TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST AWARD

描述（由申请人提供）：尽管城市少数民族人口中心血管疾病的负担不成比例，但参与生物医学研究和与健康有关的科学的代表性不足的少数民族人数少得惊人——黑人在从事生物医学研究的人中占不到3%。尽管非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人和印第安人占美国人口的24%，高中毕业率也接近白人，但他们获得科学和工程博士学位的比例只有7%。该提案的总体目标是开发项目/活动，以加强德克萨斯南方大学（TSU）的研究能力建设，促进对学生的强化实验室培训，并增加进行健康差异研究的少数民族生物医学科学家的数量。这一竞争性续期申请的具体目标是：1。为研究人员获得独立研究经费提供支持。加强学生的实验训练，提高生物医学研究生教育质量。加强科研队伍建设，提高生物医学研究能力。本申请旨在增加托国立生物医学研究的投资组合，并通过以下活动为研究人员和教职员工、博士后研究员/研究助理、研究生和本科生提供加强的生物医学科学培训：1)额外的研究资助；2)强化实验室培训；3)积极参加研讨会、期刊俱乐部和实验室会议；4)组织研究、教育和职业研讨会；5)与其他科学家合作。希望此提案能提升托大生物医学研究的形象，协助更多的研究者和教师寻求和获得独立的研究经费，并增加少数民族学生寻求生物医学研究生教育的人数和他们所接受的教育质量。

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.