Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Neuroscience of Addiction

项目摘要/摘要 本申请请求继续支持成瘾神经科学的研究教育项目。 支持本科生在医科大学进行短期暑期研究 南卡罗来纳州。每年，14名本科生将有机会进行生物医学 在主要设在神经科学系的教师导师的指导下的研究项目 和精神病学。学生们进行的为期十周的暑期研究项目将在一个正式的 科学的陈述。其他活动包括关于集中主题的系列讲座；研究伦理 关于严谨性、透明度和可再现性的指导；关于 科学素养、专业发展和职业机会的含义；以及社会功能。我们的 参与研究的教职员工组成了一个高度协作的跨学科实验室研究团队。 培训机会围绕四个研究领域进行主题组织： 可卡因复发；甲基苯丙胺依赖的神经生物学；#年性和性别相关研究 物质使用障碍；应激和物质使用障碍。该计划建立在(1)的基础上并加以利用 MUSC对研究培训的坚定和持续的承诺；(2)其在提供 对优秀本科生有意义的研究经验；(3)其吸引学生的记录 来自代表性不足的群体和本科院校，以及(4)其有效的项目管理。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This application requests continued support for a research education program in the neuroscience of addiction to support undergraduate students pursuing short term summer research experiences at the Medical University of South Carolina. Each year, fourteen undergraduate students will have the opportunity to conduct biomedical research projects under the guidance of faculty mentors based primarily in the departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry. The ten-week summer research projects conducted by the students will culminate in a formal scientific presentation. Additional activities include a lecture series on focused topics; a research ethics component; instruction in rigor, transparency and reproducibility; formal and informal discussions on the meaning of scientific literacy, professional development and career opportunities; and social functions. Our participating faculty constitutes a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary team of laboratory-based researchers. Training opportunities are thematically organized around four areas of research: neurobiological basis of cocaine relapse; neurobiology of methamphetamine dependence; sex and gender-related research in substance use disorders; and stress and substance use disorders. The program builds upon and leverages (1) MUSC's strong and continued commitment to research training; (2) its excellent reputation in providing meaningful research experiences for talented undergraduate students; (3) its track record of attracting students from underrepresented groups and undergraduate institutions, and (4) its effective program management.