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

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议继续在弗吉尼亚大学医学院现有的和非常成功的暑期研究实习计划（SRIP）。该计划的目标将是让不同群体的本科生和医科学生接触最先进的心血管研究，向他们灌输信心和将研究视为职业选择的愿望，并让他们熟悉生物医学研究职业的机会。该计划每年夏天运行十周，是多方面的。第一个也是最重要的方面涉及学生接触和参与当代研究项目的教师的指导下。第二个方面是学生参加一系列每周一次的研讨会，学生接触到各种先进的研究技术，他们不太可能在个别实验室看到，包括使用共聚焦和电子显微镜，生物信息学，基因组学和蛋白质组学，遗传作图技术，杂交瘤/单克隆抗体制备，第三个方面包括一系列的讲座和讨论，其中学生接触到广泛的研究课题和国际公认的科学家。这些科学家包括女性和代表性不足的少数族裔科学家，他们可以成为这些学生的榜样。最后，我们计划的第四个方面是由欧文斯博士和共同首席研究员霍肯史密斯博士共同主持的每周研究午餐，在此期间，学生们口头陈述他们的工作假设，总结过去一周的研究进展，讨论职业选择和机会，并考虑选择和申请研究生课程的方法。超过60名在心血管相关领域具有研究兴趣的教职员工将担任导师。该方案的所有组成部分目前都已到位。该计划有一个高素质的候选人（>250总/120 URM）为2006年的特殊池，和学生有一个平均GPA为3.6在当前的资金周期。总之，我们认为我们的计划提供了一个优秀的环境，以刺激和培养在生物医学研究的研究事业的兴趣。过去的参与者对该计划的评论非常出色，并为我们的计划继续保持兴趣做出了重大贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to continue an existing and highly successful Summer Research Internship Program (SRIP) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The goals of this program will be to expose a diverse group of undergraduate students and medical students to state of the art cardiovascular research, to instill in them confidence and a desire to consider research as a career option, and to familiarize them with the opportunities that exist for a career in biomedical research. The program runs for ten weeks each summer and is multi-faceted. The first and most important facet involves student exposure to and participation in a contemporary research project under the guidance of a faculty member. A second facet has the students participating in a series of weekly workshops in which students are exposed to a variety of advanced research techniques that they are unlikely to see in individual laboratories, including the use of confocal and electron microscopy, bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics, genetic mapping techniques, hybridoma/monoclonal antibody preparation, etc. The third facet includes a series of lectures and discussions wherein the students are exposed to a wide array of research topics and internationally recognized scientists. These scientists include women and underrepresented minority scientists who can serve as role models for these students. Finally, a fourth facet of our program is a weekly research lunch co- hosted by the Dr. Owens and the co-principal investigator, Dr. Hockensmith, during which the students give oral statements of their working hypotheses, summaries of the past week's research progress, discuss career options and opportunities, and consider approaches for choosing and applying to a graduate program. More than sixty faculty members, with research interests in cardiovascular-related areas, will serve as mentors. All components of this program are currently in place. The program has an exceptional pool of highly qualified candidates (>250 total/120 URM) for 2006, and the matriculants had an average GPA of 3.6 during the current funding cycle. In summary, we feel that our program provides an outstanding environment to stimulate and foster interest in research careers in biomedical research. Reviews of the program by past participants have been outstanding and have contributed significantly to the continued interest in our program.