MAXIMIZING STUDENT DIVERSITY IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

最大限度地提高华盛顿大学生物医学科学学生的多样性

• 批准号: 10558159
• 负责人: Tracey O Hermanstyne
• 金额: $ 55.81万
• 依托单位: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-01 至 2028-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10558159
• 关键词: Science; Students; Universities; Washington

Project Summary: Diversity at the molecular level has created the riot of life forms ever to exist on earth. Diversity of thought, perspective, and background among individuals working as part of a team enhances performance. The pursuit of scientific knowledge and excellence then demands the inclusion of students from all backgrounds. This application requests funds to support an Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) program within the Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) at Washington University in St. Louis at the level of ten trainees, equal to our current level of support. The mission of our IMSD program is to increase the matriculation, training, retention, graduation, and career outcomes of outstanding PhD students from groups historically underrepresented in the sciences in order to help change the face of the next generation of scientists and thus increase the power of the STEM workforce in the US. Since its inception in 2013, our IMSD program has created 15 training elements that integrate seamlessly with PhD student training and research, bolstering the academic, professional, and career success of essentially all entering underrepresented (UR) PhD students and often all DBBS PhD students. Concentrated in years one to three, these training activities span our students’ graduate careers and focus on ensuring they surpass defined academic milestones, learn to think critically and to write and speak effectively about research, develop strong student support networks, explore career options, and can engage in community-based educational outreach activities. Since their creation, these activities and our IMSD Program have helped reduce and of late appear to have eliminated the previously persistent achievement gap between URM and well-represented students in terms of qualifying exam success and PhD student retention/completion. Our new IMSD Program will welcome all entering UR DBBS PhD students into it, ensuring that it remains the epicenter of academic, scientific, and career support for UR students in DBBS. We propose to support students for their first two years of graduate school and will preferentially select students who have overcome significant hardship for support. Over its nine-year history, our current IMSD program has increased UR student success and serves as the foundation for our new IMSD program. By focusing on excellence and innovation in graduate education and community-building, our new program will accelerate the tradition of scientific excellence in the US by increasing the presence and success of diverse scientists in our PhD programs and ultimately in the STEM workforce.

项目摘要：分子水平的多样性造成了地球上存在的生命形式的骚乱。 作为团队一部分工作的个人的思想，观点和背景的多样性，增强 表现。追求科学知识和卓越的追求要求将学生包括在 所有背景。该申请要求资金支持一项倡议，以最大化学生发展 （IMSD）在华盛顿大学的生物学和生物医学科学（DBB）的部门内的（IMSD）计划 圣路易斯的十名学员，等于我们目前的支持水平。我们IMSD计划的任务是 增加杰出博士生的矩阵，培训，保留，毕业和职业成果 从历史上从科学中人数不足的小组来帮助改变下一代的面貌 科学家，从而增加了STEM劳动力在美国的力量。 自2013年成立以来，我们的IMSD计划创建了15个培训元素，与 博士生培训和研究博士学位，加强基本上所有人的学术，专业和职业成功 进入代表性不足的（UR）博士学位学生，通常是所有DBBS博士学位学生。集中于一年 第三，这些培训活动涵盖了我们学生的毕业生职业，并专注于确保他们超越定义 学术里程碑，学会批判性思考，对研究有效地写作和讲话，发展强大 学生支持网络，探索职业选择，并可以从事社区教育外展 活动。自创建以来，这些活动和我们的IMSD计划有助于将 已经消除了URM和代表性良好的学生之间以前持续的成就差距 合格考试成功和博士生保留/完成条款。 我们的新IMSD计划将欢迎所有进入UR DBBS博士学位学生进入其中的计划，以确保它仍然是 DBBS学生的学术，科学和职业支持的中心。我们建议支持学生 在研究生的头两年中，将优先选择克服重要的学生 支持支持。在其九年的历史中，我们当前的IMSD计划提高了学生的成功 并作为我们新IMSD计划的基础。通过专注于毕业生的卓越和创新 教育和社区建设，我们的新计划将加速科学卓越的传统 我们通过在我们的博士计划中提高潜水员科学家的存在和成功，并最终在 STEM劳动力。