Drew National High School Student Summer Research Apprentice Program

描述（由申请人提供）：通过NIDDK针对弱势群体的短期教育计划（STEP-UP），查尔斯R.德鲁医学与科学大学（CDU）建议在5年的续签期内继续并进一步加强其国家高中生暑期研究学徒计划。该计划的主要目标是增加未被充分代表的少数民族和弱势学生的数量，这些学生“在管道中”致力于NIDDK任务领域的生物医学、临床、行为或社会科学研究，包括糖尿病、内分泌学、代谢、营养、肥胖和消化、泌尿、肾脏和血液系统疾病。利用有效的招聘、留用以及教育和培训战略，基民盟“加强”正在通过培训具有文化能力并对服务不足的少数民族和社会经济上处于不利地位的人口的多种和复杂的健康相关需求作出反应的研究科学家，促进急需的生物医学和保健工作人员的多样化。在续期期间，该计划每年夏天将继续为25名有前途的高中生提供深入的、有指导的健康科学沉浸式体验，这些学生来自生物医学和行为研究领域代表性不足的种族/民族，以及/或来自弱势背景，否则可能无法进入科学职业道路的学生。这方面的教育和培训经验包括接触新发展和发展战略任务地区以及2010年健康人确定的在代表性不足的少数民族社区中不成比例地普遍存在的疾病领域的生物医学研究的关键方法和原则。CDU项目包括一个关于负责任的研究行为的介绍性网络培训课程，一个非正式的导师领导的实验室和研究方向，参加各种研究论坛的机会，专门的学生研究任务和活动，以及一年一度的NIH/NIDDK学生研究研讨会，学生向同龄人展示他们的研究成果。CDU全国高中生暑期研究学徒计划的具体目标是：(1)每年为25名高中生提供为期10周的暑期研究经验，其中包括研究原则、行为、评估和展示方面的教育；(2)由活跃的研究人员对每个学生进行深入的指导；(3)完全

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Through the NIDDK Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP), Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) proposes to continue and further enhance, over the 5-year renewal period, its National High School Student Summer Research Apprentice Program. The main goal of this program is to increase the number of underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students "in the pipeline" who are committed to a career in biomedical, clinical, behavioral, or social science research in the NIDDK mission areas, including diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and diseases of the digestive, urologic, kidney, and hematologic systems. Utilizing effective recruitment, retention, and education and training strategies, CDU STEP-UP is contributing to the much-needed diversification of the biomedical and health care workforce by training research scientists who are culturally competent and responsive to the multiple and complex health-related needs of underserved minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. During the renewal period, the program will continue to provide an in-depth, mentored health sciences immersion experience each summer to 25 promising high school students from racial/ethnic groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research, and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds who would otherwise likely not have access to a career path in science. This education and training experience encompasses exposure to critical methodologies and principles of biomedical research in the NIDDK mission areas and in disease areas identified by Healthy People 2010 as disproportionately prevalent among underrepresented minority communities. The CDU program includes an introductory web-based training curriculum in the Responsible Conduct of Research, an informal mentor-led laboratory and research orientation, opportunities for attendance at various research forums, specialized student-specific research assignments and activities, and the annual NIH/NIDDK student research symposium where students present their research findings to their peers. The specific aims of the CDU National High School Student Summer Research Apprentice Program are to (1) provide a rewarding 10-week summer research experience to 25 high school students annually, which includes education in research principles, conduct, evaluation, and presentation; (2) provide intensive mentoring to each student by active research faculty; (3) fully participate in the national STEP-UP forum at NIH/NIDDK, where the program students make oral and/or poster presentations to peers and established researchers using the standard presentation format of national scientific meetings; and (4) evaluate the impact of this NIH/NIDDK-CDU program.