REU Site: BME Community of Undergraduate Research Scholars for Cancer (BME CUReS Cancer)

该项目的更广泛的意义：当前项目的一个基本主题是，癌症学者将在他们的夏季经验中对癌症发展，预防和治疗的物理原理的基本理解做出贡献，但更重要的是，将继续在他们的职业生涯中发挥作用来自医学，生物科学，物理科学，工程和医疗保健领域不同领域的多学科研究人员团队，以促进人类健康。这种能力是生物医学工程的标志，将积极影响学者各自的科学领域以及我们社会的健康。增加来自代表性不足群体的博士数量也是增加少数民族榜样的关键一步，从而使学术工程文化对代表性不足的少数民族和妇女更具吸引力。这个REU网站的一个关键特点是与德克萨斯州4000，一个非营利组织，培养学生领袖和从事社区在抗击癌症的伙伴关系的发展。与德克萨斯4000大学的合作将提高公众对癌症研究的认识，特别是物理科学和工程学如何积极影响医疗保健。项目描述：“BME癌症本科研究学者社区（BME CURES Cancer）”的科学主题，REU网站正在利用生物医学工程打开肿瘤学的新前沿。这个项目是由工程教育和中心的三个夏天，每年夏天10周，从5月下旬到8月初的司支持。这种体验的重点是正在上升的大三学生，特别是来自传统上在工程领域代表性不足的群体的学生。BME CURES癌症学者可以从36个不同的实验室中选择一个适当范围的项目，这些实验室代表了与癌症研究相关的广泛研究主题，如生物材料，药物输送，光学成像，超声和医学中的人工智能。这些主题是根据2008年美国国家癌症研究所的一次会议选择的，该会议确定了一些阻碍癌症研究取得进展的障碍。会议的成果是一系列“战略行动”，这些行动代表了需要应对的科学挑战。在2008年NCI会议报告之后，人们越来越广泛地认识到，理解控制所有物质行为的物理定律和原理的范围如何在各个尺度上对癌症起作用，对于理解和控制癌症至关重要。癌症是一种复杂的疾病，工程原理特别是用于研究，建模和解决复杂问题。因此，生物医学工程是唯一准备作出重大的智力贡献。这些关键的调查路线用于组织我们的癌症学者社区，以实现共同的目标和协同活动。该项目的智力价值在于使用工程方法解决癌症研究中的这些关键挑战。

BROADER SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT:An underlying theme of the current project is that CUReS Cancer Scholars will make contributions towards fundamental understanding of the physical principles of cancer development, prevention, and treatment during their summer experience, but more importantly, will go on in their careers to function in multi-disciplinary teams of researchers from disparate fields in medicine, biological science, physical science, engineering, and healthcare fields to advance human health. This ability is a hallmark of Biomedical Engineering and will positively impact Scholars' respective scientific fields as well as the health of our society. Increasing the number of PhDs from underrepresented groups is also a critical step toward increasing minority role models, in turn making the academic engineering culture more appealing to underrepresented minorities and women. A key feature of this REU site is the development of a partnership with Texas 4000, a non-profit organization that cultivates student leaders and engages communities in the fight against cancer. The partnership with the Texas 4000 will increase public awareness of cancer research, in particular how physical science and engineering positively impact healthcare.PROJECT DESCRIPTION:The scientific theme of the "BME Community of Undergraduate Research Scholars for Cancer (BME CUReS Cancer)," REU Site is leveraging Biomedical Engineering to Open a New Frontier in Oncology. This project is supported by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers for three summers, for 10 weeks each summer, from late May to early August. The focus of this experience is rising juniors, particularly students from groups traditionally underrepresented in engineering. BME CUReS Cancer Scholars are able to choose a project of appropriate scope from 36 different labs representing a wide range of research topics pertinent to cancer research, such as biomaterials, drug delivery, optical imaging, ultrasound, and artificial intelligence in medicine. This topics were selected based on a 2008 National Cancer Institute meeting where a number of barriers to achieving progress in cancer research were identified. The result of the meeting was a series of "strategic actions" that represent scientific challenges that need to be addressed. Following the NCI Meeting Report of 2008 it is becoming more broadly recognized that understanding how the range of physical laws and principles governing the behavior of all matter are operative in cancer at every scale will be critical to understanding and controlling cancer. Cancer is a disease of complexity and engineering principles in particular are developed to study, model, and solve complex problems. Hence, Biomedical Engineering is uniquely poised to make a significant intellectual contribution. These critical lines of investigation are used to organize our community of cancer Scholars towards shared goals and synergistic activities. The intellectual merit of this project is in addressing these key challenges in cancer research using an engineering approach.