酒精及其对健康后果有关的研究的多样性和重要性，器官和细胞功能3）招募合格的本科少数民族学生参加暑期本科生研究体验，以鼓励他们未来在生物医学科学方面的潜在职业。为了实现我们的目标，我们将建立在我们现有的夏季本科研究计划，提供了许多NIAAA资助的研究人员的实验室中为期十周的研究经验，包括一系列专门讨论酒精研究主题的研讨会和本科生的期刊俱乐部。我们有适当的战略，使我们能够招募少数民族学生，包括美国原住民学生和弱势农村学生。我们将进一步完善我们现有的短期和长期评估流程，以提高学生的成果，包括提高他们对生物医学研究职业的兴趣。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Department of Internal Medicine has a long history of supporting summer undergraduate research. In addition, the Department also has a critical mass of investigators (at least 14) with research foci on alcohol and its influence in vivo and in vitro. These two features of the Department of Internal Medicine form the backbone of our proposal for a Summer Undergraduate Alcohol Research Program (SUARP). The objectives of this application are to: 1) provide a ten week research experience for undergraduate students that creates opportunity for students to learn first-hand what is involved in performing research and to stimulate their interest in careers in biomedical science 2) introduce undergraduate students involved in a summer research program to the diversity and importance of research related to alcohol and its consequences on health, organ and cellular function 3) recruit qualified undergraduate minority students to a summer undergraduate research experience to encourage their potential future careers in biomedical science. To achieve our objectives, we will build on our existing summer undergraduate research program that provides a ten-week research experience in the laboratories of many NIAAA-funded investigators with new features including a seminar series devoted to topics in alcohol research and a journal club for the undergraduate students. We have in place strategies that allow us to recruit minority students including Native American students and disadvantaged rural students. We will further refine our existing short term and long term evaluation processes to enhance outcomes for the students including increasing their interests in careers in biomedical research.