PSU INTREPID Program

描述(申请人提供)：这项申请的重点是向代表那些在卫生保健工作中代表性不足的群体的本科生传达科学发现的热情。在他们的大学生涯中，这些学生几乎没有参加“短期”研究接触项目。通过为宾夕法尼亚州立大学(PSU)的学生在国家心肺血液研究所(NHLBI)的基本任务背景下提供实践研究机会，我们的目标是激发学生对生物科学的好奇心，并向他们灌输信心，探索在健康和生物科学领域取得丰硕成就的研究生道路。我们的项目名为PSU INTERPID(引入促进包容性和多样性的新型分层研究经验)，将在医学院的一年级逐渐让少数族裔学生沉浸在研究舞台上，在为期八周的指导指导期间，他们将获得实践实验室经验。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，学生将以两人一组的形式工作，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，这些导师将在两年及以后的计划中为学生提供支持。一旦学生对自己的实验室技能充满信心，并被介绍到负责任的研究行为这一主题，他们将在大学公园进行第二阶段的研究培训，在那里他们将根据自己的兴趣进行特定的研究计划。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)将在必要时在第二级提供。第三层将对应于创建一个超越勇敢实验室岁月的导师支持网络，帮助有兴趣的学生进入研究生课程的预科。同样重要的是要确定这些计划的其他新颖元素是否有价值。这些活动包括：(1)将模拟与第一年的教学/教学模式相结合；(2)在一年级(医学院)和二年级(大学/学院城)提供两个不同的场所；(3)创建一个扩展的指导网络；(4)宾夕法尼亚州立大学与两个当地HBCU(历史上的黑人学院/大学)合作伙伴之间的密切伙伴关系；(5)创建一个从当地高中开始，延伸到HBCU和当地大学，并通过无畏计划，直到PSU和其他研究密集型大学的研究生课程的职业道路网络；最后，(6)与宾夕法尼亚州卫生部、卫生公平办公室和宾夕法尼亚州蓝十字蓝盾健康公司建立合作伙伴关系，其代表将向受训人员通报健康职业机会。与公共健康相关：宾夕法尼亚州立大学将为八名少数族裔本科生提供两次连续八周的暑期研究体验。学生将在第一年(在医学院)通过实践实验关注概念强化和技能发展，逐步接触发现科学；第二年将在大学公园的动态实验室进行独立研究。将被检验的假设是，通过逐步沉浸，伴随着强大和延长的指导，少数族裔学生将更好地培养追求不经常被视为未来可行选择的卫生职业的兴趣，从而消除目前劳动力中存在的多样性失衡。(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)