Wyoming IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence

描述（由申请人提供）：怀俄明州大学（UW）是一所赠地大学，也是怀俄明州唯一的学士学位和中学后学位授予机构。本申请是最初INBRE-1裁决（P20 RR 016474）的延续。建立一个全州范围的生物医学研究卓越网络的长期计划目标将继续下去。随着四个新的教师谁在生物医学科学的广泛领域进行研究，并在未来五年内支持五个额外的招聘大学的承诺，最近聘用，怀俄明州INBRE网络正在逐步获得生物医学研究所需的教师开发可持续的，有竞争力的研究项目的临界质量。与建立在过去的成就和现有优势的目标相一致，努力将继续专注于为整个怀俄明州INBRE网络的本科生提供参与动手生物医学研究的机会。 将保留INBRE-1期间开发的三个主要核心（行政、生物信息学和外联）。由于外展核心的成功及其对全州网络的重要性，这个核心将得到扩大。根据现有优势确定了两个主题研究领域：1）心血管疾病和2）肥胖和糖尿病。这两个专题研究领域是美国发病率、死亡率和高医疗保健成本的主要原因之一，也是为美国人建设一个健康的世纪而努力的范围之一。怀俄明州INBRE网络将通过在华盛顿大学和社区学院的教师之间建立伙伴关系来加强。这种方法将提供榜样，以建立与其他机构的联系，并将通过提高整个国家的研究质量和知名度在推动专题研究领域向前发展至关重要。通过为本科生和研究生在其学术生涯早期进行生物医学研究创造机会，将创建一个学生库，为生物技术行业的下一代卫生专业人员，生物医学科学家和员工做出贡献。此外，怀俄明州的研究网络将在西部IDEA地区扩大，作为西部地区IDEA计划参与者的共同努力 公共卫生相关性（由申请人提供）：本申请是对PAR-08-150的回应，旨在通过开发和维护怀俄明州IDEA生物医学研究卓越网络（怀俄明州INBRE）来增强怀俄明州的生物医学研究和教育机会。除了为教师和学生在生物医学研究中取得成功创造独特的机会外，还将实施一项计划，为下一代生物医学科学家和卫生保健专家培养学生“管道”。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Wyoming (UW) is a land-grant institution and the only baccalaureate, post-secondary degree granting institution in the State of Wyoming. This application is a continuation of the initial INBRE-1 award (P20 RR016474). The long-term programmatic goal to establish a statewide network for biomedical research excellence will be continued. With the recent hires of four new faculty who conduct research in the broad area of biomedical science, and a University commitment to support five additional hires during the next five years, the Wyoming INBRE Network is gradually acquiring a critical mass of biomedical research faculty needed to develop sustainable, competitive research programs. Consistent with the goal to build on past achievements and existing strengths, efforts will continue to focus on ways to provide opportunities for undergraduates across the Wyoming INBRE Network to participate in hands-on biomedical research. The three primary cores developed during INBRE-1 (Administrative, Bioinformatics, and Outreach) will be retained. Because of the success of the Outreach Core and its importance to the statewide network, this core will be expanded. Two thematic research areas have been identified based on existing strengths: 1) Cardiovascular Disease and 2) Obesity and Diabetes. These two thematic research areas are among the leading causes of morbidity, mortality and high health care costs in the US and are well within the scope of efforts for a healthy 21st century for Americans. The Wyoming INBRE Network will be enhanced by forming partnerships between faculty at UW and community colleges. This approach will provide role models to build links to other institutions and will be essential in moving the thematic research areas forward by increasing the quality and visibility of the research performed across the state. By creating opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in biomedical research early in their academic careers, a pool of students will be created that will contribute to the next generation of health professionals, biomedical scientists and employees for the biotechnology industries. In addition, the Wyoming research network will be expanded across the western IDeA region as a joint effort among participants in the western regional IDeA programs PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): This application is in response to PAR-08-150 and is designed to enhance biomedical research and education opportunities in the state of Wyoming by developing and maintaining the Wyoming IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (Wyoming INBRE). In addition to creating unique opportunities for faculty and students to succeed in biomedical research, a plan will be implemented to develop a "pipeline" of students for the next generation of biomedical scientists and health care specialists.