TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST AWARD

描述（由申请人提供）：尽管城市少数民族人口中心血管疾病的负担不成比例，但参与生物医学研究和健康相关科学的少数民族人数少得惊人-黑人占从事生物医学研究的人数不到3%。尽管非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人和美洲原住民占美国人口的24%，高中毕业率接近白人，但他们只获得了7%的科学和工程博士学位。该提案的总体目标是制定计划/活动，以加强德克萨斯南方大学（大津）的研究能力建设，促进学生加强实验室培训，并增加少数民族生物医学科学家进行健康差异研究的数量。本竞争性续期申请的具体目的是：1。为研究人员获得独立研究赠款提供支持2.为学生提供强化的实验室培训，提高生物医学研究生教育的质量。加强科学教师队伍，提高大津的生物医学研究能力和能力。该申请建议增加大津的生物医学研究组合，并通过以下活动为研究人员和教师、博士后研究员/研究助理、研究生和本科生提供生物医学科学方面的强化培训：1）额外的研究赠款; 2）强化实验室培训; 3）积极参加研讨会、期刊俱乐部和实验室会议; 4）组织研究，教育和职业讲习班; 5）与其他科学家合作。希望这项建议将提高大津的生物医学研究概况，协助更多的研究人员和教师寻求和获得独立的研究赠款，并增加寻求生物医学科学研究生教育的少数民族学生的数量和他们接受的教育质量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite the disproportionate burden of cardiovascular diseases in urban minority populations, the number of underrepresented minorities participating in biomedical research and the health-related sciences is alarmingly low - Blacks account for less than 3% of those engaged in biomedical research. Although African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans make up 24% of the U.S. population and graduate from high school at rates closer to those of whites, they receive only 7% of science and engineering PhDs. The overall goal of this proposal is to develop programs/activities that will enhance research capacity building at Texas Southern University (TSU), promote increased intensive laboratory training to students, and add to the number of minority biomedical scientists that conduct health disparities research. The Specific Aims of this competitive renewal application are to: 1. Provide support for investigators to obtain independent research grants 2. Provide intensive laboratory training to students and increase the quality of biomedical graduate education 3. Strengthen science faculty and enhance biomedical research capability and capacity of TSU. This application proposes to increase the biomedical research portfolio at TSU and provide enhanced training in the biomedical sciences for investigators and faculty, postdoctoral fellows/research associates, graduate and undergraduate students through the following activities: 1) additional research grants; 2) intensive laboratory training; 3) active participation in seminars, journal clubs, and laboratory meetings; 4) organization of research, educational, and career workshops; and, 5) collaboration with other scientists. It is hoped that this proposal will enhance the biomedical research profile of TSU, assist more investigators and faculty in seeking and obtaining independent research grants, and increase the number of minority students seeking graduate education in biomedical sciences and the quality of education they receive.