Training programs in the Hypertension & Vascular Research Center that focus on increasing diversity:
The training activities in the Hypertension & Vascular Research Center have focused on minority education for over 15 years and currently include two funded minority training programs as well as other research or academic activities.
The Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP), funded by NIH/NIGMS supported 12 full-time, year round, under-represented minority students interested in careers in research from 2001-2006. Dr. Diz is the director of the program and faculty of the Center serve on the Executive and the Selection Committees, organize and participate in biweekly journal clubs and serve as research mentors for trainees.
The Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences Summer Program (EICS), funded by NIH/HLBI since 1993, that supports 12 under-represented minority students for 9 weeks each summer. Drs. Diz and Tallant are co-directors of the program and faculty in the Center serve on the Executive Committee, the Selection Committee, organize and direct the journal clubs and serve as research mentors.
The faculty of the Hypertension & Vascular Research Center is represented as mentors and thesis advisors in the following graduate programs: Molecular Medicine, Physiology & Pharmacology, Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience. Of the twelve graduate students and seven post-doctoral trainees currently working with faculty of the Center, 7 are from groups under-represented in the biomedical sciences