Meharry summer undergraduate research experiences in cancer program

项目摘要/摘要 梅哈里医学院申请资金扩大梅哈里癌症暑期本科生 研究计划(SURP)，主要培训来自种族和民族群体的本科生 在与健康相关的科学中，传统上代表性不足。梅哈里医学院是世界上最大的 美国历史上的黑人学术健康科学中心致力于教育医生和 生物医学研究人员。它已被证明致力于培训代表不足的少数族裔，并是领先的 拥有生物医学博士学位的非裔美国人的制片人。Meharry已经收到了联邦资金 支持U54癌症伙伴关系和其他项目，以支持学生的研究、培训和教育 传统上在生物医学研究中的代表性不足。 为期10周的暑期项目为以下方面提供了集中的、动手操作的癌症研究体验 并使学生参与者暴露在癌症健康差距领域。研究 培训由来自Meharry Medical的经验丰富的癌症研究人员组成的不同教员提供 学院和范德比尔特大学医学中心。在本行政副刊中，我们要求提供资金以提供 生物信息学领域的额外培训。将在全国范围内进行搜索，以确定和选择 对从事医学和生物医学科学事业感兴趣的本科生。学生研究 项目将侧重于对非裔美国人和其他种族和民族造成不成比例影响的癌症 少数族裔。此外，学生研究项目将包括临床前研究、临床研究、流行病学 研究和转化型癌症研究。这份补充材料资助的五名学生将进行癌症手术 涉及生物信息学的注重差异的研究项目。其他计划充实活动将 包括一门癌症生物学微型课程，向学生传授所有癌症共同的基本概念，以及 生物信息学迷你课程。学生将参加每周一次的癌症生物学/癌症健康差异研究 关于负责任的研究行为的研讨会和两周一次的会议。学生也将参与到职业生涯中 发展研讨会，使他们能够探索职业选择，制定个人发展计划，以及 学习如何申请并成功进入医学博士和博士培训项目。 在为期10周的课程结束时，学生们将制作口头和海报演示文稿，描述他们的 在Meharry夏季癌症研究研讨会上进行研究并在内部展示他们的发现 对外在一次全国会议上。项目主任将跟踪参与者在他们的本科和 研究生培训，以评估计划目标的实现程度，并确定以下领域 进步。研究导师和本科生项目主任/主席的评估也将被使用 评估和改进该计划。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Meharry Medical College requests funds to expand the Meharry Cancer Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), a program that primarily trains undergraduate students from racial and ethnic groups traditionally underrepresented in health-related sciences. Meharry Medical College is one of the largest historically black academic health science centers in the United States dedicated to educating physicians and biomedical researchers. It has a proven commitment to training underrepresented minorities and is a leading producer of African Americans with PhDs in biomedical sciences. Meharry has received federal funding to support a U54 Cancer Partnership and other programs to support the research training and education of students traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research. The 10-week summer program provides an intensive, hands-on cancer-focused research experience for undergraduate students and exposes student participants to the area of cancer health disparities. Research training is provided by a diverse faculty consisting of experienced cancer investigators from Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. In this administrative supplement, we request funds to provide additional training in the area of bioinformatics. A nationwide search will be conducted to identify and select undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers in medicine and biomedical science. Student research projects will focus on cancers that disproportionately affect African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities. In addition, student research projects will include preclinical studies, clinical research, epidemiological studies, and translational cancer research. Five students supported by this supplement will perform cancer disparities-focused research projects involving bioinformatics. Additional program enrichment activities will include a cancer biology minicourse to teach students fundamental concepts common to all cancers and a bioinformatics minicourse. Students will participate in a weekly cancer biology/cancer health disparities research seminar and biweekly sessions on the responsible conduct of research. Students will also participate in career development workshops that will allow them to explore career options, create individual development plans, and learn how to apply and successfully gain entrance into M.D. and Ph.D. training programs. At the end of the 10-week program, students will create oral and poster presentations describing their research and present their findings internally during the Meharry Summer Cancer Research Symposium and externally at one national conference. Program directors will track participants through their undergraduate and post-graduate training to evaluate the extent to which program goals were met and identify areas for improvement. Evaluations from research mentors and undergraduate program directors/chairs will also be used to assess and improve the program.