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.

失聪和听力困难 (DHH) 科学家在国家生物医学领域的代表性严重不足 2018 年，在 NIH 获奖的所有 PI 中，只有 0.38% 的人报告有听力障碍。 20-69 岁美国成年人的听力损失患病率为 31.1%，DHH 本科生面临许多障碍。 攻读高级研究学位，包括缺乏指导、缺乏 DHH 科学家榜样、贫困 此外，DHH 的人差异很大。 听力文化方面的沟通方式、语言技能和文化认同。 结果，DHH STEM 学生经常遇到文化耻辱和沟通障碍，限制了他们的学习 获得生物医学实验室指导的本科生研究机会。 拟议的 RIT U-RISE 聋人和听力障碍科学家培训计划的使命 本科生 (RIT U-RISE) 旨在通过准备 8 DHH 来实现生物医学研究人员队伍的多元化 每年都有本科生进入研究密集型大学攻读生物医学相关的博士学位课程。 第二个任务是向其他机构的科学家传播基于证据的最佳实践 使 DHH 学生更容易接触和包容生物医学研究实践社区。 RIT 共有 1100 多名 DHH 学生（占 RIT 机构数据的 6%）。 DHH 学士学位学生不成比例地倾向于非研究生物医学相关专业 尽管坚持率、毕业率和学术成就与其他大学持平，但研究生课程 为了扭转这一趋势，RIT U-RISE 学员将参加基于证据的合作项目。 课程丰富和队列建设活动、专业研究伦理、安全性、可重复性、 科学写作培训，以及在 RIT 文化支持实验室进行的强化指导研究培训 和研究密集型大学。学员还将在全国会议上发表演讲。 基于有针对性的核心科学和专业能力的发展计划（IDP）将指导每个 培训生计划将得到加强的建议、监督、辅导和沟通服务。 确保学员获得心理、学术和机构支持，以成功攻读博士学位 RIT U-RISE 将为导师和其他培养人才的教师提供文化能力培训。 将传播指导 DHH 博士生本科生的最佳实践。 预计 15 名 RIT U-RISE 学员将在资助周期结束时毕业。 RIT 毕业三年内至少有 8 名学生进入生物医学相关的博士研究项目。 广泛的 DHH 社区和机构资源、与研究生培训的合作伙伴关系 研究密集型大学的课程以及丰富的管理经验和基础设施 RIT-RISE 计划（2017-2022），以确保 RIT U-RISE 计划的成功。