UNMC Summer Undergraduate Alcohol Research Program

描述(由申请人提供)：内布拉斯加州大学医学中心(UNMC)内科系在支持夏季本科生研究方面有很长的历史。此外，该部门还拥有一批关键的调查人员(至少14人)，他们的研究重点是酒精及其在体内和体外的影响。内科的这两个特点构成了我们提议的夏季本科生酒精研究计划(SUARP)的支柱。此应用程序的目标是：1)为本科生提供为期十周的研究体验，为学生创造机会，让他们第一手学习进行研究所涉及的内容，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、器官和细胞功能的影响相关的研究的多样性和重要性3)招募合格的本科生参加夏季本科生研究体验，以鼓励他们未来在生物医学科学领域的潜在职业生涯。为了实现我们的目标，我们将在现有的夏季本科生研究项目的基础上，为许多NIAAA资助的研究人员提供为期十周的实验室研究体验，并提供新的功能，包括致力于酒精研究主题的研讨会系列和面向本科生的期刊俱乐部。我们已经制定了战略，允许我们招收少数族裔学生，包括美洲原住民学生和贫困的农村学生。我们将进一步完善我们现有的短期和长期评估程序，以提高学生的结果，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.