BBSI: Vascular Bioengineering Summer Institute

生物医学工程和生理学和药理学在得克萨斯州A M（TAMU）大学的部门将举办为期十周的NIBIB-NSF生物工程和生物信息学暑期研究所（BBSI）计划，题为“BBSI：血管生物工程暑期研究所”，将在Debakey研究所举行，在克里斯托弗M博士的指导下。快 该研究所将支持总共48名本科生和研究生，每年12名，总共四年。学生们将被分为工程和生命科学两大类，并展示他们对探索血管生物工程研究事业的兴趣。暑期学院的目标是：1）提供生物工程的知识基础，应用于复杂的适应系统，特别是在哺乳动物脉管系统的生物力学和机械生物学，2）提供真实的生物工程研究经验，使学生接触到跨学科合作，3）提供职业发展活动，导致持久的，多学科的科学界鼓励学生过渡到研究生涯。 暑期学院将通过德克萨斯州少数民族参与联盟（AMP）的校园协调员和其他路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目主任和校园协调员在全国范围内促进代表性不足的学生群体的招聘。 此外，本发明还提供了一种方法，联合项目研究员将利用各种机会与女工程师协会（SWE）和全国黑人工程师协会等组织接触，并与少数民族服务机构进行广泛的互动。该项目由工程局（ENG）/生物工程和环境系统司（BES）和美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）共同资助。国家生物医学成像和生物工程研究所（NIBIB）。

The Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Physiology and Pharmacology at Texas A&M (TAMU) University will host a ten week NIBIB-NSF Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institutes (BBSI) Program entitled, "BBSI: Vascular Bioengineering Summer Institute," to be held at the Debakey Institue, under the direction of Dr. Christopher M. Quick. This Institute will support a total of 48 undergraduate and graduate students, 12 per year, for a total of four years. The students, will be divided between engineering and life sciences, and demnostrate an interest in exploring a career in vascular bioengineering research.The objectives of the Summer Institute are: 1) to provide a base of knowledge of bioengineering as applied to complex adaptive systems specifically in biomechanics and mechanobiology of the mammalian vasculature, 2) to provide authentic bioengineering research experiences that expose students to interdisciplinary collaboration, and 3) to provide the career development activities that lead to a persistent, multidisciplinary scientific community encouraging students to transition to a research career. The Summer Institute will promote the recruitment of underrepresented student populations through the Campus Coordinators of the Texas Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) and other Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Project Directors and Campus Coordinators nationally. In addition, the co-PIs will utilize opportunities to reach out to organizations such as the Society of Women Engineers (SWE)and the National Society of Black Engineers and through extensive interactions with minority-serving institutions.This project is being co-funded by the Directorate for Engineering (ENG)/Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems (BES) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).