The intent of this Training Grant is to provide salary support to medical students in the summer following their first year, to enable them to participate in an 11-week, full-time research program supervised by the selected faculty of Columbia University. Our goal is to provide students - with and without prior research experience - an opportunity to interact with the research faculty of this institution and to participate in a basicor clinical biomedical research project. The program includes participation in such a project, supervised student research presentations, a manuscript-style written report and a seminar series that includes topics in biomedical research concepts and techniques, as well as a module related to Responsible Conduct of Research. A dedicated web portal communicates program information and facilitates interactions among students and mentors. Students who are interested in applying for the NIH Summer Research Fellowship use a web- based system to select from a list of faculty members at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons who have applied to serve as mentors and who have active NIH- funded (or equivalent) grants in basic and/or clinical sciences. Students apply by submitting to the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) of the Program a five page NIH-style application. The applications are reviewed by members of the faculty and prioritized by the RAC. In response to suggestions by NHLBI program personnel, we have increased our emphasis on projects related to hematology and related stem cell biology. Participants, past and present, are regularly surveyed, using ad hoc tools and citation databases, to monitor the program's relevance and impact. The program's record is long and strong. Recruitment of under-represented minorities, among mentors as well as students, is strongly supported by an ongoing commitment of the College and by targeted efforts of the Program.

Public Health Relevance

The program is designed to develop in future physicians - at the end of their first year of medical school - an interest in, and hands-on appreciation of, biomedical research as a career and as a basis for better understanding the science that constitutes much of the medical literature and medical practice. Some, we expect, will be inspired by this experience, under supervision of a selected faculty member, to pursue careers in biomedical research; virtually all will be enabled to make better-informed decisions with respect to the practical, clinical applications of basic research and to identify clinical problems that might be susceptible to basic or clinical research approaches.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
NRSA Short -Term Research Training (T35)
Project #
5T35HL007616-37
Application #
9260022
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHL1)
Program Officer
Chang, Henry
Project Start
1981-05-01
Project End
2021-04-30
Budget Start
2017-05-01
Budget End
2018-04-30
Support Year
37
Fiscal Year
2017
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Columbia University (N.Y.)
Department
Pediatrics
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
621889815
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10032
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