Training Programs

Summer Institute Program to Increase Diversity (SIPID) in Health-Related Research The Sickle Cell Disease Research Center-Summer Institute Program to Increase Diversity (SCDRC-SIPID) will fund summer institutes and mentoring opportunities to enable twenty-five participants from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and disabilities to further develop their research skills, thereby enhancing their career development as faculty members and scientists. The program will be consistent with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute efforts to diversify the biomedical workforce and ensure:

• the recruitment of the most talented researchers from all groups
• an improvement in the quality of the educational and training environment
• a more balanced perspective in the determination of research priorities
• an improved capacity to address and eliminate health disparities

For more information about the SIPID program visit our website at: http://www.utdallas.edu/sipid/