PSU INTREPID Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的重点是向本科生传达科学发现的热情，这些本科生代表了在卫生保健工作人员中代表性不足的群体。这些学生在他们的大学生涯中几乎没有参加过“短期”的研究项目。通过在宾夕法尼亚州立大学（PSU）为学生提供一个实践研究的机会，在国家心肺血液研究所（NHLBI）的基础任务的背景下，我们的目标是激发学生对生物科学的好奇心，并灌输他们探索研究生道路的信心，从而在健康和生物科学领域取得富有成果的职业生涯。我们的项目名为PSU INTREPID（引进一种促进包容性和多样性的新型分层研究体验），将使少数民族学生在医学院一年级逐渐进入研究领域，在为期八周的指导教学中，他们将获得动手实验室经验。该计划将包括教学模式，包括人体模拟器、台式实验、研究项目、计算机数据挖掘等；此外，学生们将以两人一组的方式工作，探索四个学科领域（心脏、血液、肺和睡眠），他们将建立一个导师网络，在两年乃至更长时间内为学生提供支持。一旦对自己的实验室技能充满信心，并了解了负责任的研究行为这一主题，学生们将在大学公园进行第二阶段的研究训练，在那里他们将根据自己的兴趣进行特定的研究项目。PSU夏季研讨会和其他形式的科学支持（分组会议，小型讲座和研讨会）将根据需要在第二级提供。第三层将对应于创建一个超越INTREPID实验室年的导师支持网络，以帮助感兴趣的学生进入研究生课程。确定该计划的其他新颖元素是否有价值也很重要。这些包括(1)在第一年将模拟应用于教学/指导模式；(2)在第一年（医学院）和第二年（大学/大学城）提供两个不同的场地；(3)建立延伸的师徒网络；(4)宾夕法尼亚州立大学与当地两个HBCU（历史上的黑人学院/大学）合作伙伴之间的密切合作关系；(5)建立一个职业路径网络，从当地高中开始，延伸到HBCUs和当地大学，通过INTREPID项目，进入PSU和其他研究型大学的研究生课程；最后，(6)与PA卫生部、健康公平办公室和PA的Highmark蓝十字蓝盾健康公司建立合作伙伴关系，其代表将向学员通报卫生职业机会。公共卫生相关性：宾夕法尼亚州立大学将为8名少数族裔本科生提供连续两周的暑期研究经历。学生将在第一年（医学院）逐步接触发现科学，重点是通过动手实验加强概念和技能发展；第二年将在大学公园的动态实验室进行独立研究。将被测试的假设是，通过逐渐的沉浸，伴随着强有力的和长期的指导，少数民族学生将更好地培养兴趣，追求卫生事业，这通常被认为是可行的未来选择，从而消除目前劳动力中存在的多样性不平衡。（摘要结束）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application focuses upon conveying the enthusiasm of scientific discovery to undergraduates representing those groups who are underrepresented in the health care workforce. Such students are virtually absent from "short-term" research exposure programs during their college careers. By providing students a hands-on research opportunity at the Penn State University (PSU) in the context of the foundational missions of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), it is our goal to pique student curiosity about the biosciences and to instill in them the confidence to explore postgraduate pathways leading to productive careers in the health and bioscience fields. Our program, termed PSU INTREPID (Introduction of a Novel Tiered Research Experience Promoting Inclusion and Diversity), will gradually immerse minority students into the research arena in year one at the College of Medicine, where they will be provided with hands-on laboratory experiences during the eight weeks of guided instruction. The program will consist of didactic modalities including human simulators, bench-top experiments, research projects, computer data mining, and others; moreover, the students, who will work in teams of two and explore the four subject areas (heart, blood, lung and sleep), will develop a network of mentors who will support the students through the two years of the program and beyond. Once confident in their laboratory skills and introduced to the subject of responsible conduct of research, the students will perform the second tier of their research training at University Park, where they will conduct a specific research program tailored to their interests. The PSU Summer Symposium and other forms of scientific support (breakout sessions, mini-lectures, and seminars) will be available in tier two as deemed necessary. The third tier will correspond to the creation of a support network of mentors extending beyond the INTREPID laboratory years that will aid interested students in the matriculation into postgraduate programs. It will also be important to determine whether other novel elements of the programs are of merit. These include (1) the application of simulation in concert with teaching/instructive modalities in year one; (2) the provision of two distinct venues in year one (medical school) and year two (university/college town); (3) the creation of an extended mentoring network; (4) the close partnership between Penn State and two local HBCU (Historically Black College/University) partners; (5) the creation of a career pathways network beginning with local high schools, extending to the HBCUs and local universities, and passing through the INTREPID program and on to postgraduate programs at both PSU and other research-intensive universities; and finally, (6) the generation of a partnership with both the PA Department of Health, Office of Health Equity, and the Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Company of PA, representatives of which will inform the trainees of health career opportunities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Penn State University will provide eight minority undergraduate students with two, successive eight-week summer research experiences. Students will undergo gradual exposure to discovery science in year one (at the College of Medicine) through the focus upon concept strengthening and skill development via hands-on experimentation; this will be followed in year two by independent research in dynamic laboratories at University Park. The hypothesis that will be tested is that by gradual immersion, accompanied by strong and extended mentorship, minority students will better develop an interest to pursue careers in health infrequently considered as viable future options, and thus, level the diversity imbalance extant in the current workforce. (End of Abstract)