Journey: NIDDK Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons/STEP-UP

描述(由申请人提供)：美国印第安人研究和教育中心(AIREC)/内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校(UNLV)社区健康科学学院与密歇根州基韦诺湾奥吉布瓦社区学院(KBOCC)、密歇根州农村营养服务计划、阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校、内陆阿留申校园合作，提议开发和实施旅程八周暑期计划。旅程是对国家糖尿病、消化和肾脏疾病研究所(NIDDK)的响应，NIDDK是针对代表不足的人的短期教育计划(Step-Up)。这个拟议的项目将使20名美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民(AI/AN)初中生和高中生接触到糖尿病、内分泌学、新陈代谢、营养和肥胖症的科学。Journey的长期目标是为高中生开发一个可持续的研究教育计划，提供在生物医学、行为和临床研究、预防和针对糖尿病、内分泌学、新陈代谢、营养和肥胖症方面的健康差异研究的实践经验。旅程将让学生直接接触到导师、研究方法、技能培养和其他研究人员。这将导致以下可衡量的变化：“增加对科学方法在现实世界中的使用的了解；研究在塑造医学和行为领域中所起的作用；”增加对健康相关研究中负责任的行为的了解；增加对研究科学家的作用以及追求医学科学职业的人的多样性的了解。旅程旨在增加AI/AN的能力和科学知识，以在生物医学、行为、临床和社会科学研究领域攻读高等教育学位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The American Indian Research and Education Center (AIREC)/ University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) under the School of Community Health Sciences in collaboration with Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC), Michigan and Rural Nutrition Services Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Interior Aleutians Campus, proposes the development and implementation of Journey an eight week summer program. Journey is in response to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK), Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP). The proposed project will expose twenty American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) junior and senior high school students to the science of diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, and obesity. The long-term objective of Journey is to develop a sustainable research education program for high school students that provide hands on experiences with biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research, prevention and outreach targeting health disparities research in diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, and obesity. Journey will give students direct exposure to mentors, research methods, skill building, and fellow researchers. This will result in the following measurable changes: " Increased knowledge of real-world use of scientific methods; " The role that research plays in shaping medical and behavioral fields; " Increased knowledge of responsible conduct in health-related research; " Increased knowledge of the role of research scientists and the diversity of people who pursue medical-science careers. Journey is designed to increase AI/AN's capacity and scientific knowledge to pursue higher education degrees in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research fields.