# Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (STREPID)

> **NIH NIH R25** · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2024 · $165,462

## Abstract

Summary
The goal of the Baylor College of Medicine Short-Term Research Education Program to Enhance
Diversity in Health-Related Research (BCM STREPED) is to mentor undergraduate students
underrepresented in science and medicine (UR) in research-intensive biomedical training in mission
areas of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The BCM Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences is supportive and proud of all the accomplishments of the BCM STREPED alumni
since the initial NHLBI funding by a T35 (Pl, Dr. Gayle Slaughter) in 1995 and in 2011 by this R25 (PD,
Gayle Slaughter, and Co-I, Aladin Boriek). These NHLBl-funded programs have trained 199
undergraduates, with 86 percent of the alumni still involved in academia or careers in NHLBI mission-related
fields. They are contributing to the diversity of the US biomedical workforce to decrease
morbidity, mortality, and improving the health of the diverse US population. This BCM STREPED R25
grant renewal proposes to recruit, mentor, and train 60 (12/year) UR undergraduates, chosen from a
nationwide pool of more than 500 applicants annually, who will spend 9-weeks in the BCM Summer
Undergraduate Research Training (SMART) program performing NHLBI mission area research. The
curriculum and training include mentored, original NHLBl-mission research, attendance at daily
research seminars led by diverse faculty, development of science writing and oral presentation skills,
evaluation of the scientific and medical literature, developing critical thinking and evaluation, receiving
responsible conduct of research training, and the principles of scientific rigor and reproducibility. BCM
STREPED trainees will build knowledge and questions in foundational science and clinical and
translational research in the NHLBl-mission areas. Other activities include mentorship and training in
communication skills, fostering confidence and independence, learning about Ph.D., MD, MD/Ph.D.,
and health professional programs, participation at a BCM School Night to interact with medical, health
professions, and graduate schools' leadership and students, discussions with UR physicians/scientists,
and volunteering at Baylor-affiliated hospitals. Students will receive personalized career counseling and
how to serve as role models for UR colleagues and help educate the broader communities about NHLBI
biomedical research and health care developments. The impact of the BCM STREPED program
activities to enhance the UR trainee's knowledge, skills, innovative research, and alumni outcomes will
be assessed by formative and summative surveys.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10802362
- **Project number:** 5R25HL108853-12
- **Recipient organization:** BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Aladin M Boriek
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $165,462
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-06-15 → 2028-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10802362

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10802362, Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (STREPID) (5R25HL108853-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10802362. Licensed CC0.

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