The Biomedical Informatics and Behavioral Sciences (BIBS) Summer Research Program

项目总结/摘要 生物医学信息学和行为科学（BIBS）夏季研究 该计划旨在鼓励代表性不足的学生从事口腔健康研究事业。 2000年，美国的口腔健康：外科医生的一份报告将口腔疾病重新定义为 真正的公共健康问题后续事件，包括COVID-19疫情， 美国的不公平现象（美国）公共卫生基础设施， 持久性往往知之甚少。美国的牙科公共卫生系统也不例外。 我们的中心假设是双重的：从事口腔健康的卫生专业人员太少， 牙科服务研究;他们队伍的多样性不足阻碍了口腔研究 健康差距。为了解决这一假设，德克萨斯A&M大学（TAMU）学院 牙科（COD）将为本科生和学士后学生开发一个新的暑期课程 对牙科感兴趣的学生，拥有硕士学位的牙科学生，或拥有 硕士学位，特别是公共卫生硕士学位。这项创新计划将 利用COD现有的管道编程为代表性不足的学生。BIBS将在 TAMU统计生物信息学中心（TAMU Center for Statistical Bioinformatics） 公共卫生科学部和德克萨斯州口腔健康联盟。拥有来自 三个互补的健康研究专业将为学生增加视野。在这 根据建议，每年夏季将有六名有才华的学员参加为期九周的综合项目。 前六周将包括生物医学信息学和行为科学的课程， 学员将学习编程，统计，分析大型数据集的工具， 牙科程序和牙科公共卫生的具体守则。在节目开始时，每个 学员将与导师配对。他们将共同努力， 计划并开展一项研究项目。在课程结束时，学员将展示他们的 项目和结果在一个新成立的“BIBS夏季研究会议”。

Project Summary /Abstract The proposed Biomedical Informatics and Behavioral Sciences (BIBS) Summer Research Program seeks to encourage underrepresented students to pursue oral health research careers. In 2000, Oral Health in America: A report of the Surgeon General reframed oral diseases as a bona fide public health issue. Subsequent events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, have exposed inequities in the United States (U.S.) public health infrastructure whose causes and persistence are often poorly understood. The U.S. dental public health system is no different. Our central hypothesis is twofold: too few health professionals are engaged in oral health and dental services research; and insufficient diversity in their ranks hampers the study of oral health disparities. To address this supposition, the Texas A&M University (TAMU) College of Dentistry (COD) will develop a new summer program for undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students interested in dentistry, dental students with a master’s degree, or dental residents with a master’s degree, particularly the Master of Public Health degree. This innovative program will leverage the COD’s existing pipeline programming for underrepresented students. BIBS will be a first-time collaboration among the TAMU Center for Statistical Bioinformatics, the TAMU Department of Public Health Sciences, and the Texas Oral Health Coalition. Having faculty from three complementary health research specialties will add perspective for students. In this proposal, six talented trainees per summer will participate in a comprehensive 9-week program. The first six weeks will consist of coursework in biomedical informatics and behavioral sciences, in which trainees will learn programming, statistics, tools for analyzing large data sets, and codes specific to dental procedures and dental public health. At the start of the program, each trainee will be paired with a mentor. Working together, they will develop a tailored mentorship plan and conduct a research project. At the end of the program, trainees will present their projects and results in a newly established “BIBS Summer Research Conference.”