Would you like to be a scientist? Discover Biomedical Sciences! - Phase I/II

你想成为一名科学家吗？

• 批准号: 7373360
• 负责人: SONSOLES DE LACALLE
• 金额: $ 4.64万
• 依托单位: CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-22 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7373360
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This NCRR Science Education Partnership Award titled "Wouldyou like to be ascientist? Discover Biomedical Sciences!" has two interrelated goals. On the one hand, it seeks to expose children from inner- city elementary schools to the biomedical sciences, and, as a consequence, encourage them early on with the excitement of scientific discovery and health careers. On the other hand, it seeks to train science undergraduates to become good communicators oftheir science, involving them in bringing science - particularly health-related discoveries - to the public. To achieve these goals, we propose thefollowing specific aims: Specific Aim 1: To create a science outreach program run bv undergraduates in biomedical sciences, directed towardsfourth grade students. This outreach program will have two components: A) a reverse" science fair, modeled after the Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fairs that we have used in the past. This activity will be focused in neuroscience concepts, and will provide children with learning experiences that will establish the foundation for broad understanding of how the brain works and how brain functioning relates to behavior. B) a mentoring program between the 4th graders and the Biomedical Sciences undergraduates, whereby the college students will work with, and serve as a resource for the elementary school children for the science portion of their curriculum. Specific Aim 2: To establish a public outreach activity that will educate the general public on biomedical sciences and other health-related topics, using films with a scientific content, discussed by researcher or clinician chosen amongthose who can provide not only the best scientific expertise, but also a model to imitate. This proposal also addresses a critical barrier to progress in the field of minority health and health disparities, by contributing to increase the number of members of underrepresented groups that enter the biomedical workforce. There are two reasons for this. First, minority students in urban public schools often do not acquire essential academic skills necessaryto pursue science careers. Second, as of today minority students do not have access to appropriate role models because underrepresented minorities accountfor a disproportionately low percentage of full time academic faculty (less than 4%) at US medical schools, and are less likely to hold senior academic rank even after adjusting for years as a faculty member or measures of academic productivity. Participation in our program will serve not only to increase access to science content and spur heightened interest in the children, but also this will come from students and faculty that 'talk like them and look like them', providing role models to whom the inner-city 4th graders can relate to.

NCRR 科学教育合作奖题为“你想成为科学家吗？发现 生物医学科学！”有两个相互关联的目标。一方面，它试图让孩子们了解内在的 城市小学学习生物医学科学，因此，尽早鼓励他们 科学发现和健康事业的兴奋。另一方面，它旨在培养科学 本科生成为他们的科学的良好传播者，让他们参与带来科学 - 特别是与健康相关的发现 - 向公众展示。为实现这些目标，我们提出以下建议 具体目标： 具体目标 1：创建一个由生物医学本科生运行的科学推广计划 科学，针对四年级学生。该外展计划将由两个部分组成：A) 反向”科学博览会，以我们过去使用过的“儿童法官！神经科学博览会”为蓝本。 活动将重点关注神经科学概念，并将为孩子们提供学习体验， 为广泛理解大脑如何工作以及大脑功能与大脑功能之间的关系奠定基础 行为。 B）四年级学生和生物医学科学本科生之间的指导计划， 大学生将与小学生一起工作，并为其提供资源 他们课程的科学部分。具体目标 2：开展公共宣传活动， 使用具有一定主题的电影对公众进行生物医学科学和其他健康相关主题的教育 科学内容，由研究人员或临床医生进行讨论，这些人不仅可以提供 最好的科学专业知识，也是模仿的典范。 该提案还解决了少数民族健康和健康领域取得进展的一个关键障碍 通过促进增加进入代表性不足群体的成员数量来消除差距 生物医学劳动力。这有两个原因。首先，城市公立学校的少数民族学生经常 没有获得从事科学事业所需的基本学术技能。二、截至目前少数 学生无法获得适当的榜样，因为代表性不足的少数群体占 美国医学院全职学术教师的比例过低（低于 4%），并且 即使在担任教员多年或采取措施后，也不太可能获得高级学术排名 学术生产力。参与我们的计划不仅有助于增加接触科学的机会 内容并激发孩子们的兴趣，而且这也将来自于学生和教师 “像他们一样说话，看起来像他们”，为市中心的四年级学生提供了可以与之产生共鸣的榜样。