A National Urban Model for Minority Undergraduate Biome*

少数民族本科生生物群落国家城市模型*

• 批准号: 6936003
• 负责人: Sheldon Weinbaum
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-21 至 2006-09-26
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6936003
• 关键词: bioengineering /biomedical engineering; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; health science research potential; minority health professional; minority institution research support; science education; urban poverty area

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the proposed initiative is to increase the number of minority undergraduate students trained in biomedical engineering by building on an existing partnership between a publicly funded minority-serving institution with limited resources and preeminent private medical research institutions. This initiative will also serve as a national urban model for multi-institutional cooperation in educating minority students in the biomedical sciences. This effort will build upon two Special Opportunity Awards from the Whitaker Foundation - one to establish a New York Center for Biomedical Engineering (NYCBE) at the college (1994-97) and the other to create a new doctoral program in this field (1997-2000) - and a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to form a consortium that will greatly enhance the production of minority Ph.D.'s in this field (1997-2001). The program will offer an integrated biomedical engineering training based on coursework and research. Course requirements will include the completion of a 15-credit concentration in biomedical engineering or the completion of a newly proposed baccalaureate degree program in biomedical engineering. Participating students will be assigned to a laboratory. They will become part of a team of scientists, engineers and physicians and will participate in the multidisciplinary aspects of teamwork, communication and management, critical skills which the graduate biomedical engineer will need as a professional. Students will be offered research projects that are an integral part of the ongoing research efforts in areas such as implant/tissue interfaces, orthopaedic biomechanics of soft tissue, biornineralization processes, absorbable implant systems, biomedical imaging, blosignal processing and instrumentation, biomembrane phenomena, and controlled drug release. Finally, students will participate in activities designed to improve their leadership skills and prepare them for graduate school. To achieve our overall goal, we propose the following five specific objectives: 1. Develop a comprehensive undergraduate degree program in biomedical engineering at a minority-serving institution. 2. Significantly increase the number of undergraduate research experiences for minority students. 3. Enhance our existing highly successful Sloan Program to encourage and prepare minority students to pursue the Ph.D. in biomedical engineering. 4. Greatly expand our existing summer outreach program to inner-city high schools. 5. Develop internships and cooperative education opportunities with local biomedical industry.

描述（由申请人提供）： 拟议倡议的总体目标是增加 通过建造接受生物医学工程培训的少数族裔本科生 关于公共资助的少数族裔服务之间的现有伙伴关系 资源有限和杰出私人医学研究的机构 机构。 该倡议还将作为国家城市模式 在教育少数民族学生中的多机构合作 生物医学科学。 这项努力将以两个特殊的机会为基础 惠特克基金会的奖项 - 一个建立纽约中心的奖项 学院（1994-97）的生物医学工程（NYCBE），另一个 在此领域（1997-2000）中创建一个新的博士课程 - 阿尔弗雷德·P·斯隆基金会（Alfred P. Sloan Foundation）组成一个财团，将大大增强 该领域的少数民族博士学位（1997-2001）。 该计划将提供基于集成的生物医学工程培训 课程和研究。 课程要求将包括完成 生物医学工程中的15学分集中或新近完成 拟议的生物医学工程学士学位课程。 参加学生将被分配到实验室。 他们会变成 科学家，工程师和医生团队的一部分，将参加 团队合作，沟通和管理的多学科方面， 研究生生物医学工程师将需要的关键技能 专业的。 将为学生提供不可或缺的研究项目 植入物/组织等领域正在进行的研究工作的一部分 软组织的界面，骨科生物力学，生物矿化 过程，可吸收植入物系统，生物医学成像，blosignal 加工和仪器，生物膜现象和受控药物 发布。 最后，学生将参加旨在改善的活动 他们的领导能力并为研究生做准备。 为了实现我们的总体目标，我们提出以下五个特定的特定目标 目标： 1。制定生物医学的全面本科学位课程 在少数派服务机构的工程。 2。显着增加了本科研究经验的数量 少数学生。 3。加强我们现有的非常成功的斯隆计划，以鼓励和 为少数族裔学生做准备攻读博士学位。在生物医学工程中。 4。将我们现有的夏季外展计划大大扩展到市中心高 学校。 5。与当地建立实习和合作教育机会 生物医学行业。