Rochester Institute of Technology U-RISE Scientists-in-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates (RIT U-RISE)

罗切斯特理工学院 U-RISE 聋哑和听力障碍本科生科学家培训计划 (RIT U-RISE)

• 批准号: 10412231
• 负责人: Bonnie C Jacob
• 金额: $ 23.88万
• 依托单位: ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-06 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10412231
• 关键词: Academic achievement; Adult; Age; Award; Biomedical Research; Communication; Communication Barriers; Communities; Community of Practice; Data; Development Plans; Disincentive; Doctor of Philosophy; Ensure; Face; Faculty; Fostering; Graduation Rates; Grant; Hearing; Individual; Infrastructure; Institutes; Institution; Laboratories; Language; Mentors; Mission; Modality; Monitor; Persons; Prevalence; Professional Competence; Reporting; Reproducibility; Research; Research Ethics; Research Training; Resources; STEM student; Safety; Science; Scientist; Self Efficacy; Services; Students; Technology; Training; Training Programs; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Writing; base; cohort; cultural competence; curriculum enhancement; deaf; evidence base; experience; hard of hearing; hearing impairment; programs; psychosocial; role model; skills; social stigma; success; symposium; trend; tutoring; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student

Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) scientists are severely underrepresented in the nation’s biomedical research workforce. In 2018 only 0.38% of all PIs on NIH awards reported a hearing disability, yet hearing-loss prevalence for US adults ages 20-69 is 31.1%. DHH undergraduates face many barriers to pursuing advanced research degrees, including poor mentoring, lack of DHH scientist role models, poor self-efficacy skills, poor science identity, and community disincentives. Further, DHH people vary widely in communication modalities, language skills, and cultural identities with respect to hearing culture. As a result, DHH STEM students often encounter cultural stigmas and communication barriers that limit their access to mentored undergraduate research opportunities in biomedical laboratories. The primary mission of the proposed RIT U-RISE Scientists-in-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates (RIT U-RISE) is to diversify the biomedical research workforce by preparing 8 DHH undergraduates annually to enter biomedically related PhD programs at research-intensive universities. A secondary mission is to disseminate evidence-based best practices to scientists at other institutions to make biomedical research communities-of-practice more accessible and inclusive for DHH students. There are more than 1100 DHH students at RIT (6% of the student body). RIT institutional data shows that DHH baccalaureate students disproportionately gravitate to non-research biomedically related graduate programs despite persistence rates, graduation rates, and academic achievement on par with hearing students. To counter this trend, RIT U-RISE trainees will participate in evidence-based co- curricular enrichment and cohort building activities, specialized research ethics, safety, reproducibility, and science writing training, and intensive mentored research training in culturally supportive labs at RIT and research-intensive universities. Trainees will also present at national conferences. An individual development plan (IDP) based on targeted core scientific and professional competencies will guide each trainee’s program. Enhanced advising, monitoring, tutoring, and communication access services will ensure trainees have the psychosocial, academic, and institutional support to succeed in entering PhD programs. RIT U-RISE will provide cultural competency training for mentors and other faculty that fosters institutional change. Best practices for mentoring DHH PhD-bound undergraduates will be disseminated nationally. Fifteen RIT U-RISE trainees are expected to graduate by the end of the grant cycle and at least 8 to enter biomedically related PhD research programs within three years of graduation. RIT has the extensive DHH community and institutional resources, partnerships with post-graduate training programs at research-intensive universities, and rich administrative experience and infrastructure from the RIT-RISE program (2017-2022) to ensure the success of the RIT U-RISE program.

聋人和听力（DHH）科学家在国家的生物医学中的代表性严重不足 研究人员。 2018年，NIH颁奖典礼上只有0.38％的人报告听力障碍 对20-69岁的美国成年人的听力损失率为31.1％。 DHH大学生面临许多障碍 攻读先进的研究学位，包括精神糟糕，缺乏DHH科学家榜样，差 自我效能技能，科学认同差和社区抑制。此外，DHH的人差异很大 关于听力文化的沟通方式，语言技能和文化身份。作为 结果，DHH STEM学生经常遇到文化污名和沟通障碍，以限制他们的 访问生物医学实验室的修订本科研究机会。主要 提议的RIT U-RISE科学家在训练和听力障碍的训练计划的使命 本科生（RIT U-Rise）是通过准备8 dhh来使生物医学研究人员多样化 本科生每年在研究密集型大学中输入与生物医学相关的博士学位课程。 次要任务是向其他机构的科学家传播基于证据的最佳实践 使生物医学研究社区对DHH学生更容易获得和包容。 RIT有1100多名DHH学生（占学生团体的6％）。 RIT机构数据显示 DHH学士学位的学生不成比例地倾向于非研究与生物医学相关的研究 研究生计划目的地持续率，毕业率和学术成就与 听到学生。为了应对这一趋势，RIT U-Rise学员将参加基于证据的共同 课程丰富和队列建设活动，专业研究伦理，安全性，可重复性， 和科学写作培训，并在RIT的文化支持实验室中进行了深入的指导研究培训 和研究密集型大学。学员还将参加国家会议。一个人 基于针对性的核心科学和专业能力的开发计划（IDP）将指导每个 实习生的计划。增强的咨询，监视，辅导和通信访问服务将 确保学员获得心理，学术和机构支持，以成功地进入博士学位 程序。 RIT U-Rise将为培养的导师和其他教师提供文化能力培训 机构变革。 DHH PHD结合的本科生的最佳实践将被传播 全国。预计有15名RIT U-Rise学员将在赠款周期结束时毕业 在毕业后的三年内，至少有8个进入生物医学相关的博士研究计划。 RIT拥有 广泛的DHH社区和机构资源，与研究生培训的合作伙伴关系 研究密集型大学的计划，以及丰富的行政经验和基础设施 RIT-Rise计划（2017-2022），以确保RIT U-Rise计划的成功。