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

项目摘要 这一短期研究培训计划的目标是利用研究培训机会 在心血管、肺、血液和睡眠障碍方面，以增加 在这些领域传统上代表不足的学生的意愿和竞争力，因为他们 为生物医学研究劳动力培训和进入职业生涯。有限的合格UR池 申请研究生项目的团体表明，显然需要有重点的导师和 培训来自UR小组的学生，为他们的研究生培训做准备。要解决这个问题 需要，布朗大学请求竞争性续签NIH NHLBI资金 短期培训计划，以增加健康相关研究的多样性，以允许17 UR 每年本科生参加为期9周的暑期强化研究培训 接触与心血管直接相关的多学科研究的经验， 肺部、血液和睡眠障碍。 这将通过在内外创造沉浸式学习环境来实现 实验室。选定的学生与教师赞助商配对，在实验室进行培训并进行互动 与其他学术环境中的同行和教职员工导师合作。这个项目的具体目标是 包括： A)提高参与者的科学教育和研究技能； B)向该计划的参与者灌输自我肯定的做法，他们将以此为榜样 让他们的同龄人获得成功； C)启动参与者成为终身学习者的进程，帮助他们 培养科学家和学者的技能和习惯； D)新倡议：促进指导和培训的连续性，以支持进展 代表不足的学生沿着博士和医学博士培训道路进入 生物医学劳动力； E)新倡议：让代表性不足的学生接触研究和榜样，以 提高他们在博士或医学博士培训项目上的竞争力。 这个项目建立在我们以前成功的基础上，并加强了努力，以增加 在博士项目和科学工作者中代表不足的学者。

Project Summary The goal of this short-term research training program is to utilize research training opportunities in the areas of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, and sleep disorders to increase the readiness and competitiveness of students traditionally underrepresented in these areas as they train for and enter careers in the biomedical research workforce. The limited pool of qualified UR groups applying to graduate programs points to a clear need for focused mentorship and training for students from UR groups as they prepare for graduate training. To address this need, Brown University requests a competitive renewal of NIH NHLBI funding for the Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research to permit 17 UR undergraduate students per year to participate in an intensive 9-week summer research training experience with exposure to multidisciplinary research directly related to cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, and sleep disorders. This will be achieved by creating immersive learning environments inside and outside the lab. Selected students are paired with faculty sponsors for training in the lab and interact with peer and faculty mentors in other academic settings. The specific aims of this program are: a) Enhance the scientific education and research skills of its participants; b) Instill self-affirming practices in participants of this program who, in turn, will model this success to their peers; c) Initiate the process by which participants become life-long learners by helping them to develop the skills and habits of scientists and scholars; d) New Initiative: Foster a continuity of mentorship and training to support the progression of underrepresented students along PhD and MD-PhD training pathways and into the biomedical workforce; e) New Initiative: Expose underrepresented students to research and role models to increase their competitiveness for PhD or MD-PhD training programs. This project builds on our previous successes and fortifies efforts to increase the ranks of underrepresented scholars in doctoral programs and the scientific workforce.