Research Education Program for Minority Medical Students

描述(由申请人提供)：建议的研究教育计划的主要目标是为10名积极进取的少数族裔学生提供年度短期(10-12周)研究教育经验，以使他们接触到心血管功能和疾病领域的生物医学研究。长期目标是通过接触广泛的研究和教育活动所产生的兴趣，增加这一领域的少数族裔保健专业人员的数量。该项目建立在MUSC在心血管研究方面的雄厚实力、为所有级别的学生提供有意义的研究培训经验的坚定承诺以及向代表不足的群体的学生介绍生物医学研究的记录基础上。该计划学院由33名富有成效、协作、独立资助的科学家组成，他们的专业知识和兴趣与心血管科学高度相关，包括细胞通讯和分子结构的多个方面，以及他们在心脏形态发生、高血压、血管疾病和心脏肥大和衰竭方面的功能障碍。他们还包括对南卡罗来纳州非洲裔美国人居民的发病率、发病率和死亡率明显高于其他人口群体、甚至美国其他地区的非裔美国人的疾病和障碍感兴趣的教职员工。除了指导研究项目和指导研究的伦理行为外，学生还将参加心血管系列研讨会和将研究转化为实践的课程。高级研究选修课和GCRC月让学生在医学院的大四期间获得更多的研究经验，并接触到以患者为中心的研究。该计划得益于稳定的管理结构和致力于多样性的特别强大的领导层。还制定了一项全面的评估计划，以衡量该方案实现其目标的程度。公共卫生相关声明多样化的医学研究队伍至关重要，以便将科学进步与日益多样化的社区的高质量服务和交付联系起来。此外，尽管在过去十年中实施了扩大专科和专科心血管培训计划的变化，但心血管疾病治疗方面的劳动力需求仍在继续增加。拟议的研究教育计划的目的是让少数民族医学生参与基础、临床和转化性研究，以激发他们对心血管研究的兴趣。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of the proposed research education program is to provide annual short- term (10-12 weeks) research education experiences for 10 highly motivated minority students in order to expose them to biomedical research in the area of cardiovascular function and disease. The long- range goal is to increase the number of minority health professionals in this area through interest generated by exposure to a broad spectrum of research and educational activities. The program builds upon MUSC's established strength in cardiovascular research, its strong commitment to providing meaningful research training experiences for students at all levels, and its track record of introducing students from underrepresented groups to biomedical research. The Program Faculty is a group of 33 productive, collaborative, independently funded scientists with very strong training records whose expertise and interests are highly relevant to the cardiovascular sciences including multiple aspects of cell communication and molecular structure and their dysfunction in cardiac morphogenesis, hypertension, vascular disease and cardiac hypertrophy and failure. They also include faculty with interest in diseases and disorders that exhibit significantly higher rates of incidence, morbidity, and mortality among African American residents of South Carolina than among other population groups, or even African Americans in other parts of the country. In addition to the mentored research project and instruction in the ethical conduct of research, students will participate in a Cardiovascular Seminar Series and a course in Translating Research Into Practice. Senior research electives and the Month in the GCRC allow students to gain additional research experience and exposure to patient-oriented research during their advanced years in medical school. The program benefits from a stable administrative structure and exceptionally strong leadership committed to diversity. A comprehensive evaluation plan that measures the degree to which the program is achieving its objectives is also in place. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE STATEMENT A diverse medical research workforce is critical in order to link scientific advancements with quality service and delivery in increasingly diverse communities. Furthermore, workforce needs in the treatment of cardiovascular disease continue to increase despite changes implemented in the past decade to expand specialty and subspecialty cardiovascular training programs. The purpose of the proposed research education program is to engage minority medical students in basic, clinical and translational research in order to stimulate their interest in cardiovascular research. (End of Abstract)