Short-Term Internship Program for Undergraduates and Health Professional Students

描述（由申请人提供）：科罗拉多大学丹佛分校有一个成功的本科生（UG）学生多样性研究短期实习项目。它更广为人知的名字是GEMS（多元文化学生研究生体验），它将来自不同背景和弱势背景的UG学生与实验室导师配对。过去10年共有101名UG学生参加：27名仍是UG学生（85%将申请专业学校）；74人已毕业，49人在某些卫生专业学校或拥有卫生专业学位，成功率为66%。临床转化科学奖（CTSA）启动了科罗拉多临床转化科学研究所（CCTSI），以建立教育资源/增强转化研究的基础设施。CCTSI将与GEMS项目合作。在这个新的R25中，我们要求资金继续（并取代）已有10年历史的nhlbi资助的T35 GEMS，并向10名本科学生和2名卫生专业学生提供经验。我们提出了几个目标：1。通过与基础科学家或内科科学家一起沉浸在实验室中，使学生接触研究职业；2. 培养学生的定量分析能力；3. 通过参与涵盖多个主题的棕色书包，提高学生对科学的理解；4. 通过研究研讨会让学生接触科学主题；5. 通过在诊所跟随医师科学家提高对临床/转化研究的认识；6. 与CCTSI合作创建一个网站来跟踪学生。有了这个奖项，我们将继续鼓励来自不同背景的学生追求与健康有关的职业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): University of Colorado Denver has a successful undergraduate (UG) student diversity research short-term internship program. Better known as GEMS (Graduate Experiences for Multicultural Students), it pairs UG students from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds with lab mentors. Over the past 10 years, 101 UG students participated: 27 are still UG (85% will apply to professional schools); 74 have graduated, 49 are in some health professional school or have a health-professional degree for a success rate of 66%. The Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) launched the Colorado Clinical Translational Science Institute (CCTSI) to build infrastructure for educational resources/enhancement of translational research. The CCTSI will partner with the GEMS program. In this new R25 we request funds to continue (and replace) the 10 year-old NHLBI-funded T35 GEMS and provide experiences to 10 UG and 2 health professional students. We propose several aims: 1.expose students to research careers by immersion in laboratories with basic or physician scientists; 2. expose students to quantitative and analytical skills; 3. improve student comprehension of science by participation in brown bags covering several topics; 4. expose students to science topics through research seminars; 5. increase awareness of clinical/translational research by shadowing physician scientists at the clinic; 6. create a website in partnership with the CCTSI to track students. With this award, we will continue to stimulate students from diverse backgrounds to pursue health-related careers.