Drug Discovery and Biomedical Research Training (DDBRT) Program for Underserved Minority Youth

项目摘要/摘要 马里兰东部大学药物发现和生物医学研究培训(DDBRT)项目 滨海药学院(UMES SOP)指导、培训和激励少数族裔高中生 萨默塞特县在应用医疗保健领域和生物医学研究方面追求教育和职业生涯。 萨默塞特县是马里兰州最农村、服务最少的社区之一，拥有 在马里兰州所有地区中，新冠肺炎阳转率最高，新冠肺炎疫苗接种率最低，尤其是 在少数族裔人群中。拟议的项目将使用多组件方法，利用 DDBRT通过以下方式传播信息并减少疫苗接种不足人群中的疫苗迟疑 面对面的研讨会，在新冠肺炎疫苗接种网站做志愿者，数字媒体宣传活动，视频制作， 和社交媒体平台。由医疗保健提供者、公共卫生工作者、教师和 宗教领袖将实施一项课程，其中包括关于科学发现的互动模块 SARS-CoV-2疫苗，识别错误信息，攻克SARS-CoV-2疫苗 犹豫不决针对高中生、老师和他们的家人。这将面对面介绍，并 在网站、社交媒体和YouTube上为社区录制。高中生将帮助设计 两个学生托管的视频，内容不同的主题，以提高疫苗信心，将被放在 网站、YouTube和社交媒体上。参与者还将应用在新冠肺炎中学到的这些原则 疫苗接种活动，以解决与疫苗相关的剩余误解。高中生与环保总局 PIS将使用UMES脸书页面将新冠肺炎和疫苗接种科学成果传播给 每周一次的社区。该计划预计将于2021年7月至2022年6月进行。这项建议是 创新地结合了药剂师的专业知识，SARS-COV-2疫苗的主要供应商与特定的 了解与疫苗迟疑相关的问题，与有影响力的社区领导人一起教育和授权 来自医疗服务不足人群的学生。这些学生将成为新冠肺炎疫苗的冠军 并充当大使，鼓励他们的老师、家庭和社区通过新的 教育资源。总体而言，预期结果与父DDBRT计划一致，因为它刺激了 学生对制药、健康相关和生物医学研究职业的兴趣和追求 将课堂上的生物医学研究与现实世界的大流行联系起来，这对他们的 社区。

Project Summary/Abstract The Drug Discovery and Biomedical Research Training (DDBRT) Program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy (UMES SOP) mentors, trains, and motivates minority high school students in Somerset County to pursue education and careers in the applied healthcare fields and biomedical research. Somerset County is one of the most rural and underserved communities in the State of Maryland, with one of the highest COVID-19 positivity rates and lowest COVID-19 vaccinations out of any Maryland district, especially among minority populations. The proposed project will use a multi-component approach leveraging strengths of the DDBRT to disseminate information and reduce vaccine hesitancy in under-vaccinated populations through in-person workshops, volunteering at a COVID-19 vaccination site, digital media campaigns, video production, and social media platforms. An expert panel of healthcare providers, public health workers, teachers, and religious leaders will implement a curriculum compromised of interactive modules about scientific findings on SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, recognizing misinformation, and overcoming SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy aimed at high school students, teachers, and their families. This will be presented in-person and recorded on websites, social media, and YouTube for the community. High school students will help to design two student-hosted videos featuring different topics to improve vaccine confidence that will be placed on websites, YouTube, and on social media. Participants will also apply these principles learned at a COVID-19 vaccination event to address remaining vaccine-related misconceptions. The high school students and SEPA PIs will use the UMES Facebook page to disseminate COVID-19 and vaccination scientific findings to the community on a weekly basis. The program is expected to occur from July 2021 to June 2022. This proposal is innovative by combining the expertise of pharmacists, the main providers of SARS-COV-2 vaccines with specific knowledge of issues related to vaccine hesitancy, with influential community leaders to educate and empower students from a medically underserved population. These students will become COVID-19 vaccine champions and serve as ambassadors to encourage their teachers, family, and community to get vaccinated through novel educational resources. Overall, the expected outcome aligns with the parent DDBRT program by stimulating the student’s interest in and pursuit of pharmaceutical, health-related, and biomedical research careers by actively connecting in-classroom biomedical studies with the real-world pandemic that is disproportionately affecting their community.