Journey: NIDDK Short-term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons/Step-up

项目总结/摘要 美国印第安人研究和教育中心（AIREC）在大学内， 社区健康科学学院下属的内华达州、拉斯维加斯（UNLV），提交 旅行计划是为了回应美国国立卫生研究院， 糖尿病、消化系统和肾脏疾病（NIDDK），短期研究 代表性不足的人的经验计划（STEP-UP），R25。AIREC的提案 值得考虑的协调中心，包括美国 印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）和波多黎各人（PR）11年级和12年级高中 学生旅程是一个为期八到十周的暑期项目， AI/AN和PR初中和高中学生的糖尿病科学， 内分泌学、代谢、营养和肥胖。 旅程的长期目标是发展可持续的研究教育 为高中生提供生物医学实践经验的计划， 糖尿病，内分泌学， 代谢、营养和肥胖。旅程将让学生直接接触到 导师、研究方法、技能建设和研究人员。这将导致 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发挥的作用; ·增加对与健康有关的研究中负责任行为的了解; ·增加对研究科学家的作用和人的多样性的了解 从事医学科学事业的人 Journey旨在提高AI/AN和PR高中学生的能力， 科学知识在追求高等教育学位的生物医学，行为， 临床和社会科学研究领域。

Project Summary/Abstract The American Indian Research and Education Center (AIREC) within the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) under the School of Community Health Sciences, submit the Journey proposal in response to the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK), Short-Term Research Experience Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP), R25. AIREC's proposal warrants consideration for the Coordinating Center that encompasses the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and Puerto Rican (PR) 11th & 12th grade high school students. Journey is an eight to ten week summer program which will expose twenty AI/AN and PR 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 and social sciences 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 and PR high school students' capacity and scientific knowledge in pursuing higher education degrees in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research fields.