Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences Summer Research

描述(由申请人提供)： 该项目将继续为少数民族本科生、研究生和卫生专业学生提供短期培训。重点放在心血管科学的研究培训上。该计划利用了维克森林大学医学院正在进行的广泛的、多学科的心血管研究。该计划包括来自高血压和血管疾病中心、生理和药理学、分子遗传学、妇产科、神经科学、医学、放射学、医学工程和外科的导师。这些教育工作者是著名的科学家，他们的研究项目得到了校外资金的支持。该计划提供心血管科学方面的培训，重点是血管病理的基本机制，以及高血压和心脏病的疾病过程。受训者是少数族裔学生，无论是本科生、研究生还是卫生专业学生，他们在一个或多个导师的实验室里进行研究项目。通过访问地区少数民族机构、国家邮寄、网站和与以前的学生联系的方式进行招聘。总体目标是：1)通过亲身参与研究项目向学生介绍生物医学研究；2)向学生介绍批判性的科学评估和期刊文章的陈述；3)通过以海报的形式介绍他们的研究项目，提供科学写作和演讲的经验；4)让学生接触到研究人员，包括基础科学和临床；5)通过展示临床相关研究的兴奋和挑战的经验，培养在医学和行为科学领域追求职业生涯的长期承诺。学生对该计划的评估每年都会进行，并在此基础上每年进行改进。此外，每两年发出一份调查问卷，以便对以前的参与者进行跟踪。我们可以占到项目1-9年级学生的77%。在那些还没有读本科的学生中，80%在研究生、医学或工业技术岗位上。此外，所有学生都认为这段经历对他们的职业生涯产生了积极影响，76%的受访者表示，他们计划从事生物医学研究的某些方面作为职业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This program will continue to provide short-term training for minority undergraduate, graduate and health professional students. The focus is on research training in the cardiovascular sciences. The program takes advantage of the broad, multidisciplinary cardiovascular research ongoing at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. The program includes mentors from the Hypertension & Vascular Disease Center, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Molecular Genetics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Neuroscience, Medicine, Radiology, Medical Engineering and Surgery. These educators are established scientists with research programs supported by extramural funds. The program provides training in the cardiovascular sciences with emphasis on basic mechanisms of vascular pathology, and the disease processes of hypertension and heart disease. The trainees are minority students, either undergraduate, graduate or health professional students, who pursue a research program in the laboratory of one or more mentors. Recruitment is by visiting area minority institutions, national mailings, a web site, and contact with prior students. The overall objectives are to: 1) introduce students to biomedical research via hands-on participation in a research project; 2) introduce students to critical scientific evaluation and presentation of a journal article; 3) provide experience in scientific writing and speaking via presentation of their research project as a poster; 4) provide exposure of the students to research faculty, both basic science and clinical; 5) foster a long-term commitment to pursue a career in the medical and behavioral sciences through an experience that exemplifies the excitement and challenges of clinically relevant investigation. Evaluation of the program by students is performed annually with improvements made each year on this basis. In addition, a questionnaire is sent biennially for follow-up of previous participants. We can account for 77% of the students from years 1- 9 of the program. Of those students who are not still in undergraduate school, 80% are in graduate, medical or industrial technical positions. Moreover, all students regarded the experience as a positive influence on their career and 76% of those who responded said they plan to pursue some aspect of biomedical research as a career.