REU Site for Training Veterans to Conduct Trauma Research with Fellow Veterans

该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作资助。知识价值。这个REU网站是雪城大学和纽约州立大学奥斯威戈分校的共同努力，每年为10名学生提供一个结构良好的项目。其目的是训练退伍军人与其他退伍军人一起进行与创伤有关的研究。该网站提供了一个研究方法课程的在线版本，以及由高素质和富有成效的教师提供的研究指导，这些教师有让本科生参与研究的记录。除了这些教师导师之外，来自不同军事和非军事背景的几位顾问为解决多学科研究问题提供了新的视角组合。该项目利用了锡拉丘兹大学和纽约州立大学奥斯威戈分校的研讨室、实验室和住房等资源。就科学价值而言，多个项目涉及学生并解决重要的研究问题。更广泛的影响。目前的兴趣包括旨在更好地了解与各种创伤结果相关的化学、临床、认知和家庭因素的研究。能够更好地预测创伤后创伤后应激障碍的发展可以支持创伤后应激障碍的预防和治疗。此外，我们的社会将受益于对创伤后应激障碍的更好理解，因为成年美国人的创伤后应激障碍终生患病率相对较高，估计为6.8%。这个REU网站通过招募退伍军人（特别是少数民族和妇女，如果可能的话）作为参与者，扩大了代表性不足的群体的参与。训练退伍军人与退伍军人一起进行创伤研究是新颖而重要的吗？它提供了一个机会来培养一个在研究生课程中代表性不足的群体，但他们对影响创伤经历和恢复的相关变量有了解。监督参与者将保护退伍军人免受与其他退伍军人一起进行创伤研究的任何潜在不利后果。

The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program. Intellectual Merit. This REU site is a joint effort between Syracuse University and SUNY Oswego and constitutes a well-structured program for a cohort of 10 students each year. The objective is to train veterans to conduct trauma-related research with fellow veteran participants. The site offers an online version of a research methods course as well as research mentoring by highly qualified and productive faculty members that have a track record of involving undergraduates in their research. In addition to these faculty mentors, several consultants from various military and non-military backgrounds provide a novel combination of perspectives to address multidisciplinary research questions. The program draws on resources including seminar rooms, laboratories, and housing through Syracuse University and SUNY Oswego. With respect to scientific merit, multiple projects involve students and address important research questions.Broader Impacts. Current interests include research designed to gain a better understanding of the chemical, clinical, cognitive, and family factors associated with various trauma outcomes. Being able to better predict the development of PTSD following trauma can support efforts at prevention and treatment of PTSD. Moreover, our society would benefit from a better understanding of PTSD since the lifetime prevalence of PTSD among adult Americans is relatively high, estimated at 6.8%. This REU site broadens the participation of underrepresented groups by recruiting veterans (particularly minorities and women, when possible) as participants. Training veterans to conduct trauma research with veteran participants is novel and important ? it provides an opportunity to train a group that is underrepresented in graduate programs and yet knowledgeable with regard to the relevant variables impacting the experience and recovery from trauma. Monitoring participants will safeguard veterans from any potential adverse consequences of conducting trauma research with other veterans.