The nation, including the state of Arizona with a population that is 38.5% Latino and Native American, suffers from tremendous health disparities contributed to, in part, by the absence of a diverse biomedical research and healthcare workforce. Never has there been a greater need for health equity that needs to be addressed by a diverse research workforce and infrastructure than during and following the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic during which time our minority communities were disproportionately affected by the pandemic due to respiratory failure and pulmonary-sleep manifestations of post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC). In this renewal application, we propose to build upon our past successes with innovative approaches and best practices to advance research education tailored for qualified PRIDE trainees. The overarching goal of our program is to provide advanced research training experiences and long-term mentoring in an interprofessional environment to qualified candidates -- junior faculty and transitioning postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences -- who are committed to investigating the factors responsible for differences in health among populations as they pertain to lung, sleep-related breathing disorders, and the consequences of the pandemic to these systems. Our proposal is to redesign, organize, and implement a NHLBI mission-focused Summer Institute program that will support AiRE and program faculty to nationally recruit eligible and highly-qualified individuals in order to provide advanced training experiences and long-term mentoring that will enable them to develop a research program and work with their home institution to obtain NIH funding and develop their career and gain leadership skills. The research training experiences will be tailored to the trainee and designed to enhance their research skills, experiences, and knowledge base in lung and sleep-