Wyoming IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence

怀俄明州大学（UW）是一所赠地大学，也是美国唯一的中学后学士学位学校。 在怀俄明州的学位授予机构。本申请是最初INBRE-1的延续 裁决（P20 RR 016474）。长期的计划目标是建立一个全州范围的生物医学网络， 将继续进行卓越的研究。随着最近聘用的四名新教师谁进行研究， 广泛的生物医学科学领域，以及大学承诺在2015年期间支持另外五名员工。 未来5年，怀俄明州的INBRE网络将逐步获得生物医学研究的临界质量 教师需要开发可持续的，有竞争力的研究项目。与建立在 过去的成就和现有的优势，努力将继续集中在如何提供机会， 在整个怀俄明州INBRE网络的本科生参加动手生物医学研究。的 INBRE-1期间开发的三个主要核心（行政、生物信息学和外联）将 保留。由于外联核心的成功及其对全州网络的重要性， 核心将扩大。根据现有优势，确定了两个专题研究领域：1） 心血管疾病和2）肥胖和糖尿病。这两个专题研究领域是 美国发病率、死亡率和高医疗保健成本的主要原因， 努力为美国人创造一个健康的世纪。怀俄明州INBRE网络将通过组建 华盛顿大学和社区学院的教师之间的伙伴关系。这种方法将提供榜样， 与其他机构的联系，并将是必不可少的推动专题研究领域前进， 在全国范围内进行的研究的质量和知名度。通过创造机会， 本科生和研究生在生物医学研究的早期，在他们的学术生涯， 学生将被创建，这将有助于下一代的卫生专业人员，生物医学 科学家和生物技术行业的员工。此外，怀俄明州研究网络将在 作为西部地区IDEA参与者的共同努力， 程序

The University of Wyoming (UW) is a land-grant institution and the only baccalaureate, post-secondary degree granting institution in the State of Wyoming. This application is a continuation of the initial INBRE-1 award (P20 RR016474). The long-term programmatic goal to establish a statewide network for biomedical research excellence will be continued. With the recent hires of four new faculty who conduct research in the broad area of biomedical science, and a University commitment to support five additional hires during the next five years, the Wyoming INBRE Network is gradually acquiring a critical mass of biomedical research faculty needed to develop sustainable, competitive research programs. Consistent with the goal to build on past achievements and existing strengths, efforts will continue to focus on ways to provide opportunities for undergraduates across the Wyoming INBRE Network to participate in hands-on biomedical research. The three primary cores developed during INBRE-1 (Administrative, Bioinformatics, and Outreach) will be retained. Because of the success of the Outreach Core and its importance to the statewide network, this core will be expanded. Two thematic research areas have been identified based on existing strengths: 1) Cardiovascular Disease and 2) Obesity and Diabetes. These two thematic research areas are among the leading causes of morbidity, mortality and high health care costs in the US and are well within the scope of efforts for a healthy 21st century for Americans. The Wyoming INBRE Network will be enhanced by forming partnerships between faculty at UW and community colleges. This approach will provide role models to build links to other institutions and will be essential in moving the thematic research areas forward by increasing the quality and visibility of the research performed across the state. By creating opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in biomedical research early in their academic careers, a pool of students will be created that will contribute to the next generation of health professionals, biomedical scientists and employees for the biotechnology industries. In addition, the Wyoming research network will be expanded across the western IDeA region as a joint effort among participants in the western regional IDeA programs