PRIDE SUMMER INSTITUTE IN CARDIOVASCULAR GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

圣路易斯华盛顿大学医学院拟议的PROID(RFA-HL-10-019)计划的主要目标是帮助培训和指导来自不同种族群体(特别是代表性少数族裔，URM)的初级教员和残疾科学家，使他们在与国家心肺和血液研究所(NHLBI)具有规划相关性的领域发展为独立的研究调查人员。该计划将扩大遗传流行病学和心血管研究方面的基本培训和强化指导。为此，目前正在进行的SIPID(RFA-HL-04-035)暑期学院计划将得到精简和加强，采用教学指导、测量讲座和动手计算机实验室的组合。具体目标涉及：在头3年每年招募8名学员，并为他们提供为期3周的第一个暑期学院，然后是为期一年的指导，其中包括为期2天的年中会议，然后是为期3周的第二个暑期学院。一般来说，初级教员和处于职业生涯早期阶段的科学家将被招聘。对于每个招募的团队，第一个暑期学院将包括一些关键概念和方法的实践学习，通过与导师和项目主任的密切合作来制定职业计划和独立研究计划。随后将进行为期一年的指导，并在年中召开会议，对不断发展的研究计划进行批评。受训者将返回第二暑期学院，该学院将充分利用参与机构和导师的非凡资源，主要致力于对拨款申请的草稿进行批评、修改和定稿。将组织模拟研究部分来审查和批评不断演变的赠款，为他们提供充分的反馈，以改进和最终提交资金申请。拟议计划的两个亮点是：在暑期研习班的大部分时间里举行“集体集思广益”会议，所有可用的导师和学员聚集在一起，集体审查、分析和改进学员不断发展的研究计划，以及专门针对不同教员面临的独特挑战和障碍举行的特别研讨会。评价和跟踪工具已经在SIPID方案的范围内到位。该计划的有效性将主要通过独立赠款取得的进展来衡量，出版物进展将被视为衡量成功的次要标准。

The primary goal of the proposed PRIDE (RFA-HL-10-019) program at Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, in "Cardiovascular Genetic Epidemiology" is to help train and mentor junior faculty from diverse ethnic groups (especially Under Represented Minorities, URM) and scientists with disabilities to develop as independent research investigators in an area of programmatic relevance to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The program will extend basic training and intensive mentoring in genetic epidemiology and cardiovascular research. Toward this end, the currently ongoing SIPID (RFA - HL- 04- 035) Summer Institute Program will be streamlined and enhanced, using a mix of didactic instruction, survey lectures, and hands-on computer labs. The specific aims deal with: the recruitment of a cohort of 8 mentees during each of the first 3 years and providing them with a 3-week long 1st summer institute, followed by year- long mentoring that includes a 2-day mid-year meeting, followed by a 3-week long 2nd summer institute. In general, junior faculty and scientists in early stages of their careers will be recruited. For each cohort recruited, the 1st summer institute will include hands-on learning of some of the critical concepts and methods, developing career plans and independent research plans by working closely with the mentors and Program Directors. This will be followed by year-long mentoring, with a mid-year meeting to critique the evolving research plans. The mentees will return to the 2nd summer institute which will be devoted largely to critiquing, revising, and finalizing drafts of grant applications, by taking full advantage of the extraordinary resources of the participating institutions and mentors. Mock study sections will be organized to review and critique the evolving grants, providing them with ample feedback for improvement and for eventual submission for funding. Two highlights of the proposed program are: "Group Brainstorming" meetings held on most of the days during the summer institutes where all available mentors and mentees get together to collectively review, analyze, and improve the evolving research plans of the mentees, and the special workshops devoted to unique challenges and barriers faced by diverse faculty. Evaluation and tracking tools are already in place in the context of the SIPID program. Effectiveness of the program will be measured primaily by progress made with independent grants, and with publications progress treated as a secondary measure of success.