Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research in Nephrology & Urology

简介(申请人提供)：梅奥诊所肾脏病和泌尿外科暑期本科研究梅奥诊所在肾脏病和泌尿外科的基础科学和临床科学研究方面有丰富的历史，并有活跃的博士、医学和医学博士培养计划。梅奥研究生院每年都会收到1000份本科生申请与梅奥诊所研究人员合作的申请。梅奥诊所既是奥布莱恩泌尿学研究中心的所在地，也是转化性多囊肾病(PKD)中心的所在地。这两个梅奥中心都是美国国立卫生研究院资助的四个中心之一。在过去的几年里，这两个中心都获得了补充资金，分别用于支持与肾结石和PKD相关的夏季本科生研究。这项提案是对RFA-DK-13-005(R25)的响应，将这两个成功的夏季本科课程合并为一个更广泛的梅奥肾脏和泌尿外科暑期本科研究项目。梅奥项目的几名学生已经进入博士、医学博士或医学博士项目，或者与人合著了肾病学或泌尿学方面的同行评议论文。在接下来的5年里，我们建议资助14名学生/暑期(总共70名学生)专门与从事肾脏和泌尿学基础或翻译研究的梅奥研究员合作。这5年的时间将允许该项目的本科生与领先的梅奥临床研究实验室进行创新的肾病学和泌尿学研究。学生还将参加各种教育项目(例如，每周研讨会和迷你课程)，以增强他们的研究经验。他们为期10周的暑期体验将达到高潮：(1)10分钟的工作口头演示，(2)全美夏季本科生海报演示(&gt；120名学生/年)和(3)每年在马里兰州贝塞斯达举行的NIDDK夏季研究海报研讨会。暑期计划结束后，将对学生进行学术跟踪，以确定梅奥夏季本科生在肾病学和泌尿学方面的研究经验的有效性。我们的目标是通过这次培训增加基础和临床肾脏及泌尿外科研究人员的数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research in Nephrology & Urology The Mayo Clinic has a rich history in both basic science and clinic science research in Nephrology & Urology, and has active PhD, MD and MD-PhD training programs. Annually, the Mayo Graduate School receives >1000 applications from Undergraduates to work with Mayo Clinic Investigators. The Mayo Clinic is home to both an O'Brien Urology Research Center as well as a Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center. Both Mayo Centers are one of four NIH funded Centers in the US. For the past several years, both Centers have received supplemental funds to support summer undergraduate research related to kidney stones and PKD, respectively. This proposal, in response to RFA-DK-13-005 (R25) merges these two successful summer undergraduate programs into a more generalized Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research in Nephrology & Urology. Several students from Mayo's programs have entered PhD, MD, or MD- PhD programs, or have co-authored Nephrology or Urology-oriented peer-reviewed papers. Over the next 5 years, we proposed to fund 14 students/summer (70 students total) to work specifically with Mayo Investigators engaged in basic or translational research in Nephrology & Urology. This 5 year period will allow undergraduates in the program to perform innovative Nephrology & Urology research with leading Mayo Clinic research laboratories. Students will also participate in various educational programs (e.g., weekly seminars and mini-courses) to enhance their research experience. Their 10-week summer experience will culminate with (1) a 10-minute oral presentation of their work, (2) a Mayo-wide Summer Undergraduate poster presentation (> 120 student/yr) and (3) a NIDDK Summer Research Poster Symposium to be held annually in Bethesda, MD. Following the Summer Program, students will be academically tracked to determine the effectiveness of the Mayo Summer Undergraduate Research experience in Nephrology & Urology. Our goal is to increase the number of basic and clinical Nephrology & Urology researchers as a result of this training experience.