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项目包括芝加哥大学普利兹克医学院的两项培训计划。这两个项目都是为了加强对从事医学和研究工作感兴趣的少数族裔和弱势群体学生的培训经验。为本科生提供的为期8周的暑期项目名为“普利兹克医学院的研究经验（PSOMER）”，而医学院项目则支持即将升入二年级的医科学生参加为期12周的普利兹克暑期研究项目（SRP）。我们的目标是在研究方面提供强有力的指导，以及结构化的编程和指导，这将鼓励他们继续从事医学和生物医学研究事业。这项资助在芝加哥大学已经进行了超过15年。在最初颁发奖项时，其目标是为普利兹克医学院学生参与SRP提供支持。普利兹克医学院学生是一个高度多样化的学生群体，其中包括高于平均水平的医学学生。多年来，芝加哥大学在吸引医学生毕业生从事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员多样性的努力。2008年，当补助金最后一次更新时，该计划的具体目标被扩大到包括一个特别计划（PSOMER），专门为在医学上代表性不足或社会经济上处于不利地位的优秀大学生开发。这一扩张的原因是由于担心这类学生进入医学领域的实力，以及支持和扩大这一项目的努力。在过去的五年中，PSOMER一直支持这些学生为未来在医学和生物医学研究方面的成功做好准备。增加生物医学研究和医生队伍多样性的暑期项目也受益于芝加哥大学强大的研究环境，特别是在NHLBI支持的任务领域。尽管芝加哥大学是一个小机构，但它在吸引资助方面非常成功

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)