The Advanced Research Training Corps (ARTC): A Novel Initiative for URM Students

描述（由申请人提供）：健康差距对大多数少数民族人口来说是一个重大困难。有文件证明，增加训练有素的少数群体研究人员的人数可能有助于减少差距。为了解决癌症的健康差异问题，2001年，哥伦比亚哥伦比亚特区大学和乔治敦大学医学中心的伦巴第综合癌症中心建立了伙伴关系。该伙伴关系强调研究、教育和社区外联。这两个机构都获得了许多好处。UDC伙伴关系提供的教育影响是巨大的。我们将在这个拟议的项目中加强这一优势，即发展高级研究训练团。通过ARTC，我们建议通过参与哥伦比亚哥伦比亚特区大学（UDC）少数民族服务机构的本科生和教师，在严格的教学和指导计划中，包括研究生院学分的生物技术实验室研究，教师的教学和科学研讨会，杰出的特邀演讲者讲座，在UDC，乔治敦大学，生物医学研究所和政府机构的积极研究环境中进行实验室实习。我们将指导和培训25名本科生从少数民族获得癌症研究（MARC），科学，技术和数学（STEM）和路易斯斯托克斯联盟少数民族计划（LSAMP）每学年招募。此外，ARTC将在每年3月举行的国家科学研究所（NIS）会议之前组织并向25名选定的学生提供基于实验室的教学。此外，将为NIS会议的所有与会者组织一场由有成就的分子生物学家或诺贝尔奖获得者发表的杰出演讲。重要的是，UDC和LCCC教师和其他ARTC导师将接受现代教学方法和评估以及LCCC共享资源实验室提供的生物医学现代技术的培训。我们在培训选择生物医学研究职业的学生方面的经验是广泛的，我们确信，结合少数服务机构的人才和资源，一个综合性癌症中心，以及以前在培训URM和BIOTRAC工作人员方面的经验，BIOTRAC工作人员在一系列研讨会和短期课程中培训了许多科学家和研究生，确保我们在这项事业中取得成功，以吸引和支持少数民族研究人员谁将继续在生物医学研究生学习和职业生涯。 公共卫生相关性：高级研究培训团（ARTC）的实施建议在这里是一个自然的进展之间的癌症研究合作伙伴关系UDC和LCCC，成立于2000年，以解决非洲裔美国人在华盛顿，哥伦比亚特区大都会区的沉重癌症负担。ARTC将通过提供生物技术方面的支持，为经过严格培训的本科生提供一条管道，让学生建立信心，成功地攻读生物医学方面的更高级学位。教师将接受培训，以超越和评估他们对学生的现代技术教学，目标是增加少数民族学生从事癌症研究的人数，以解决健康差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Health disparities present significant difficulties for most minority populations. It has been documented that increasing the numbers of well-trained minority researchers may help to reduce disparities. In an attempt to address the problem on health disparities in cancer, a Partnership was established between the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) at Georgetown University Medical Center in 2001. The Partnership emphasizes research, education, and community outreach. Many benefits have been derived at both institutions. The educational impact provided by the Partnership on UDC has been monumental. We will build on this strength in this proposed project, the development of the Advanced Research Training Corps (ARTC). Through ARTC, we propose to assist in alleviating health disparities through engaging undergraduate students and faculty from the University of the District of Columbia,(UDC) a Minority Serving Institution, in a rigorous teaching and mentoring program which will include Biotechnology laboratory studies for graduate school credit, pedagogical and scientific workshops for faculty, distinguished invited speaker lectures, and laboratory internships in active research settings at UDC, Georgetown University, the Biomedical Research Institute, and government settings. We will mentor and train 25 undergraduate students recruited from the Minority Access to Cancer Research (MARC), Science, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) and Louis Stokes Alliance Minority Program (LSAMP) each academic year. In addition, ARTC will organize and present laboratory based instruction to 25 selected students prior to the National Institute of Science (NIS) meeting held every March. In addition, a distinguished lecture delivered by an accomplished molecular biologist or Nobel Laureate will be organized for all attendees of the NIS meeting. Importantly, UDC and LCCC faculty and other ARTC mentors will be trained in modern pedagogical approaches and assessments as well as modern techniques in Biomedicine presented by the LCCC Shared Resource laboratories. Our experiences in training students who have selected biomedical research careers are extensive, and we are assured that combining the talents and resources of a minority serving institution, a comprehensive cancer center with previous experience in training URMs and the BIOTRAC staff who has trained many scientists and graduate students in cutting edge research in a series of workshops and short courses, assures our success in this venture to attract and support minority researchers who will go forward in graduate studies and careers in Biomedicine. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The implementation of The Advanced Research Training Corps (ARTC) proposed here is a natural progression of the cancer research partnership between UDC and LCCC, established in 2000, to address the heavy cancer burden among African American in the Washington, D.C Metropolitan Area. The ARTC will provide a pipe-line of rigorously trained undergraduate students by providing the support in Biotechnology that allows students to build confidence to successfully pursue more advanced degrees ins Biomedicine. Faculty will be trained to excel and assess their teaching of modern techniques to students with the goal of increasing the number of minority students pursuing careers in cancer research in an attempt to address health disparities.