An Interdisciplinary Training Program to Transform Graduate Education In Genetics and Genomics

改变遗传学和基因组学研究生教育的跨学科培训计划

• 批准号: 10409824
• 负责人: Frank Wolfgang Albert
• 金额: $ 16.86万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10409824
• 关键词: Genetic; Genomics; Graduate Education; Training Programs

PROJECT SUMMARY Genetics is a foundational discipline central to biomedical research and clinical practice. Our mission is to train geneticists for the 21st century. To achieve this goal, we have designed and implemented an interdisciplinary training program to transform graduate education in genetics and genomics at the University of Minnesota. Our Specific Aims are: (i) to provide students with rigorous and quantitative training in the fundamentals and state- of-the-art advances in genetics, genomics, and computational biology; (ii) to leverage the many collaborative research and educational strengths of our institution to provide new interdisciplinary student-centered graduate training opportunities that transcend departmental and collegiate boundaries; and (iii) to generate a diverse cohort of well-trained scientists able to integrate their broad skillset and their hunger for lifelong learning into their work across a multitude of careers in the biomedical workforce. This program will enable trainees to pursue many impactful career opportunities in academia, biotechnology, government, health care, or education created by recent advancements in genetics and genomics, including careers in fields that are undergoing rapid change, as well as careers in areas that do not presently exist or that are nascent. In recognition of the fact that the geneticists of tomorrow must possess quantitative acumen, we have not only developed new courses emphasizing bioinformatics and computational approaches, but we have also integrated these into our training program through a major redesign of the graduate curriculum pursuant to evaluation by internal and external review panels. In a sense, genetics and genomics are foundational fields that transcend and unify multiple disciplines within the biological sciences because what sets living things apart from inanimate objects is that all living things possess within them molecular blueprints for their construction, genomes. An impactful aspect of this academic and research training program is that it seeks to transcend traditional departmental boundaries by bringing together researchers from multiple disciplines within the biomedical sciences who utilize genetic and genomic analyses in their research. In so doing, this training program seeks to promote interdisciplinary research, foster collaborative team science, and implement individualized student-centered educational and career development programs. Our training program includes 50 highly productive and collaborative faculty from ten departments across five colleges at the University of Minnesota. We are seeking support for six PhD trainees for two years each beginning in year two of their academic program, with funding for year one provided by institutional funds. In addition to their thesis research, trainees will participate in professional development programs aimed at promoting their transition into and long-term success in biomedical science-related careers.

项目摘要 遗传学是生物医学研究和临床实践的基础学科。我们的任务是训练 21世纪的遗传学家。为了实现这一目标，我们设计并实施了跨学科 在明尼苏达大学改变遗传学和基因组学研究生教育的培训计划。我们的 具体目的是：（i）为学生提供基本面和州的严格和定量培训 遗传学，基因组学和计算生物学方面的进步； （ii）利用许多合作 我们机构的研究和教育优势，以提供新的以学生为中心的跨学科的研究生 超越部门和大学边界的培训机会； （iii）产生多样的 训练有素的科学家能够将他们的广泛技能和对终身学习的渴望融入到 他们在生物医学劳动力中从事众多职业的工作。该计划将使学员能够 在学术界，生物技术，政府，医疗保健或教育中寻求许多有影响力的职业机会 由遗传学和基因组学的最新进步创造，包括正在经历的领域的职业 快速变化，以及目前不存在或新生的领域的职业。认可 明天的遗传学家必须拥有定量敏锐的事实，我们不仅开发了新的 强调生物信息学和计算方法的课程，但我们也将其融入了我们的 根据内部和 外部评论面板。从某种意义上说，遗传学和基因组学是超越和统一的基础领域 生物科学中的多个学科，因为什么使生物与无生命的物体不同 是所有生物中所有的生物都具有分子蓝图，用于其构建基因组。有影响力 该学术和研究培训计划的方面是，它试图超越传统部门 通过将来自生物医学科学多个学科的研究人员聚集在一起，界限 在其研究中利用遗传和基因组分析。这样，该培训计划旨在促进 跨学科研究，促进合作团队科学并实施以学生为中心的 教育和职业发展计划。我们的培训计划包括50个高产性和 来自明尼苏达大学五所学院的十个学院的合作教师。我们正在寻找 在其学术课程的第二年开始，支持六名博士学位学员两年，并提供资金 对于机构资金提供的第一年。除了论文研究外，学员还将参加 专业发展计划旨在促进其过渡到长期成功 生物医学相关的职业。