Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：在生物医学科学计划的建设多样性响应RFA-HL-13-020，并寻求继续其20年的卓越传统下发起的原始NHLBI T35赞助的短期少数民族培训计划的主持下。在过去的十年中，我们的计划已经培训了210名本科生，他们是NIH认可的生物医学科学代表性不足的群体的成员。超过96%的学员已完成本科学位。与近88%的校友持续接触表明，90%的人仍然从事生物医学工作，73%的人已经进入高级研究生培训课程。在接下来的一段时间里，我们将通过提供为期10周的密集指导夏季研究经验，重点关注心血管和肺部疾病以及NHLBI直接关注的问题，从而建立这一成功记录。研究将辅之以口头和书面交流方面的培训，通过积累技能和增强自信的经验。学员将通过研讨会，研讨会和职业咨询了解生物医学科学职业的广度，并通过与研究生，学士后和博士后学员的互动融入一个重要的科学社区。一个新的研讨会，汇集了临床科学家和基础科学家讨论转化方法的健康差距问题将 在下一个资助期内，增加一项新的研究项目，让学员专注于研究如何对本港市民的健康产生影响。一个由38名教师组成的小组，他们的研究与NHLBI的使命一致，每年夏天将培训18名本科生。形成性和总结性评估计划将支持该计划，并强调发现在增加生物医学科学劳动力的多样性方面最有效的机制。(End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences Program responds to RFA-HL-13-020 and seeks to continue its 20-year tradition of excellence initiated under the aegis of the original NHLBI T35-sponsored short term minority training programs. In the past ten years, our program has trained 210 undergraduate students who are members of groups recognized by NIH as under-represented in biomedical science. Over 96% of our trainees have completed their undergraduate degree. Continued contact with nearly 88% of these alumni reveals that 90% remain engaged in the biomedical workforce and 73% have entered advanced graduate training programs. In the coming period, we will build on this record of success by providing an intensive 10-week mentored summer research experience with a focus on cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases and issues of direct concern to NHLBI. Research will be supplemented by training in oral and written communication through experiences that build skills and enhance self-confidence. Trainees will learn about the breadth of biomedical science careers through workshops, seminars, and career counseling and feel integrated into a vital scientific community through interactions with graduate students, post-baccalaureate and postdoctoral trainees. A new workshop that brings together a clinical scientist and a basic scientist to discuss translational approaches to health disparity issues will be added in the coming grant period to focus trainees on ways research can have an impact on the health of our population. A group of 38 faculty members whose research is aligned with the NHLBI mission will train 18 undergraduates each summer. A formative and summative evaluation plan will support the program and emphasize discovery of the mechanisms that are most effective in increasing diversity in the biomedical science workforce. (End of Abstract)