Promoting diversity in research careers in diabetes, digestive and kidney diseases

这项提案是对最初于2007年资助并续签的升级换代计划的竞争性更新 2011年和2016年。该计划旨在提供短期经验和培训 为来自种族/民族代表性不足群体的本科生进行生物医学研究，并为 来自贫困家庭的学生。自2016年以来，该项目一直联合设在 圣安东尼奥的德克萨斯大学朗格医学院和宾夕法尼亚州立医学院 在宾夕法尼亚州好时，由UTHSA和Gail的医学主席W.Brian Reeves医学博士指导 Matters，博士，宾夕法尼亚州立大学副教授。该计划进行了有针对性的招聘工作 通过几个少数族裔学生组织，导致了人数的大幅增加 收到的申请的百分比。申请人数超过空缺职位的比例为5：1。这次会议的结果 节目一直都很出色。已有244名学生通过宾夕法尼亚州立大学的升学计划入学 该计划自成立以来，有超过75%的学生继续接受生物医学高等教育 还有15%的人受雇于生物医学领域。目前的建议是建立在 当前逐步计划的成功，并显著扩大了指导活动，以 为学生提供更持续的、全年的支持。该计划提供了背景和 在与NIDDK使命相关的研究方面的实践经验。该计划还规定了技术 在暑期结束时为学生提供实践研究方面的建议和指导 在研究研讨会和随后的学年期间。该提案的目的是：1. 提供动手研究体验，通过该体验，学生将学习如何发现、临床和 进行翻译研究，并将结果传播给其他人。2.常年供应 研究经验、指导和职业发展活动，以加强入职和留住 生物医学研究专业的学生。课程还将包括关于规范标准的讨论。 行为、隐私和保密问题、实验室安全、研究完整性、记录保存、 数据管理和沟通技巧。尽管这项提案的主要目标是增加 生物医学研究中代表性不足群体的成员数量和能力 重要的次要好处是扩大代表不足的人口的比例 了解生活方式的决定对他们的个人健康和他们的健康有很大的影响 家人、朋友和社区。

This proposal is a competitive renewal of this STEP-UP program initially funded in 2007 and renewed in 2011 and 2016. The program is designed to provide short-term experience and training in biomedical research for undergraduate students from racial/ethnic-underrepresented groups, and for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Since 2016, the program has been jointly based at the University of Texas Long School of Medicine in San Antonio and the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA under the direction of W. Brian Reeves, MD, Chair of Medicine at UTHSA and Gail Matters, PhD, Associate Professor at Penn State. The program has made targeted recruitment efforts through several minority student organizations which have resulted in a large increase in the number of applications received. Applications exceed available positions by a 5:1 ratio. The outcomes of the program have been excellent. 244 students have matriculated through the Penn State STEP-UP program since its inception with over 75% of students continuing on to higher education in biomedical fields and an additional 15% are employed in biomedical fields. The current proposal builds on the successes of the current STEP-UP program and significantly expands the mentoring activities to provide more sustained, year round, support to the students. The plan provides background and hands-on experience in research related to the mission of NIDDK. The plan also provides for technical advising and mentoring of students during their hands-on research experience at a summer-end research symposium and during the subsequent academic year. The aims of the proposal are: 1. Provide a hands-on research experience through which students will learn how discovery, clinical and translational research are conducted and the results are disseminated to others. 2. Provide year round research experiences, mentoring and career development activities to enhance entry and retention of students in biomedical research. The curriculum will also include discussions on normative standards of conduct, privacy and confidentiality issues, laboratory safety, research integrity, record keeping, data management, and communication skills. Although the primary goal of this proposal is to increase the number and competence of members of underrepresented groups in biomedical research, an important secondary benefit is to expand the proportion of underrepresented population who understand that life-style decisions have great consequences for their personal health and that of their family, friends and community.