Mississippi Diversity in Hypertension and Cardiorenal Research Program

密西西比州是心脏病、中风、高血压、糖尿病死亡率最高的州之一 肾脏疾病。密西西比州的医疗保健差距也是全国最大的， 招聘和留住能够解决这些问题的顶尖生物医学研究人员所需的校外研究支持 重要的问题。这些日益扩大的医疗保健差距影响到代表性不足的少数群体，包括非洲人。 美国人和西班牙裔美国人，他们受到心脏病、中风、糖尿病的影响不成比例， 肾炎/肾病、高血压及与高血压相关的肾脏疾病。因此，这是一个独特的机会 在密西西比州建立不同的研究基础设施，以研究机制和新的治疗方法 心血管和肾脏疾病的选择在美国最突出的地方 各州。这项申请计划继续一个非常成功的暑期研究计划在州 密西西比州增加了代表不足的少数族裔(URM)的个人参与 过去五年与高血压、肾脏和心血管相关的生物医学领域。密西西比河 高血压和心脏肾研究项目的多样性(MSDHCR)支持了40多名URM学生 在第一个资助周期，超过90%的毕业生在研究生院利用他们的理科学位， 职业学校，或在他们的就业。密西西比大学医学中心(UMMC)有很长的历史 在心血管和肾脏研究和指导方面的卓越历史。目前的提案寻求一种 为MSDHCR方案再增加五年，这是培训和培训 指导心血管和肾脏研究人员。这一竞争性更新包括增强的机构 支持和创新改进，以确保继续发展强大的生物医学管道。 该培训计划的总体目标是提供职业和教育指导，以及 对弱势群体的ART心血管和肾脏研究培训经验 在心血管和肾脏科学领域代表不足的民族或种族背景。本科生 来自弱势和代表性不足背景的学生将参加这个计划，该计划有 以下目标：1.为计划参与者提供多学科的培训和指导经验 心血管和肾脏研究。2.为计划参与者提供专业的机会 将帮助他们在与健康相关的研究专业中实现职业生涯的发展。3.提供 为计划参与者提供标准化的测试培训，为他们在教育领域的下一步做好准备 训练。

Mississippi is among the leaders in mortality due to heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and kidney disease. Mississippi also has the greatest health care disparities in the country along with limited extramural research support necessary to recruit and retain top biomedical researchers that can address these important issues. These widening health care disparities affect underrepresented minorities, including African Americans and Hispanic Americans, who are disproportionately affected by heart disease, stroke, diabetes, nephritis/nephrosis, hypertension and hypertension related renal diseases. Therefore, a unique opportunity exists in Mississippi for building diverse research infrastructure to investigate mechanisms and new treatment options for cardiovascular and renal diseases at the very location where they are most prominent in the United States. This application proposes to continue a highly successful summer research program in the State of Mississippi that increased the participation of individuals from underrepresented minorities (URM) in hypertension, renal and cardiovascular related biomedical fields over the last five years. The Mississippi Diversity in Hypertension and Cardiorenal Research Program (MSDHCR) supported over forty URM students in the first funding cycle, with greater than 90% of graduates utilizing their science degree in graduate school, professional school, or in their employment. The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) has a long history of excellence in cardiovascular and renal research, and mentoring. The current proposal seeks an additional five years for the MSDHCR program, and represents a critical component of the mission to train and mentor cardiovascular and renal researchers. This competitive renewal includes enhanced institutional support and innovative improvements that ensure the continued development of a robust biomedical pipeline. The overall objective of this training program is to provide career and education mentoring along with state-of the art cardiovascular and renal research training experiences to individuals with disadvantaged and underrepresented ethnic or racial backgrounds in the cardiovascular and renal sciences. Undergraduate students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds will participate in this program that has the following aims: 1. To provide program participants a multi-disciplinary training and mentoring experience in cardiovascular and renal research. 2. To provide program participants with opportunities for professional development that will help them achieve careers in health-related research professions. 3. To provide standardized test training for program participants that will prepare them for the next steps in their educational training.