Iowa Summer Institute in Biostatistics

描述（由申请人提供）： 这是爱荷华州大学向美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）国家心肺血液研究所（NHLBI）提交的一份建议书，以响应RFA-HL-09-009关于生物统计学暑期培训研究所的要求。该提案是为爱荷华州（Ul）生物统计系的大学招收一组14名本科生2010年和16名本科生2011年和2012年，主要是从学院和大学没有研究生课程或广泛的本科课程在统计或生物统计。最多6个UI本科生也将包括在内。爱荷华州暑期生物统计研究所（ISIB）将为期7周：教学将通过基于案例的真实的生物医学研究教学;计算机实验室培训;项目;临床和转化研究丰富活动。最后研究项目的介绍将在ISIB结束时的一次会议上进行。该方案的招聘对象将是代表性不足的少数民族学生和处境不利的学生：预计大多数受训者将是少数民族。ISIB将在行政伙伴关系：在数学科学博士研究的国家联盟。这是一个由30多所学院和大学组成的机构联盟，少数民族学生占很大比例。该联盟的目标是增加少数民族服务机构的本科生进入数学科学博士课程并毕业的人数。该计划的目标是增加进入生物统计学或相关领域研究生课程的本科生人数。相关性：全国范围内缺乏生物统计学家，这种短缺对医学和公共卫生研究产生了负面影响。这个项目将向有才华的本科生介绍生物统计学，并鼓励他们从事生物统计学的职业。(End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a proposal to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), from the University of Iowa, in response to RFA-HL-09-009 for a Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics. The proposal is for the University of Iowa (Ul) Department of Biostatistics to recruit a group of 14 undergraduates for 2010 and 16 undergraduates for years 2011 and 2012, primarily from colleges and universities without graduate programs or extensive undergraduate program in statistics or biostatistics. Up to 6 Ul undergraduate students will also be included. The Iowa Summer Institute in Biostatistics (ISIB) will be 7 weeks: instruction will be through case based instruction of real biomedical research; computer laboratory training; projects; and clinical and translational research enrichment activities. A presentation of a final research project will be made at a conference at the end of ISIB. Recruitment for the program will target underrepresented minority students and also disadvantaged students: it is anticipated that a majority of the trainees will be minority. The ISIB will be in administrative partnership with: The National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences. This is a consortium of institutions of over 30 colleges and universities with a large proportion of minority students. The goal of the Alliance is to increase the number of undergraduates from the minority serving institutions that enter and graduate from PhD programs in the mathematical sciences. The goal of this proposed program is to increase the number of undergraduates who enter graduate programs in Biostatistics or related areas. RELEVANCE: There is a nationwide shortage biostatisticians and the shortage is having a negative impact on medical and public health research. This project will introduce talented undergraduates to biostatistics and encourage them to pursue careers in biostatistics. (End of Abstract)