BBSI HST-MGH Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics

该奖项支持一个为期三年的持续奖项，即在Martha L.Gray博士的指导下，麻省理工学院(MIT)生物工程和生物信息学夏季研究所(BBSI)名为“BBSI HST-MGH生物医学光学夏季研究所”的项目的续展。哈佛-麻省理工学院健康科学与技术部(HST)和马萨诸塞州总医院(MGH)的威尔曼光医学中心(Wellman Center For Photomedicine)将为36名本科生和研究生举办为期9周的暑期项目，每年12名，为期3年。该计划的目标是提高本科生物科学和工程专业学生对生物医学工程研究的认识，特别是在他们教育的关键时刻对生物医学光学的认识。该计划将包括生物医学光学的教学计划，在哈佛或麻省理工学院附属研究实验室的研究经验，专业发展活动，以及网络机会。HST-MGH生物医学光学夏季学院通过让每个参与者接触到生物医学光学的新领域，以预期和意想不到的方式拓宽了他们未来的职业选择。学生体验生物医学光学研究的范围和性质，并以本科生通常无法获得的高级水平参与该研究，并接触到选择生物医学工程和临床应用接口研究的榜样。除了对个人参与者的转变影响外，该项目还增加了HST教育项目与密歇根州立大学医院实验室研究人员之间的合作。该项目由数学和物理科学局(MPS)/多学科活动办公室(OMA)和物理部、工程部(ENG)/工程教育和中心部(EEC)以及国家卫生研究院(NIH)/国家生物医学成像和生物工程研究所(NIBIB)共同资助。

This award provides support for a three year continuing award, a renewal of the Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institutes (BBSI) program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) entitled, "BBSI HST-MGH Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics," under the direction of Dr. Martha L. Gray. The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) will host a nine week summer program for a total of 36 undergraduate and graduate students, 12 per year, for a total of three years. The goal of this program is to raise undergraduate biological science and engineering students' awareness of biomedical engineering research, and specifically of biomedical optics, at a critical junction in their education. The program will include a didactic program in Biomedical Optics, a research experience in a Harvard- or MIT-affiliated research lab, professional development activities, and networking opportunities. The HST-MGH Summer Institute in Biomedical Optics broadens each participant's future career options in expected and unexpected ways by exposing them to the novel field of biomedical optics. The students experience the scope and nature of biomedical optics research and participate in that research at an advanced level not generally available to undergraduates and are exposed to role models who have chosen research at the interface of biomedical engineering and clinical applications. In addition to its transforming effect on individual participants, this program has increased collaborations between HST's educational programs and researchers in hospital-based laboratories at MGH.This project is being co-funded by the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)/Office of Multidisiciplinary Activities (OMA) and the Division of Physics, the Directorate for Engineering (ENG)/Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).