Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research

布朗大学短期培训方案支持对15名以下儿童的培训 代表(少数族裔和弱势群体)的本科生每年完成9- 上周，教员指导暑期研究实习。该计划从一个 并为他们提供心血管方面的早期研究培训经验， 肺、血液和睡眠障碍的研究。这项计划在布朗大学已经存在了 过去的24年里。在该计划的整个生命周期中，每15名接受指导的学员中就有一人成为 教职员工；约50%的实习生进入研究生学位课程；每15人中约有3.6% 接受指导的学员已获得医学博士/博士等高级研究生学位，或 博士学位。 目前的提案寻求更新这一成功的计划。通过这样做，我们将继续 通过支持未被充分代表的人的培训来补充和多样化生物医学领域 少数族裔、残疾人和其他弱势群体。这将通过以下方式实现 为来自这些代表性不足群体的学生提供： A)在布朗大学与杰出的教师导师进行研究培训， B)丰富由UR研究生领导的同伴指导和自我肯定活动 同样的背景 C)部分参与以学者的职业生活方式和习惯为榜样的活动 通过参加研究论坛、出席和参与研讨会和 从事社会活动，以及 D)通过职业发展提供长期的指导环境 会议和在线节目。 我们计划的参与式学习活动将有助于激励学员 在生物医学科学方面的职业。此外，通过继续这一计划，我们将扩大 为代表不足的学生提供的研究机会和培训经验 否则对他们不可用。这将有助于培养一个更强大和更以职业为导向的 与会者的展望。不可避免地，这将有助于保持美国的全球竞争力 在科学、医学、医疗保健技术和教育领域。

The Brown University Short-Term Training Program supports the training of 15 under- represented (minority and disadvantaged) undergraduate students each year to complete 9- week, faculty mentored summer research internships. The program recruits students from a national pool and provides them with early research training experience in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic and sleep disorders research. This program has existed at Brown for the past 24 years. Over the life of the program 1 of every 15 trainees mentored has become a faculty member; ~50% of the trainees enter a graduate degree program; and ~3.6 of every 15 trainees mentored has earned advanced terminal graduate degrees such as the M.D. /PhD, or the PhD degree. The current proposal seeks renewal of this successful program. By doing so, we will continue to replenish and diversify the biomedical fields by supporting the training of under-represented racial & ethnic minorities, disabled and other disadvantaged individuals. This will be achieved by providing students from these under-represented groups with: a) research training experiences with outstanding faculty mentors at Brown, b) enriching peer mentoring and self-affirming activities led by UR graduate students from the same backgrounds’ c) engaging in activities that model the career lifestyle and habits of scholars, in part through participation in research forums, attending and participating seminars and engaging in social activities, and d) provide a long-term mentoring environment through both career development conferences and online programs. The participatory learning activities of our program will help to motivate trainees to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences. Moreover, by continuing this program we will expand the research opportunities & training experiences for under-represented students that would otherwise not be available to them. This will help to foster a stronger and more career oriented outlook among participants. Inevitably, this will help to preserve the U.S. global competitiveness in the areas of science, medicine, healthcare technology and education.