NHLBI Research Diversity Program at UTMB

描述(由申请人提供)：NHLBI研究多样性计划旨在促进优秀的少数族裔本科生和医学生进入生物医学研究职业生涯。这一研究丰富计划代表了一种创造性的方法，提供了对生物医学概念的深入接触，现代生物医学研究领域，以及密集的、动手的、结构良好的12周研究经验。NHLBI研究多样性计划将为有才华的少数族裔本科生和医学生与全额资助的NIH研究教师导师牵线搭桥。该计划将把日常研究经验与正在进行的一系列夏季研究研讨会、同行圆桌研究讨论、口头演示和来自UTMB优秀教师的指导相结合。学生将有机会选择基础、临床、翻译或行为研究项目。具体目标是：1)让少数族裔学生在职业生涯早期接触到研究生涯的兴奋和挑战，并鼓励他们的调查和分析技能；2)鼓励本科生和医学生在心血管、肺、血液和睡眠障碍研究领域从事基础或临床研究；3)为希望在未来寻求更多研究培训和资金的学生提供宝贵的经验；4)增加从事生物医学或行为研究的少数族裔内科科学家的人才库，这些领域是继续NHLBI使命所必需的，5)通过增加在少数族裔人口特别易受伤害的地区从事研究的少数族裔医生科学家队伍，解决卫生保健差距问题；6)使人数不足的少数族裔学生接触医学和研究生院的环境，并提供必要的教育资源，帮助他们成功进入UTMB或其他健康大学、医学院和/或研究生院。NHLBI多样性研究计划将丰富学生的研究背景，并让他们在实验室亲身体验研究，在那里，优秀的教师将科学探究的兴奋带入生活。NHLBI研究多样性认识到它与公共健康的相关性，将通过增加少数族裔本科生和医学生的人才库来解决医疗保健差异的问题，这些学生将在心血管、肺部、血液和睡眠障碍领域进行研究。该计划将努力增加少数民族医生科学家的数量，他们致力于在少数民族人口特别脆弱的地区开展与健康差距有关的研究。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The NHLBI Research Diversity Program is designed to promote the entry of outstanding minority undergraduate and medical students into biomedical research careers. This research enrichment program represents a creative approach that provides an in-depth exposure to biomedical concepts, modern biomedical research areas, and an intensive, "hands-on," well-structured 12 week research experience. The NHLBI Research Diversity Program will match talented minority undergraduate and medical students with fully funded NIH research faculty mentors. The program will couple the daily research experience with an ongoing series of summer research seminars, peer round table research discussions, oral presentations, and mentoring from outstanding UTMB faculty. Students will have to opportunity to choose basic, clinical, translational or behavioral research projects. The specific objectives are: 1) To expose minority students early in their career to the excitement and challenges of a research career and to encourage their investigative and analytical skills, 2) To encourage undergraduate and medical students to pursue a career in basic or clinical research in the areas of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, and sleep disorders research, 3) To provide a valuable experience for students who hope to seek additional research training and funding in the future, 4) To increase the pool of minority physician scientists engaged in biomedical or behavioral research in those areas necessary to continue the mission of the NHLBI, 5) To address the issues of health care disparities by increasing the pool of minority physician scientists performing research in those areas where minority populations are particularly vulnerable, and 6) To expose underrepresented minority students to the medical and graduate school environment and to provide the necessary educational resources which will aid in successful matriculation into UTMB or other health universities medical and/or graduate schools. The NHLBI Diversity Research Program will enrich the research background of the students and will allow them to experience research first-hand in laboratories where outstanding faculty brings the excitement of scientific inquiry to life. The NHLBI Diversity in Research, in acknowledgment of its relevance to public health, will address the issues of heath care disparities by increasing the pool of minority undergraduate and medical students who will perform research in the areas of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, and sleep disorders. This program will strive to increase the number of minority physician scientists who are dedicated to performing research related to health disparities in areas where minority populations are particularly vulnerable. (End of Abstract)