Haumana Biomedical Program

描述(申请人提供)：Haumana Biomedical的目标 计划(1)为少数民族学生提供高质量的实验室 在生物医学和健康科学领域的经验。民族群体 被认为在该机构的生物医学科学中代表性不足 包括：完全和部分夏威夷人(8.9%)，菲律宾裔美国人(8.7%)，萨摩亚人和 太平洋岛民美国人(1.0%)，其他混血儿(2)(9.2%)。该计划 目标是增加少数民族学生选择 追求生物医学领域的职业生涯。共有12名本科生和3名 研究生研究助理将有两年的“动手”实验室 经历。该项目的方法是多学科的，涉及大约14个 来自7个科学学科的教师。通过实验室经验，浓缩 活动，参加全国会议，以及职业指导 教职员工，该计划旨在提高更多的竞争力 少数族裔人士攻读博士学位。这其中的第二个关键因素 流程是课程为学生提供的参加的机会， 和/或在大陆会议上展示科学成果和生产工作 以供出版。所提供的丰富活动包括“道德与道德”系列 研究，“生物医学事业的基础”研讨会，“ “科学交流技能”和“电子显微镜”工作坊。一种新的 该倡议是对少数族裔教师发展项目的支持，该项目将 使调查者能够获得独立的研究地位。其他内容 少数族裔科学家将前往UHM激励学生继续走下去 向着生物医学事业进发。该计划将向学生提供课程学分 参加秋季和春季学期的每周研讨会。我们计划继续 成功的11周“学生充实计划”提供16个暑期 参与者有机会在密歇根大学的研究实验室工作。两名学生 每个人都将参加太平洋地区的MBR项目。两所高中 参加该大学Kapiolani社区的学生和两名本科生 还将邀请大学生参加暑期体验。这个 暑期充实计划为研究人员提供了增加 高中生和本科生的科学技能 谁将在返回#年的母校后申请MBR方案 秋季学期。这所大学从增加的研究中获益 能够在以下方面贡献新知识和专业知识的助理 生物医学和健康科学领域。 (1)Haumana(夏威夷语中学生的意思)生物医学项目是 少数民族生物医学研究支持(MBRS)计划，该计划是 美国国立卫生研究院国家普通医学科学研究所。 (2)非裔美国人、土著美国人、西班牙裔美国人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Haumana Biomedical Program(1) is to provide ethnic minority students with high quality laboratory experiences in the biomedical and health science fields. Ethnic groups identified as underrepresented in the institution's biomedical sciences include: Full and Part-Hawaiians (8.9%), Filipino-Americans (8.7%), Samoan and Pacific Islander Americans (1.0%), and Other Mixed(2) (9.2%). The program objective is to increase the number of ethnic minority students who choose to pursue careers in the biomedical fields. A total of 12 undergraduates and 3 graduate research assistants will have two years of "hands-on" laboratory experiences. The program's approach is multidisciplinary, involving some 14 faculty from 7 science disciplines. Through the lab experience, enrichment activities, travel to a national conference, and career guidance by the faculty, the program seeks to improve the competitiveness of a greater number of ethnic minorities to pursue a Ph.D. degree. A second key factor in this process is the opportunity the program provides for the student to attend, and/or present scientific results at a mainland conference and to produce work for publication. Enrichment activities offered include a series on "Ethics and Research," a seminar on "Foundation to a Biomedical Career," a course on "Science Communication Skill," and an "Electron Microscopy" workshop. A new initiative is support of a minority faculty development project that will enable the investigator to gain independent research status. Additional minority scientists will travel to UHM to motivate students to stay on the path towards a biomedical career. The program will offer course credits to students to attend weekly seminars in the Fall and Spring semesters. We plan to continue the successful 11 week "Student Enrichment Program" that affords 16 summer participants the opportunity to work in a research lab at UHM. Two students each will attend from MBRS programs in the Pacific region. Two high school students and two undergraduates attending the university's Kapiolani Community College will also be invited to participate in the summer experience. The summer enrichment program affords research faculty the opportunity to augment the science skills of the high school students as well as the undergraduates who will apply to the MBRS programs upon their return to their home campuses in the Fall semester. The university gains from the increased number of research assistants capable of contributing new knowledge and expertise in the biomedical and health science fields. (1) The Haumana (Hawaiian word for student) Biomedical Program is part of the Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program, IMSD, which is part by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH. (2) African American, Native American, Hispanic.