# Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (STREPID, R25)

> **NIH NIH R25** · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2020 · $74,326

## Abstract

Seventy-five under-represented (UR) undergraduates (15/yr) from a nationwide pool of
~100 UR applicants/yr will spend 9 weeks in a summer research career development
program at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). Students will be matched with faculty
mentors and become functioning members of laboratories that conduct heart, lung or
blood research. The lab activities will be supplemented by tour of the DeBakey Museum
and lab tours specific to the STREPIDHR; seminars; GRE prep; a reception with UR
PhD students, post-docs, faculty; discussions with two African Americans
physician/scientists (an MD cardiologist protecting hearts against chemotherapy and a
pediatric cardiologist MD/PhD); options for clinical and career development activities.
Some activities will be held jointly with the SMART Program that includes 80
undergraduates from across the US. We will mine data from previous NHLBI supported
projects and writing scholarly papers about program outcomes. One paper has recently
been submitted on career outcomes of participants.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9896851
- **Project number:** 5R25HL108853-09
- **Recipient organization:** BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Aladin M Boriek
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $74,326
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-06-15 → 2022-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9896851

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9896851, Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (STREPID, R25) (5R25HL108853-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9896851. Licensed CC0.

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