Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant to NIDDK (SPARK)

项目摘要 R25提案“促进与NIDDK有关的研究的夏季计划”(SPARK)旨在 提供密集、高质量、教育和指导研究的暑期体验，以构建和 加强NIDDK生物医学、行为、临床和社会科学研究队伍的多样性 任务区。我们将与现有的4个暑期培训项目合作，面向不同背景的学生； 1)调查研究教育/临床研究充实高级暑期计划 奖学金和培训(ASPIRE-CREST)，2)儿科学生研究方案(PSRP)，3) WASU忍受神经科学流水线计划和4)增加个体多样性的计划 从事健康相关研究(PROID)。Spark将通过以下方式提供NIDDK相关研究方面的培训 利用以下网址提供的强大的智力、物理、管理和教育基础设施资源 华盛顿大学从华盛顿大学招聘、培训、指导和聘用本科生和卫生专业学生 全国各地的合作机构，来自医药代表不足的团体(URIM)和帮助 他们可以进入研究生课程。Spark计划的主要优势包括：1)强大的导师 Pool，2)我们在营养、肥胖、糖尿病和相关疾病(NODR)方面的结构化培训计划，3)我们的 现有的研究培训基础设施，4)机构承诺，5)在以下方面的领导记录 项目负责人的教育项目管理，以及6)研究经验的范围 由我们的计划和指导学院提供，他们中的许多人是NIDDK的受赠者。我们建议执行 以下目标：目标1)建立奖学金和助学金支持的本科生暑期学分计划 这提供了严格的教学课程和实践参与的导师研究由建立 华盛顿大学医学院教职员工，招聘、培训、指导和吸引多样化的URIM NODR研究中的本科生小组；目标3)实施全面的辅导研究 为每位Spark学者和Aim表演提供全面的、对文化敏感的指导计划 对SPARK计划、受训者和导师进行强有力的跟踪和评估，以更好地了解 我们的计划与STEM中的持久性和完成性有关。这些目标将鼓励和促进 URIM集团本科生继续从事科学研究，支持他们进入 研究生课程，进行与NIDDK相关的研究。

Project Summary The R25 proposal “Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant to NIDDK” (SPARK) aims to provide an intensive, high-quality, educational, and mentored-research summer experience to build and enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social science research workforce in NIDDK mission areas. We will partner with 4 existing summer training programs for students from diverse backgrounds; 1) The Advanced Summer Program For Investigation and Research Education/Clinical Research Enrichment Scholarship and Training (ASPIRE-CREST), 2) The Pediatric Student Research Program (PSRP), 3) The WashU ENDURE neuroscience pipeline program and 4) the Programs to Increase Diversity among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE). SPARK will provide training in NIDDK-related research by leveraging the robust intellectual, physical, administrative, and educational infrastructure resources available at WashU to recruit, train, mentor and engage undergraduate and health professional students from WashU and partnering institutions around the country that come from groups under-represented in medicine (URiM) and help them gain entry into graduate programs. The key strengths of the SPARK program include: 1) the strong mentor pool, 2) our structured training program in nutrition, obesity, diabetes and related disorders (NODR), 3) our existing, research training infrastructure, 4) institutional commitment, 5) track record of leadership in administration of educational programs of the Program Directors, and 6) the range of research experiences offered by our Program and Mentoring Faculty, many of whom are NIDDK grantees. We propose to perform the following aims: Aim 1) Establish a scholarship and stipend-supported summer program for undergraduate credit that provides rigorous didactic coursework and hands-on participation in mentored research by established Washington University School of Medicine faculty, Aim 2) Recruit, train, mentor, and engage a diverse URiM undergraduate student group in NODR research; Aim 3) Implement a comprehensive mentoring research program to provide comprehensive, culturally-sensitive mentoring for each SPARK scholar and Aim 4) Perform robust tracking and evaluation of the SPARK program, trainees, and mentors to better understand the role of our program in relation to persistence and completion in STEM. These objectives will encourage and facilitate undergraduate students from URiM groups to stay engaged in scientific research and support their entry into graduate programs performing research related to NIDDK.