NIH Summer Research Program to Increase Diversity Among Biomedical Researchers

摘要 马萨诸塞大学医学院(UMMS)寻求资金继续其夏季本科生 面向传统上在生物医学研究或研究中代表性不足的群体的本科生的研究计划 来自弱势背景的学生和残疾学生。可提供的研究培训机会 通过这一短期培训经验，范围从基础到翻译到临床/流行病学 研究。因此，该计划非常适合支持广泛的研究兴趣 实习生。这些研究培训经验中的许多都是在以下研究组合中得到支持的领域 国家心肺血液研究所。重要的是，UMMS提供了非常深入的研究 环境保护在2016年吸引了超过2.8亿美元的研究资金。2010年，UMMS获得了临床 以及翻译科学奖，这是美国62所获得该奖项的精英机构之一。 美国国立卫生研究院资助的项目每年资助15名学员。此续订申请旨在将这一数字增加到20 每年都有实习生。这项研究培训计划得到了重要的机构支持。UMMS办公室 研究部每年为夏季本科生额外提供9名实习生的等额资金 对于不符合NIH选择标准的学生，有研究经验(当然)。这两个程序都在 并行，提供相同的体验，并由计划主任领导。此外，每年超过50岁的人- 五名密歇根大学教职员工担任学员的导师/实验室东道主、遴选委员会成员、 节目的讲师和海报评委。 密歇根州立大学夏季本科生研究项目是一个高度结构化的项目。除 研究经验，学员必须提供他们工作的摘要，并为闭幕海报制作海报 向整个UMMS研究社区开放的会议。该计划的其他要素包括 研究方向与讲授内容：记实验室笔记本；负责任的研究行为； 动物安全；化学安全和辐射安全；以及负责任的研究行为。在.期间 该计划的前两周有六场讲座，主题是生物医学研究中最近或“突破性”的问题。 学员被随机分成小组(每组8-9人)，每周进行小组讨论 (第4-9周)由初级教员或资深博士后研究员领导，他们在那里讨论他们的研究 并剖析了构成有效海报展示的要素。在节目期间各进行两次 实习生与计划联席主任一起参加早餐俱乐部小组会议，提供机会 与项目领导层进行更密切的互动。通过以下方式提供更多联网机会 与密歇根大学管理学院的领导和教职员工共进午餐，与研究生院长进行交流 生物医学学院(GSBS)，医学博士/博士项目主任，现为GSBS博士和医学/博士 学生们。学员们住在当地一所大学宿舍的套间里，工作日交通便利。 提供至/来自UMMS。这种住房安排提供了一种连接和联网的机制 项目参与者的参与，进一步加强了学员的新生科学和专业网络。在… 每个项目结束后，学员将完成广泛的项目评估。派生自 每年都会对评估进行跟踪，并用来改进项目。导师/实验室主持人还评估 实习生的表现--一次是在节目中，一次是在节目结束时。这 自该计划以来，已有500多名受训人员通过NIH的支持参与了该结构 盗梦空间。在这些人中，14人已经完成或继续参加医学博士/博士联合培训计划，31人已经完成 或继续参加博士培训计划，计划参与者已被列为作者或已被承认 在近400份同行评议的出版物和科学会议报告中。 NIH的持续资金将使这一成功的计划持续到26-30年。

Abstract The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) seeks funding to continue its summer undergraduate research program for undergraduates from groups traditionally under-represented in biomedical research or from disadvantaged backgrounds, and students with disabilities. The research training opportunities available through this short-term training experience span the range from basic to translational to clinical/epidemiologic research. Therefore, the program is very well suited to support the research interests of a broad range of trainees. Many of these research training experiences are in areas supported within the research portfolio of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Importantly, UMMS provides a very intensive research environment attracting more than $280 million in research funding in 2016. In 2010 UMMS received a Clinical and Translational Science Award, one of sixty-two elite institutions in the US to receive this award. The NIH funded program supports 15 trainees annually. This renewal application seeks to increase this to 20 trainees annually. There is significant institutional support for the research training program. The UMMS Office of Research provides matching funds each year for additional 9 trainees for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) for students who do not meet NIH selection criteria. Both programs are run in parallel, provide identical experiences, and are led by the Program Directors. In addition, each year over fifty- five UMMS faculty members serve as mentors/lab hosts to the trainees, selection committee members, lecturers and poster judges for the program. The UMMS summer undergraduate research program is a highly structured program. In addition to the research experience, trainees must provide an abstract of their work and develop a poster for a Closing Poster session open to the entire UMMS research community. Additional elements of the program include an orientation to research with lectures on: keeping a laboratory notebook; the responsible conduct of research; animal safety; chemical safety and radiation safety; as well as the responsible conduct of research. During the first two weeks of the program there are six lectures on recent or “breaking” issues in biomedical research. Trainees are randomly divided into small groups (8 – 9 each) for weekly Small Group Discussion sessions (weeks 4 – 9) led by junior faculty members or senior postdoctoral fellows where they discuss their research and dissect the elements that constitute an effective poster presentation. Twice during the program each trainee attends a small group Breakfast Club meeting with the Program Co-Directors, providing opportunities for more intimate interaction with the program leadership. Additional networking opportunities are provided via luncheon discussions with UMMS leaders and faculty, networking sessions with the Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), the MD/PhD Program Director, and current GSBS PhD and MD/PhD students. Trainees are housed in residential suites in a local college dormitory with weekday transportation to/from UMMS provided. This housing arrangement provides a mechanism for bonding and networking among the program participants, further enhancing the nascent scientific and professional network of the trainees. At the end of each program trainees complete an extensive program evaluation. Information derived from the evaluation is tracked year-to-year and used to improve the program. Mentors/lab hosts also evaluate the performance of the trainees – once during the program, and again at the conclusion of the program. This structure has resulted in success with over 500 trainees participating through NIH support since the program's inception. Of these, 14 have completed or remain in combined MD/PhD training programs, 31 have completed or remain in PhD training programs, and program participants have been included as authors or acknowledged in almost 400 peer reviewed publications and scientific meeting presentations. Continued NIH funding will allow this successful program to continue through years 26-30.