Expanding Opportunities in Genomic Research for Underrepresented Students

为代表性不足的学生扩大基因组研究的机会

• 批准号: 10531218
• 负责人: Robi D Mitra
• 金额: $ 31.97万
• 依托单位: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-27 至 2025-11-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10531218
• 关键词: Area; Bachelor' s Degree; Bioinformatics; Biomedical Research; Black American; Cementation; Community Outreach; Critical Thinking; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Activities; Educational workshop; Emotional; Ensure; Environment; Ethnic Origin; Event; Evolution; Exposure to; Face; Funding; Genome; Genomics; Goals; Grant; High School Outreach; High School Student; Hispanic Americans; Human Genome Project; Interview; Mentors; Mission; Modeling; Modernization; National Human Genome Research Institute; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Native Americans; Outcome; Population; Population Heterogeneity; Postbaccalaureate; Race; Recording of previous events; Research; Research Project Grants; Resources; Running; STEM career; STEM field; Schools; Science; Scientist; Students; Talents; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Populations; Underrepresented Students; United States; Universities; Washington; Writing; aging population; career; cohort; college; community building; computer science; design; disabled students; disadvantaged background; disadvantaged student; doctoral student; experience; genome sciences; graduate school; high school; matriculation; mid-career faculty; outreach program; programs; senior faculty; student training; success; summer program; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student; underserved area

Abstract: This proposal seeks the renewal of the Opportunities in Genomics Research (OGR) Program. Since 2007, the OGR Program has been run out of The McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University in Saint Louis and funded through the NHGRI's Diversity Action Plan. The mission of the OGR Program is to increase the representation of students from underrepresented groups in genome science or genome science-related PhD and MD/PhD programs. We seek to accomplish our mission through the effective execution and evolution of summer undergraduate and academic year post-baccalaureate research programs for students from racial and ethnic backgrounds underrepresented in the sciences, students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and students with disabilities. Both OGR programs provide trainees with cutting-edge research experiences in genome science or related fields and 11 other educational activities that seek to train them to think critically and to write and speak effectively about their research. Workshops and classes are tailored to train students in the core concepts of genome science, bioinformatics, and scientific presentation. Professional development activities focus on helping students prepare for and excel in graduate school interviews and graduate school itself. Over its three funding cycles, student outcomes for the OGR program reveal great momentum. PhD matriculation of students in our summer program rose from 29% in the first cycle to 50% or above the last two cycles. More impressively, PhD matriculation of students in our post-baccalaureate program rose from 44% in the first cycle to 75% in the second cycle and 90% in the current cycle. We expect the implementation of new and modified activities to solidify and extend these gains. Specifically, new activities will promote integration among OGR trainees and trainees in the NHGRI T32 PhD Genomic Sciences program, enhance training in bioinformatics, provide trainees with greater exposure to the diversity of research careers available to PhD scientists, and initiate community outreach events to under-served area high schools and their students. Based on the past success and current plans of our program, we seek support for five more years of funding to continue our mission of enhancing diversity in PhD programs nation-wide. We propose to expand our post- baccalaureate program to five trainees per year, and with university support, to maintain the size of our summer undergraduate program at eight students per summer. We believe our programs will continue to help realize the great scientific and intellectual potential inherent within the diverse population of the United States, much of which currently lies latent due to the underrepresentation of many sectors of our nation's population within scientific research in general and genome science in particular.

摘要：该建议寻求续签基因组学研究（OGR）计划的机会。自从 2007年，OGR计划已从圣徒华盛顿大学的麦克唐纳基因组学院用完 路易斯并通过NHGRI的多样性行动计划资助。 OGR计划的任务是增加 来自代表性不足的基因组科学或基因组科学相关博士的学生的代表 和MD/PHD计划。我们试图通过有效的执行和进化来完成我们的使命 夏季本科生和学年的学年研究年后，针对来自种族和的学生的研究计划 在科学中的人数不足，来自弱势背景的学生和学生 残疾。两种OGR计划都为受训者提供了基因组科学领域的尖端研究经验 或相关领域和其他11项教育活动，试图训练他们进行批判性思考，写作和 有效地谈论他们的研究。讲习班和课程是为培训学生的核心概念而量身定制的 基因组科学，生物信息学和科学介绍。专业发展活动的重点 帮助学生在研究生院的面试中为学生做准备和擅长研究生院。 在其三个资金周期中，OGR计划的学生成绩揭示了巨大的动力。博士学位 我们夏季计划中学生的入学从第一个周期中的29％上升到最后两个或以上的50％或以上 周期。更令人印象深刻的是，在我们的学后计划中，学生的博士入学从44％ 在第二个周期中的第一个周期为75％，在当前周期中为90％。我们希望实施新的 并修改了活动，以巩固和扩大这些收益。具体而言，新活动将促进整合 在NHGRI T32博士基因组科学计划中的OGR学员和受训者中，增强了培训 生物信息学，为受训者提供更多的研究职业多样性的知识 科学家，并向服务不足的地区高中及其学生发起社区外展活动。 根据我们计划的过去成功和当前计划，我们寻求支持五年的资金支持 继续我们在全国范围内增强多样性的使命。我们建议扩大我们的职位 每年为五名学员的学士学位课程，并在大学支持下保持夏天的规模 每个夏天以八名学生为八名本科课程。我们相信我们的计划将继续帮助实现 美国各种人群中固有的巨大科学和智力潜力，大部分 目前，由于我们国家人口的许多部门的代表性不足，这是潜在的 一般的科学研究，尤其是基因组科学。