Short-Term Training in Biomedical Research for Under-Represented Minorities

描述（由申请人提供）：这是自1999年以来一直在佛罗里达大学的NHLBI少数民族学生短期研究培训计划的竞争性更新的修订申请。该培训计划的目的是为本科生和卫生专业学校的学生提供在活跃的研究实验室中为期十周的经验，为他们提供涵盖年轻科学家感兴趣和需要的主题的教学材料。招募到这个程序的学生将在医学科学代表性不足（代表性不足的少数民族，残疾人，或弱势学生）。拟议的更新这一培训计划计划是计划作为一个广泛的基础上暴露的研究，在心血管，肺，血液学研究在三个学院的佛罗里达大学健康科学中心。这个拟议的培训计划的教师跨越几个部门。我们希望该计划能够捕捉到心血管科学的兴趣和方法的多样性，提供三所大学（医学，药学和兽医学）教授的快照，这些大学具有重叠的研究兴趣，但不同的学术使命，为我们的学员提供丰富的可能性科学超越了有时天真的医学实践概念。大多数教师直接参与研究，很容易识别为心血管，肺或心肾研究。导演是Charles E。伍德博士，一位著名的发育心血管生理学家，对了解胎儿心血管系统的反射控制做出了重要贡献。伍德博士将指导系主任办公室和少数民族事务办公室（OMA）的相关活动。学员的选拔是由一个由四名教员组成的委员会完成的，他们都是U.F.的领导成员。医学院教师。培训计划期间提供的讲座和培训研讨会的选择和监督将由伍德博士以项目总监的身份完成。该计划的结构被设计为8-10周的指导实验室体验，每周一次的系列讲座旨在让学生了解学术科学和博士培训计划的结构。学生还将被要求参加一个短期课程，在研究的负责任的行为。计划的有效性评估提出了一个计划，将评估职业目标，感知障碍，学术研究生涯的知识，高等教育的研究知识。评估计划将被用作报告的基础，5年后，这种研究培训模式的本科生的有效性。在课程结束时，OMA会对学员进行跟踪。鼓励学生申请在这个程序的第二个夏天。在适当的时候，鼓励个别学生申请在佛罗里达大学的各种研究生课程，特别是在生物医学科学的跨学科课程，但也博士，医学博士，D.V.M.，药学博士程序.我们希望让学员意识到基础研究的力量，特别是在心血管科学领域，以便他们有动力选择研究职业并成功启动研究生级别的培训。如果我们改善学术科学中代表性不足的少数民族的招聘和成功，我们将取得成功。 公共卫生相关性：该计划旨在增加选择生物医学科学职业的代表性不足的人口（少数民族，残疾学生和来自弱势背景的学生）的学生人数。长期目标是通过增加从事假设驱动研究的科学家的多样性来加强生物医学科学的有效性和相关性。(End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised application for competitive renewal of the NHLBI Short-Term Research Training for Minority Students program which has been in place at the University of Florida since 1999. The purpose of this training program is to offer undergraduate students and students in health professional schools a ten week experience in an active research laboratory, to offer them didactic material covering topics of interest to, and needed by, young scientists. The students recruited into this program will be underrepresented in medical science (under-represented minorities, disabled, or disadvantaged students). The proposed renewal of this training program is planned as a broad- based exposure to research in cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic research in three colleges of the University of Florida Health Science Center. The faculty for this proposed training program spans several departments. We want this program to capture the diversity of interests and approaches to cardiovascular science, to offer a snapshot of professors in three colleges (Medicine, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine) with overlapping research interests but different academic missions, to offer to our trainees a wealth of possibilities in science beyond what are sometimes naive notions of medical practice. Most of the faculty are directly involved in research which is easily identifiable as cardiovascular, pulmonary, or cardiorenal research. The program director is Charles E. Wood, Ph.D., a well-known developmental cardiovascular physiologist who has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the reflex control of the fetal cardiovascular system. Dr. Wood will direct the relevant activities in the office of the department chairman's office as well as the Office of Minority Affairs (OMA). Selection of trainees is done by a committee consisting of four faculty members, all leading members of the U.F. College of Medicine faculty. Selection and oversight of lectures and training seminars offered during the training program will be done by Dr. Wood in his role as program director. The structure of the program is designed to be an 8-10 week mentored laboratory experience with an overarching weekly lecture series that will is designed to inform students about the structure of academic science and doctoral training programs. The students will also be required to attend a short course in the Responsible Conduct of Research. A plan for evaluation of program effectiveness is proposed that will assess career goals, perceived barriers, knowledge of academic research careers, and knowledge of higher education in research. The evaluation plan will be used as the basis of a report, after 5 years, of effectiveness of this modality of research training for undergraduates. At the end of the program, the trainees are tracked by the OMA. Students are encouraged to apply for a second summer in this program. When appropriate, individual students are encouraged to apply to the various graduate programs at the University of Florida, especially to the Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences, but also to Ph.D., M.D., D.V.M., and Pharm.D. programs. We want to make our trainees aware of the power of basic research, especially in the cardiovascular sciences, so that they will be motivated to choose careers in research and to successfully initiate graduate-level training. We will be a success if we improve recruitment and success of under-represented minorities in academic science. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This program is designed to increase the number of students from under-represented populations (minorities, students with disabilities, and students from disadvantaged backgrounds) choosing careers in biomedical science. The long-term goal is to strengthen the effectiveness and relevance of biomedical science by increasing the diversity of the scientists who are performing hypothesis-driven research. (End of Abstract)