Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research

项目总结 这项建议的目的是为本科生提供机会，让他们从代表不足或 弱势群体参加密集的暑期研究培训体验。来自中国的个人 不同的背景在生物医学和行为科学中的代表性不足。虽然基础是 这个问题很复杂，这个问题在很大程度上是由于 来自不同背景的学员的教育途径。作为我们对这一问题的承诺的反映， 肺部和重症监护医学部一直在为学生开展一项由NHLBI资助的项目 过去20年来自代表性不足或处境不利的背景，其中15人为目前的R25 程序。我们希望在此基础上再接再厉，维持这一倡议。我们的程序是在 科学多样性的主要障碍不是缺乏人才，而是缺乏机会。 该计划是围绕着个人导师的密集研究经验而创建的，并得到了补充 通过对培养沟通和网络技能很重要的活动，例如在日记中做演示 俱乐部和闭幕海报会议，以及讨论与以下问题相关的研讨会和讲习班 生物医学科学领域的职业发展。到目前为止，通过R25，我们已经培训了194名学生。在167个人中 参加我们项目并已从本科院校毕业的学生，148人 已被医学/研究生院录取、录取或获得高级学位。此外, 16名学生正在全职从事研究工作，计划申请研究生/医学院，带来了 过去积极从事生物医学科学的参与者数量增加到98%。值得注意的是，111名学生 继续出版后，他们的R25参与。这些学生中的许多人都是内科医生，证据表明 他们在从事医学培训的同时从事研究，创造了一支有造诣的医生队伍 科学家。在通过R25计划寻求资金方面，我们有三个主要目标。第一个是提供一个 为不同背景的学生提供高质量的科学体验，作为让他们接触到 说服他们相信，生物医学科学的职业生涯是令人兴奋的。第二个目标是为学生提供 参加一些能增加他们在生物医学事业中取得成功机会的活动，例如组织 关于导师关系的演讲和研讨会的材料。最后，我们希望继续 建立一个由联系人、榜样和信息组成的网络，帮助这些人克服历史 获取机会的问题，以提高进入和成功。在过去的15年里，我们展示了我们的 致力于加强生物医学科学的多样性，并成功地扩大了 追求生物医学科学事业的代表不足的个人。通过这次更新，我们期待着 延长这一承诺，进一步扩大我们的影响。

PROJECT SUMMARY The purpose of this proposal is to provide opportunities for undergraduate students from under-represented or disadvantaged backgrounds to engage in an intensive, summer research training experience. Individuals from diverse backgrounds are under-represented in biomedical and behavioral sciences. While the underpinnings of this issue are complex, the problem has been perpetuated in no small part due to major limitations in the educational pathways of trainees from diverse backgrounds. As a reflection of our commitment to this issue, the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine has been running an NHLBI-funded program for students from under-represented or disadvantaged backgrounds for the past 20 years, 15 of those as the current R25 program. We wish to build on this foundation and sustain this initiative. Our program was developed on the premise that the principal barrier to diversity in science is not a lack of talent, but rather a lack of opportunity. The program was created around an intensive research experience with an individual mentor, complemented by activities important to building communication and networking skills, such as making presentations in journal club and at a closing poster session, as well as seminars and workshops that address issues relevant to career-building in biomedical sciences. To date, through this R25 we have trained 194 students. Of the 167 students that participated in our program and have now graduated from their undergraduate institution, 148 have been accepted to, enrolled in or received advanced degrees from medical/graduate school. In addition, 16 students are working full-time in research positions with plans to apply to graduate/medical school, bringing the number of past participants actively engaged in the biomedical sciences to 98%. Of note, 111 students continued to publish after their R25 participation. Many of these students are physicians, evidence of continued engagement in research as they pursued medical training, creating an accomplished pool of physician scientists. In pursuing funding through this R25 program, we have three principal goals. The first is to provide a high-quality scientific experience to students of diverse backgrounds as a means of exposing them to, and persuading them of, the excitement of careers in biomedical sciences. The second goal is to provide students exposure to activities that will enhance their chances for success in biomedical careers, such as organizing material for presentations and seminars on the mentee-mentor relationship. Finally, we hope to continue to develop a network of contacts, role models and information that will help these individuals surmount historical issues of access to improve entry and success. Over the past 15 years, we have demonstrated our commitment to enhancing diversity in the biomedical sciences and success in expanding the pool of underrepresented individuals pursing biomedical science careers. Through this renewal, we look forward to extending this commitment and further broadening our impact.