ACOA/MSTEM THRIVE Program for Undergraduates

ACOA/MSTEM HHRIVE 本科生计划

• 批准号: 10409422
• 负责人: Mindy J Fain
• 金额: $ 33.97万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2027-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10409422
• 关键词: Address; Aging; Alaska Native; American Indians; Arizona; Behavioral; Behavioral Research; Biological Factors; Biomedical Research; Clinical Research; Country; Discipline of Nursing; Economics; Education; Elderly; Enrollment; Geography; Geriatrics; Gerontology; Goals; Group Structure; Health; Health Disparities Research; Health Sciences; Health Status; Hispanic; Knowledge; Latino; Medicine; Mentors; Mexico; Native Americans; Older Population; Output; Personal Satisfaction; Pharmacy facility; Population; Population Heterogeneity; Positioning Attribute; Public Health; Research; Research Personnel; Resources; Schools; Scientist; Strategic Planning; Structure; Students; Talents; Teacher Professional Development; Training Programs; Training and Education; Underrepresented Populations; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Work; career; cultural competence; design; education research; ethnic diversity; experience; health disparity; improved; innovation; interest; literacy; programs; psychosocial; rapid growth; recruit; response; rural area; skills; social; student participation; success; summer research; undergraduate education; undergraduate student

Project Summary In response to PAR-20-317 (NIA MSTEM: Advancing Diversity in Aging Research through Undergraduate Education [R25]), the University of Arizona Center on Aging (ACOA) proposes to implement the ACOA/ MSTEM THRIVE Program, a substantively focused, structured, longitudinal, mentored research education program targeting University of Arizona (UA) undergraduates (Freshman through Seniors) from groups underrepresented in the health sciences (URHS). Students will be recruited from four pre-health programs in the University of Arizona Health Science Center (UAHS): medicine, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Students will be principally of Latino and American Indian/Native American descent, or from U.S-México border regions. The project is supported by the well documented lack of diversity among the research workforce in aging, the rapid growth of older adults (55 years and older) in diverse groups, and the well documented health disparities in those groups. Consistent with the NIH Strategic Directions for Research--2020-2025 document, research education will focus on the interrelationships of the environmental, social, cultural, behavioral, and biological factors that create and sustain health disparities among older adults. The program will operate within the context of already existing, world-class resources at UA focused on geriatrics/gerontology research and education (ACOA), and existing on-campus programs designed to recruit and promote success among students from groups URHS. The project specific aims are: (1) Develop and sustain undergraduate student interest, involvement, and retention leading to commitment to a research career focused on our theme of Improving health, wellbeing and independence of older adults in diverse groups; 2) Develop, sustain and support undergraduate student engagement in research on our theme by providing students with distinct hands-on experience, requisite knowledge and research skills; 3) Facilitate and sustain undergraduate student progress toward achieving career goals and Cultivate and sustain a cadre of culturally competent research mentors to support MSTEM/ACOA THRIVE students. The innovation of this project lies in our capacity to leverage excellent, already existing on-campus programs designed to recruit and promote success among students from groups URHS with nationally recognized resources and researchers in gerontology/geriatrics, with scientists studying health disparities to improve the health, well-being and independence of older adults in diverse populations. This project is supported within a research-intensive university that is guided by a strategic plan to increase diversity and prepare for an aging world.

项目概要 响应 PAR-20-317（NIA MSTEM：通过本科生推进老龄化研究的多样性 教育 [R25]），亚利桑那大学老龄化中心 (ACOA) 提议实施 ACOA/ MSTEM THRIVE 计划，一项实质性重点、结构化、纵向、指导性研究教育 针对亚利桑那大学 (UA) 本科生（新生至四年级）的项目 健康科学（URHS）中代表性不足的学生将从四个健康前项目中招募。 亚利桑那大学健康科学中心（UAHS）：医学、护理、药学和公共卫生。 学生主要是拉丁裔和美洲印第安人/美洲原住民后裔，或来自美国-墨西哥边境 该项目得到了有据可查的研究人员缺乏多样性的支持。 老龄化、不同群体中老年人（55 岁及以上）的快速增长以及有据可查的健康状况 这些群体中的差异与 NIH 2020-2025 年研究战略方向文件一致， 研究教育将侧重于环境、社会、文化、行为和 该计划将在老年人之间造成和维持健康差异的生物因素中实施。 UA 现有的世界一流资源专注于老年病学/老年学研究和 教育（ACOA）以及旨在招募和促进成功的现有校园计划 URHS 团体的学生 该项目的具体目标是： (1) 培养和维持本科生。 兴趣、参与和保留导致我们致力于以我们的主题为中心的研究事业 改善不同群体老年人的健康、福祉和独立性 2) 发展、维持和支持； 通过为学生提供独特的实践机会，本科生参与我们主题的研究 经验、必要的知识和研究技能；3）促进和维持本科生的进步； 实现职业目标并培养和维持一支具有文化能力的研究导师队伍 支持 MSTEM/ACOA THRIVE 学生 该项目的创新在于我们利用的能力。 现有的优秀校园项目旨在招收学生并促进他们取得成功 来自拥有国家认可资源的 URHS 团体和老年学/老年病学研究人员， 科学家研究健康差异，以改善老年人的健康、福祉和独立性 该项目由一所研究密集型大学提供支持，并由 增加多样性并为老龄化世界做好准备的战略计划。