Summer Program to Increase Diversity in Biomedical Research & Physician Workforce

描述(由申请人提供)：增加生物医学研究和医生队伍多样性的暑期计划包括芝加哥大学普利兹克医学院的两项培训计划。这两个项目的目的都是为了加强对有兴趣从事医学和研究事业的少数族裔和弱势群体学生的培训经验。为期8周的本科生暑期项目名为“普利兹克医学院研究体验项目(PSOMER)”，而医学院项目则支持二年级医学生参加为期12周的普利兹克暑期研究项目(SRP)。目标是在研究方面提供强有力的夏季指导经验，以及结构化的编程和指导，这将鼓励他们继续进入医学和生物医学研究事业。这项资助已经在芝加哥大学进行了超过15年。在最初颁发奖项时，目标是为普利兹克医科学生参与SRP提供支持--这是一个高度多样化的学生群体，包括在医学领域代表性不足的学生比例高于平均水平。多年来，芝加哥大学在吸引医科毕业生投身研究和学术医学事业方面取得了巨大成功，从而支持了增加我国医学院教师多样性的努力。2008年，当上一次更新补助金时，该计划的具体目标扩大到包括一个专门为表现优异的大学生开发的特别计划(PSOMER)，这些学生要么在医学方面代表性不足，要么在社会经济上处于不利地位。这一扩展的原因是出于对这类学生进入医学界的渠道的力量的担忧，以及对支持和扩大这一计划的努力。在过去的五年里，PSOMER支持这些学生为未来在医学和生物医学研究中取得成功做好准备。增加生物医学研究和医生队伍多样性的暑期计划也受益于芝加哥大学强大的研究环境，特别是在NHLBI支持的任务区。尽管芝加哥大学是一个小机构，但它在吸引资金方面取得了巨大的成功 支持。NHLBI目前为芝加哥大学的40多个研究和培训项目提供资金，这为我们提供了各种科学家供我们选择，让我们的学生实现尽可能多地确定与任务相关的主题的目标。我们请求继续为每年15名学生的研究培训提供支持。该计划享有强有力的机构支持，其证据是成本分担、空间、资源的提供以及BSD和普利兹克医学院的培训。最后，芝加哥大学的研究环境提供了一个强大的研究环境，以支持这个NHLBI支持的项目的目标。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Summer Program to Increase Diversity in Biomedical Research and the Physician Workforce encompasses two training initiatives at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Both are designed to enhance the training experience of underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine and research. The 8-week summer program for undergraduates is entitled "The Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research (PSOMER)," while the medical school program supports the participation of rising second year medical students in the 12-week Pritzker Summer Research Program (SRP). The goal is to provide strongly mentored summer experiences in research, as well as structured programming and mentoring which will encourage them to continue into medicine and biomedical research careers. This grant has been ongoing at the University of Chicago for over 15 years. At the time of the initial award, the goal was to provide support for SRP participation by Pritzker medical students - a highly diverse group of students, including higher than average percentages of students who are underrepresented in medicine. Over the years, the University of Chicago has achieved strong success in attracting its medical student graduates to careers in research and academic medicine, thus supporting efforts to increase the diversity of the faculty at our nation's medical schools. In 2008, when the grant was last renewed, the specific aims of the program were expanded to include a special program (PSOMER) developed specifically for high performing college students, who were either underrepresented in medicine or disadvantaged socioeconomically. The reason for this expansion was due to concerns about the strength of the pipeline of such students into medicine and an effort to support and expand this program. Over the last five years, PSOMER has supported the preparation of these students for future success in medicine and biomedical research. The Summer Program to Increase Diversity in Biomedical Research and the Physician Workforce has also benefited from a robust research environment at the University of Chicago, particularly in the mission areas supported by the NHLBI. Despite being a small institution, the University of Chicago has been highly successful in attracting grant support. The NHLBI currently funds over 40 research and training programs at the University of Chicago, and this gave us a variety of scientists from whom to choose to place our students with the goal of identifying as many mission-related subjects as possible. We are requesting continued support for the research training of 15 students/year. The program enjoys strong institutional support, evidenced by cost-sharing, provision of space, resources, and training by the BSD and Pritzker School of Medicine. Finally, the research environment of the University of Chicago provides a robust research environment to support the goals of this NHLBI supported program. (End of Abstract)