Curricular and Pedagogical Innovations in Quantitative Biology

定量生物学的课程和教学创新

基本信息

批准号：
7124126
负责人：
WEIGANG QIU
金额：
$ 26.82万
依托单位：
HUNTER COLLEGE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2008-07-01 至 2013-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7124126
关键词：
Address Arts Behavioral Research Bioinformatics Biological Biological Sciences Biology Biomedical Research CCL7 gene Chemistry Cities Commit Computers Development Education Educational Curriculum Educational process of instructing Educational workshop Enrollment Ensure Evaluation Exposure to Faculty Future Generations Genomics Goals Health Human Human Genome Human Resources Knowledge Mathematics Minority Minority Groups Names New York New York City Numbers Outcome Phase Play Problem-Based Learning Public Health Recording of previous events Recruitment Activity Research Infrastructure Research Personnel Role Running Science Scientist Specialist Students System Today Training Training and Infrastructure Underrepresented Minority Universities Woman Work base career college computer science concept design disorder prevention genome sequencing high school improved innovation interest literacy member next generation novel organizational structure outreach physical science programs role model skills statistics success symposium university student

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Current undergraduate biological sciences curricula do not provide adequate computational / quantitative training for students who are interested in pursuing careers in biomedical research. Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) will address this lack of training by broadening and implementing a curricular transformation in biology and related sciences begun during its Phase I project, named the Quantitative Biology (QuBi) initiative. QuBi's interdisciplinary faculty panel's first aim will integrate computational and quantitative biology content into 26 different courses serving approximately 6,500 registrants per year across the Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics departments. Several of these modified courses will introduce our undergraduates to the field of bioinformatics, and QuBi anticipates that up to 20 students per year will pursue the new bioinformatics options and concentrations developed during Phase I. QuBi's second aim is to establish an enduring educational infrastructure for producing quantitative biologists at Hunter by training our science faculty in new pedagogical approaches such as problem-based learning (PBL), collaborative course development and collaborative teaching. Our faculty will attend educational conferences and participate in summer workshops run by pedagogical experts. All knowledge acquired during this initiative will be shared with faculty across Hunter. QuBi's third aim, to build a critical mass of quantitative biology students, is vital for the success of the Phase II project. The QuBi team will collaborate with the College's existing successful science-related educational programs (MARC, MBRS/RISE, HHMI, NSF CSEMS and CollegeNow) for student outreach at both the high school and the college level. The success of the proposed curricular transformation at Hunter College will have a major impact on increasing the number of quantitatively trained biologists, especially minority scientists, at Hunter and across CUNY, since the Hunter curricular activities will be shared with other CUNY campuses. Relevance to Public Health: The amount of biological information available today, such as human genome sequences and health statistics, is increasing exponentially. The computational and quantitative sciences are therefore playing an increasingly important role in disease prevention and treatment. The proposed project will produce a future generation of scientists with the quantitative skills required for biomedical research in the 21st century.

描述（由申请人提供）：当前的生物科学本科课程没有为有兴趣从事生物医学研究的学生提供足够的计算/定量培训。纽约城市大学 (CUNY) 亨特学院将通过扩大和实施生物学及相关科学的课程改革来解决培训不足的问题，这一改革是在其第一阶段项目期间开始的，名为定量生物学 (QuBi) 计划。 QuBi 跨学科教师小组的首要目标是将计算和定量生物学内容整合到 26 门不同的课程中，每年为生物、化学、计算机科学、数学和统计系的约 6,500 名注册者提供服务。其中几门修改后的课程将向我们的本科生介绍生物信息学领域，QuBi 预计每年将有多达 20 名学生学习第一阶段开发的新生物信息学选项和专业。QuBi 的第二个目标是建立持久的教育基础设施，以促进生物信息学的发展。亨特的定量生物学家通过新的教学方法（例如基于问题的学习（PBL）、协作课程开发和协作教学）对我们的科学教师进行培训。我们的教师将参加教育会议并参加由教育专家举办的夏季研讨会。在此计划中获得的所有知识将与亨特的教员共享。 QuBi 的第三个目标是培养足够数量的定量生物学学生，这对于第二阶段项目的成功至关重要。 QuBi 团队将与学院现有的成功的科学相关教育项目（MARC、MBRS/RISE、HHMI、NSF CSEMS 和 CollegeNow）合作，在高中和大学层面推广学生。亨特学院拟议的课程改革的成功将对增加亨特和整个纽约市立大学受过定量训练的生物学家，特别是少数族裔科学家的数量产生重大影响，因为亨特的课程活动将与纽约市立大学的其他校区共享。与公共卫生的相关性：当今可用的生物信息量（例如人类基因组序列和健康统计数据）正在呈指数级增长。因此，计算和定量科学在疾病预防和治疗中发挥着越来越重要的作用。拟议的项目将培养具有 21 世纪生物医学研究所需的定量技能的下一代科学家。