TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST AWARD

说明(申请人提供)：尽管城市少数民族人口的心血管疾病负担不成比例，但参与生物医学研究和与健康相关科学的少数族裔人数低得惊人-黑人在从事生物医学研究的人中所占比例不到3%。尽管非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人和美洲原住民占美国人口的24%，高中毕业率接近白人，但他们只获得了7%的科学和工程博士学位。这项提案的总体目标是制定计划/活动，以加强德克萨斯南方大学(TSU)的研究能力建设，促进对学生进行更密集的实验室培训，并增加从事健康差异研究的少数族裔生物医学科学家的数量。本次竞争性续签申请的具体目的是：1.为研究人员获得独立研究资助提供支持；2.为学生提供强化的实验室培训，提高生物医学研究生教育的质量；3.加强理科教师队伍，提高台大的生物医学研究能力和能力。这项申请建议增加台大的生物医学研究组合，并通过以下活动为研究人员和教员、博士后研究员/研究助理、研究生和本科生提供生物医学科学方面的强化培训：1)额外的研究资助；2)强化实验室培训；3)积极参与研讨会、期刊俱乐部和实验室会议；4)组织研究、教育和职业研讨会；以及5)与其他科学家合作。希望这项建议能提升台大生物医学研究的形像，协助更多研究人员及教职员寻求及取得独立研究资助，并增加寻求生物医学研究生教育的少数族裔学生人数及他们所接受的教育质素。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite the disproportionate burden of cardiovascular diseases in urban minority populations, the number of underrepresented minorities participating in biomedical research and the health-related sciences is alarmingly low - Blacks account for less than 3% of those engaged in biomedical research. Although African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans make up 24% of the U.S. population and graduate from high school at rates closer to those of whites, they receive only 7% of science and engineering PhDs. The overall goal of this proposal is to develop programs/activities that will enhance research capacity building at Texas Southern University (TSU), promote increased intensive laboratory training to students, and add to the number of minority biomedical scientists that conduct health disparities research. The Specific Aims of this competitive renewal application are to: 1. Provide support for investigators to obtain independent research grants 2. Provide intensive laboratory training to students and increase the quality of biomedical graduate education 3. Strengthen science faculty and enhance biomedical research capability and capacity of TSU. This application proposes to increase the biomedical research portfolio at TSU and provide enhanced training in the biomedical sciences for investigators and faculty, postdoctoral fellows/research associates, graduate and undergraduate students through the following activities: 1) additional research grants; 2) intensive laboratory training; 3) active participation in seminars, journal clubs, and laboratory meetings; 4) organization of research, educational, and career workshops; and, 5) collaboration with other scientists. It is hoped that this proposal will enhance the biomedical research profile of TSU, assist more investigators and faculty in seeking and obtaining independent research grants, and increase the number of minority students seeking graduate education in biomedical sciences and the quality of education they receive.