Inst Short Term Research Training for Minority Students

描述(由申请人提供)： 芝加哥大学针对少数民族学生的短期研究培训计划在吸引本科生和医学生获得研究经验方面非常成功，并为许多参与者提供了进入研究的入口。该项目为学生提供了广泛的机会进行高质量的、基于导师的研究，旨在鼓励医学科学家的职业发展，他们将研究活动和调查视为其长期职业目标的重要组成部分。为期12周的课程是为少数族裔本科生、一年级或二年级医学生设计的，他们是通过正式申请和评估程序从合格的实习生中挑选出来的。学生被纳入芝加哥大学的暑期研究培训计划，该计划提供特殊活动，包括每周小组会议、实验室讨论和讲座。学生会得到适当的咨询，以便从一大批研究人员教育工作者(代表该部门的所有临床和基础科室)中挑选一个研究项目和顾问，并由担任小组组长的指导委员会成员负责监测学生的进展和项目质量保证。学生们提交一份最终的书面报告，并在闭幕的科学研究论坛上向同行和教职员工展示他们的发现。作为持续评估该计划在促进生物医学研究的进一步研究活动和职业选择方面的影响的一种手段，受训者被跟踪。我们要求为每年15名少数族裔学生的研究培训提供支持，这比以前资助的10个职位有所增加。这一要求基于两个主要因素。首先，自上次提交拨款以来，普利兹克的少数族裔入学人数一直在增加，这导致了对研究机会的需求增加。其次，由于普利兹克是罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会少数族裔医学教育计划的网站，因此越来越多的参与者知道了这一绝佳的研究机会，并希望在随后的夏天进行培训。培训在生物科学部的支持环境中进行，生物医学调查和医学生研究培训结合在一起形成了长期的学术传统。普利兹克拥有大量由联邦政府资助的博士后和博士后培训补助金，以及一项MSTP。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Short Term Research Training Program for Minority Students at The University of Chicago has been extremely successful in attracting undergraduate and medical students to research experiences and provides an entry to research for many participants. The program provides students with a wide choice of opportunities for high quality, mentor-based research aimed at encouraging the career development of medical scientists who will view research activity and investigation as an essential part of their long-term professional goals. The 12-week program is designed for minority undergraduates, 1st or 2nd year medical students who are selected from a pool of qualified trainees by means of a formal application and evaluation procedure. Students are integrated into the Summer Research Training Program at the University of Chicago which provides special activities including weekly cluster group meetings, lab discussions, and lectures. Students are appropriately counseled to identify a research project and advisor drawn from a large pool of investigator educators (representing all clinical and basic departments of the Division) and primary responsibility for monitoring student progress and program quality assurance resides with steering committee members who serve as cluster group leaders. Students submit a final written report and present their findings to peers and faculty at a closing scientific research forum. Trainees are followed as a means to continually assess the impact of the program in promoting further research activities and career choices in biomedical research. We are requesting support for the research training of 15 minority students/year, an increase from the 10 previously funded positions. This request is based on two main factors. First, there has been a consistent increased minority enrollment at Pritzker since the last grant submission, which has resulted in increased demand for research opportunities. Second, since Pritzker is a site for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Minority Medical Education Program, increased numbers of these participants know of this excellent research opportunity and desire training in a subsequent summer. Training occurs in the supportive environment of the Division of Biological Sciences where biomedical investigation and medical student research training combine to form a long-standing academic tradition. Pritzker maintains numerous federally funded pre- and post-doctoral training grants and an MSTP.