Iowa Summer Institute in Biostatistics

描述(由申请人提供)： 这是爱荷华大学向美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)国家心肺和血液研究所(NHLBI)提出的建议，以回应RFA-HL-09-009关于生物统计学夏季培训研究所的建议。该提案建议爱荷华大学生物统计学系在2010年招收14名本科生，2011年和2012年招收16名本科生，主要来自没有研究生课程或广泛的统计学或生物统计学本科课程的学院和大学。最多6名UL本科生也将包括在内。爱荷华州生物统计夏季研究所(ISIB)将为期7周：将通过基于案例的真实生物医学研究教学；计算机实验室培训；项目；以及临床和转化性研究丰富活动。将在ISIB结束时的一次会议上介绍一项最终研究项目。该计划的招生对象将是代表人数不足的少数族裔学生和弱势学生：预计大多数受训学生将是少数族裔。ISIB将与以下机构建立行政伙伴关系：全国数学科学博士研究联盟。这是一个由30多所高校组成的机构联合体，其中少数民族学生占很大比例。该联盟的目标是增加来自少数族裔服务机构的本科生进入数学科学博士课程并从该课程毕业的人数。这一计划的目标是增加进入生物统计学或相关领域研究生课程的本科生人数。相关性：生物统计师在全国范围内短缺，这一短缺对医学和公共卫生研究产生了负面影响。该项目将向有才华的本科生介绍生物统计学，并鼓励他们从事生物统计学的职业。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a proposal to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), from the University of Iowa, in response to RFA-HL-09-009 for a Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics. The proposal is for the University of Iowa (Ul) Department of Biostatistics to recruit a group of 14 undergraduates for 2010 and 16 undergraduates for years 2011 and 2012, primarily from colleges and universities without graduate programs or extensive undergraduate program in statistics or biostatistics. Up to 6 Ul undergraduate students will also be included. The Iowa Summer Institute in Biostatistics (ISIB) will be 7 weeks: instruction will be through case based instruction of real biomedical research; computer laboratory training; projects; and clinical and translational research enrichment activities. A presentation of a final research project will be made at a conference at the end of ISIB. Recruitment for the program will target underrepresented minority students and also disadvantaged students: it is anticipated that a majority of the trainees will be minority. The ISIB will be in administrative partnership with: The National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences. This is a consortium of institutions of over 30 colleges and universities with a large proportion of minority students. The goal of the Alliance is to increase the number of undergraduates from the minority serving institutions that enter and graduate from PhD programs in the mathematical sciences. The goal of this proposed program is to increase the number of undergraduates who enter graduate programs in Biostatistics or related areas. RELEVANCE: There is a nationwide shortage biostatisticians and the shortage is having a negative impact on medical and public health research. This project will introduce talented undergraduates to biostatistics and encourage them to pursue careers in biostatistics. (End of Abstract)