NIH Summer Research Program to Increase Diversity Among Biomedical Researchers

摘要 马萨诸塞州医学院（UMMS）的大学寻求资金，继续其夏季本科 为传统上在生物医学研究中代表性不足的群体的本科生提供的研究计划， 来自弱势群体和残疾学生。现有的研究培训机会 通过这种短期培训经验，从基础到转化到临床/流行病学， research.因此，该计划非常适合支持广泛的研究兴趣， 实习生许多这些研究培训经验是在研究组合内支持的领域， 国家心肺和血液研究所重要的是，UMMS提供了一个非常深入的研究 2016年，环境吸引了超过2.8亿美元的研究资金。2010年，UMMS获得了临床 和翻译科学奖，在美国的62个精英机构之一，以获得该奖项。 NIH资助的项目每年支持15名学员。这次更新申请旨在将这一数字增加到20 学员每年研究培训计划得到了重要的机构支持。UMMS办公室 研究部每年为另外9名暑期本科生提供等额资金 研究经验（SURE）谁不符合NIH的选择标准的学生。两个程序都运行在 平行，提供相同的经验，并由计划主任领导。此外，每年超过50- 五名UMMS教员担任学员的导师/实验室主持人，选拔委员会成员， 讲师和海报评委。 UMMS夏季本科研究计划是一个高度结构化的计划。除了有 研究经验，学员必须提供他们的工作摘要，并制定一个闭幕海报海报 会议向整个UMMS研究社区开放。该计划的其他内容包括 研究方向与讲座：保持实验室笔记本;负责任的研究行为; 动物安全;化学品安全和辐射安全;以及负责任地进行研究。期间 课程的前两周有六个讲座，内容是生物医学研究中的最新或“突破性”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）由初级教师或高级博士后研究员领导，讨论他们的研究 并剖析构成一个有效的海报演示的元素。两次在节目中， 学员与项目联合主管一起参加一个小型早餐俱乐部会议， 与项目领导进行更亲密的互动。通过以下方式提供更多的联网机会 与UMMS领导和教师的午餐讨论，与研究生院院长的网络会议 生物医学科学学院（GSBS），MD/PhD项目主任，现任GSBS博士和MD/PhD 学生学员被安置在当地大学宿舍的住宅套房内，平日有交通工具。 提供的往返UMMS。这种外壳布置提供了用于在这些设备之间结合和联网的机制。 该方案的参与者，进一步加强新生的科学和专业网络的受训者。在 每个项目结束时，学员都要完成一个广泛的项目评估。资料来源于 每年都对评估进行跟踪，并用于改进方案。导师/实验室主持人还评估 学员的表现-一次是在培训期间，另一次是在培训结束时。这 自该计划实施以来， 植入其中，14人已完成或仍在MD/PhD联合培训计划，31人已完成 或留在博士培训计划，并计划参与者已被列为作者或承认 在近400篇同行评审的出版物和科学会议上发表。 持续的NIH资助将使这一成功的计划继续通过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.