NIDDK Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons at UCLA (UCLA STEP-UP)

项目摘要/摘要 通过NIDDK针对代表不足的人的短期教育计划(STEP-UP)，大卫 加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)格芬医学院提议实施 加州大学洛杉矶分校加快步伐，作为两个致力于协调招收48名学生的网站之一 在5年的获奖期内，在邻近的美国(根据RFA，不包括美国印第安人学生)。 该计划将在每年夏季至25日期间提供深入的、有指导的健康科学沉浸体验 承诺在NIDDK传教区从事职业生涯的有前途的未被代表的高中生， 包括糖尿病、内分泌学、新陈代谢、营养、肥胖、消化、泌尿外科、肾脏和 血液病。 该计划的主要目标是提供一个强大的暑期生物医学科学研究体验 正在进行的对这25所有希望的代表不足的高中的全年辅导计划加强了这一点 来自全国各地的学生，否则他们很可能无法在美国找到一条有前途的职业道路 科学。 加州大学洛杉矶分校的升级计划将包括基于网络的初步研究指导和实验室/临床。 准备培训课程、非正式导师指导的实验室和研究方向，机会 参加各种研究论坛、专门针对学生的研究作业和活动，以及 支持学生参加一年一度的NIH学生研究研讨会，在那里他们将展示他们的 向他们的同行和资深研究人员介绍研究成果。加州大学洛杉矶分校升级的具体目标是： 1.向25名代表不足的高中生提供为期8周的有指导的夏季研究体验 每年一次的学校学生，其中包括研究原则、研究行为和 科学的呈现； 2.由积极的研究人员为每一位学生提供深入的指导； 3.全面参与NIH/NIDDK的全国升级换代研讨会，学生在那里进行口头交流 和/或使用标准演示文稿向同行和知名研究人员提供海报演示文稿 国家科学会议的形式；以及 4.评估加州大学洛杉矶分校的进步对预测学生能力的关键早期成功标志的影响 在生物医学和健康专业科学方面出类拔萃。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Through the NIDDK Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP), the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) proposes to implement the UCLA STEP-UP, as one of two sites dedicated to coordinating the recruitment of students from the 48 contiguous United States (excluding American Indian students as per the RFA) over the 5-year award period. The program will provide an in-depth, mentored health sciences immersion experience each summer to 25 promising underrepresented high school students who are committed to a career in NIDDK mission areas, including diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and digestive, urologic, kidney, and hematologic diseases. The main goal of this program is provide a robust summer biomedical science research experience reinforced by an ongoing year round mentoring program to these 25 promising underrepresented high school students from around the nation who otherwise would likely not have access to a promising career path in the sciences. The UCLA STEP-UP program will include an introductory web-based research conduct and lab/clinic readiness training curriculum, an informal mentor-led laboratory and research orientation, opportunities for attendance at various research forums, specialized student-specific research assignments and activities, and support for students to attend the annual NIH student research symposium where they will present their research findings to their peers and senior researchers. The specific aims of the UCLA Step-Up are to: 1. Provide a rewarding 8 week mentored summer research experience to 25 underrepresented high school students annually, which includes education in research principles, research conduct, and the presentation of science; 2. Provide intensive mentoring to each student by active research faculty; 3. Fully participate in the national STEP-UP symposium at NIH/NIDDK, where the 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 UCLA STEP-UP on key early hallmarks of success that predict students' ability to excel in the biomedical and health professional sciences.