Louisiana SURE Program

描述（由申请人提供）：暑期本科生研究经验（SURE）计划将通过支持10名学生与综合酒精研究中心（CARC）的研究人员一起工作来培养下一代科学家，旨在培养他们对研究事业的兴趣。我们已经确定了许多在酗酒和酒精相关疾病领域工作的教师导师。学生将在夏季与CARC的教师一起进行为期8周的临床或基础科学研究。SURE计划的目标包括：1)为最优秀、最聪明的本科生提供研究经验；2)为学生提供强有力的就业和研究指导；3)增加妇女和少数民族学生对研究的参与。除了他们的研究经验外，我们还创建了一个分层指导系统，包括研究导师、医学院学生和更有经验的本科生研究人员。这种指导体系有助于建立学生对自己进行研究能力的信心，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、研究中动物的使用、撰写摘要和展示研究结果的技能发展。在夏季结束时，学生们将在夏季研究海报会议上展示他们的数据。我们将努力招募20%未被充分代表的少数民族参与者。为了确定项目对参与者的影响，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和灵活的评估暑期研究培训计划的技术。RSE是职业选择和绩效的主要预测指标。我们还将对整个项目进行形成性和总结性评估，以确定可能需要哪些项目变更，并调整项目以更好地满足学生的需求。最后，与学生事务办公室合作，我们将实施一个职业跟踪系统，该系统将衡量他们的暑期经历对职业选择和研究参与的长期影响，从而量化这个项目的长期影响。这个项目不仅有助于培养下一代酒精研究人员，而且还将使学生更好地了解酒精相关疾病的多样性。

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.