Louisiana SURE Program

描述(由申请者提供)：暑期本科生研究体验(SURE)项目将通过支持10名学生与综合酒精研究中心(CARC)的研究人员合作来培养下一代科学家，旨在培养他们对研究职业的兴趣。我们已经确认了许多在酗酒和酒精相关疾病领域工作的教职员工导师。学生们将在夏季与CARC的教职员工一起进行为期8周的密集的、动手的临床或基础科学研究。SURE计划的目标包括：1)为最优秀和最聪明的本科生提供研究经验；2)为学生提供强有力的职业和研究指导；3)增加女性和少数族裔学生对研究的参与。除了他们的研究经验外，我们还创建了包括研究导师、医学生和更有经验的本科生研究人员的分层导师体系。这种指导体系有助于建立学生对自己进行研究的能力的信心，这与他们选择该领域职业的可能性有关。学生还将接受以下方面的教学培训：实验室安全、负责任的研究行为、HIPPA、在研究中使用动物、撰写摘要和展示研究结果的技能发展。在暑期结束时，学生们将在暑期研究海报课程中展示他们的数据。我们将努力招募20%代表不足的少数族裔参与者。为了确定该计划对参与者的影响，暑期实习生将完成目标实现量表(GAS)和研究自我效能(RSE)调查。GAS已被证明是一种有价值的、灵活的技术，用于评估夏季研究培训计划。RSE是职业选择和表现的主要预测者。我们还将对整个课程进行形成性和终结性评估，以确定可能需要进行哪些课程改革，并调整课程以更好地满足学生的需求。最后，我们将与学生事务处合作，实施职业跟踪系统，该系统将衡量他们暑期经历对职业选择和研究参与的长期影响，从而量化这一计划的长期影响。该项目不仅有助于培养下一代酒精研究人员，还将让学生更好地了解与酒精相关的疾病的多样性。 公共卫生相关性：我们建议为研究实验室和诊所的本科生提供短期研究培训计划。暑期本科生研究体验(SURE)计划旨在培养学生对研究职业的兴趣，为他们从事酒精滥用和酒精相关疾病的研究项目做准备。该计划将帮助培养下一代研究人员，他们准备进行转化性研究，将基础科学发现转化为新的临床疗法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program will train the next generation of scientists by supporting ten students to work with researchers within the Comprehensive Alcohol Research Center (CARC) and is designed to cultivate their interest in research careers. We have identified many faculty mentors who are working in the area alcohol abuse and alcohol-related diseases. Students will conduct intensive, hands-on clinical or basic science research for 8 weeks in the summer, working with CARC faculty. The goals of the SURE program include: 1) to provide the best and brightest undergraduate students with research experiences; 2) to provide students with strong career and research mentoring; 3) to increase the participation in research by women and minority students. In addition to their research experience, we have created a tiered mentoring system that includes the research mentor, medical students and more experienced undergraduate researchers. This mentoring system helps build students' confidence in their ability to conduct research, which correlates with the likelihood they will choose a career in this field. Students wil also receive didactic training on: lab safety, responsible conduct of research, HIPPA, use of animals in research, skill development in writing abstracts and presenting research results. At the end of the summer, students will present their data in the Summer Research Poster Session. We will work to recruit 20% underrepresented minority participants. In order to determine the impact the program has on participants, summer interns will complete Goals Attainment Scales (GAS) as well as Research Self Efficacy (RSE) surveys. GAS has been shown to be a valuable and flexible technique for the evaluation of summer research training programs. RSE is a major predictor of career choice and performance. We will also conduct formative and summative evaluations concerning the entire program, in order to determine what programmatic changes may be needed and to tailor the program to better meet the needs of the students. Lastly, working with the Office of Student Affairs, we will implement a career tracking system which will measure the long-term impact of their summer experience on career choices and research participation, thus quantifying the long-term impact of this program. This program will not only help to create the next generation of alcohol researchers but also will provide students with a better understanding of the diversity of alcohol-related diseases. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: We propose a short-term research training program for undergraduates in research labs and clinics. The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program is designed to cultivate students' interest in research careers by preparing them to work on research projects on alcohol abuse and alcohol related diseases. This program will help to create the next generation of researchers who are prepared to conduct the translational research that can transform basic science discoveries into new clinical therapies.