Promoting Minority Students' Interest in Research

提高少数民族学生的研究兴趣

基本信息

批准号：
7417900
负责人：
BARRY Dale WATERHOUSE
金额：
$ 6.74万
依托单位：
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2004
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2004-05-01 至 2010-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7417900
关键词：
Accounting Address Adopted African American Amendment American Indians Anatomy Animals Area Attitude Authorship Award Behavioral Research Biochemistry Bioinformatics Biological Preservation Biomedical Engineering Biosensing Techniques Blood Cardiovascular system Censuses Characteristics Clinical Clinical Sciences Communities Conflict of Interest Country Data Databases Development Discipline Discipline of Nursing Doctor of Philosophy Drops Education Effectiveness Employment Engineering Enrollment Ensure Environment Evaluation Exposure to Faculty Federal Government Fostering Future General Population Goals Graduate Education Grant Growth Hand Health Health Occupations Health Professional Health Sciences Health system Healthcare Hispanics Historically Black Colleges and Universities Housing Human Industry Inequality Institution Instruction Interview Lung Medical Medical Faculty Medical Students Medicine Mentors Microbiology Minority Molecular Biology National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Research Service Awards Needs Assessment Neurosciences Not Hispanic or Latino Numbers Online Systems Other Minority Outcome Ownership Parents Participant Pathway interactions Peer Review Pennsylvania Perception Performance Pharmacology Philadelphia Physicians Physiology Policies Population Postdoctoral Fellow Principal Investigator Process Professional Role Public Health Schools Publications Publishing Puerto Rican Questionnaires Recruitment Activity Research Research Infrastructure Research Misconduct Research Personnel Research Project Grants Research Training Resolution Resources Schools Science Scientist Services Sleep Disorders Structure Students Support of Research Surveys System Time Training Training Activity Training Programs Underrepresented Minority United States Public Health Service Universities Work behavioral/social science bioimaging career college computer science data acquisition desire experience high school human subject human tissue innovation instrument interest medical schools programs role model success trend

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The number of underrepresented minority students entering into medicine, nursing, and related health care disciplines is declining. To illustrate, in the past 5-6 years, the number of underrepresented minority students entering into our medical college has dropped by about 82% (from 50 in 1998 to 9 in 2002). This gradual decline in enrollment is not unique to our medical college, for it is observed in many institutions of higher education across the nation. A similar trend is also witnessed in graduate education programs. One key approach that could be adopted to reverse this trend is to involve underrepresented minority students in biomedical and behavioral research during the course of their undergraduate education. Drexel University College of Medicine (Drexel Med) has been educating students in biomedical sciences for over 150 years. Its recent merger with Drexel University, a respected leader in engineering and computer sciences, has unveiled yet additional opportunities. At Drexel Med, we have the required experience and the expertise to successfully initiate and implement summer research programs. We currently have three programs which offer short-term summer research training opportunities to local high school, undergraduate, and medical students. These successful programs serve as an archetype for initiating, in partnership with NHLBI, similar research opportunities for underrepresented minority students in undergraduate and graduate programs in various schools and colleges within Drexel University and at Cheyney University - the oldest black historical university in the country. Since the primary goal of NHLBI is to support research in the areas of cardiovascular, pulmonary, blood, and sleep disorders, minority students enrolled under this training grant will be assigned to one of the many (> 19) investigators in basic and clinical departments who are working in areas of similar interests. We believe that by providing such an opportunity to underrepresented minority students in undergraduate and graduate programs, we will not only enrich their academic experience but would also facilitate their entry and retention into health care related professional pathways. This outcome would meet the growing needs of our racially divergent communities and help alleviate the existing discord between the representation of minorities in the general populace as compared to that in the health care profession.

描述（由申请人提供）：进入医学，护理和相关医疗保健学科的代表性不足的少数族裔学生人数正在减少。为了说明，在过去的5 - 6年中，进入我们医学院的人数不足的少数族裔学生人数下降了约82％（从1998年的50％到2002年的9个）。入学率逐渐下降并不是我们的医学院所独有的，因为在全国许多高等教育机构中都可以观察到。研究生教育计划也有类似的趋势。可以采用扭转这一趋势的一种关键方法是，在本科教育的过程中，将代表性不足的少数族裔学生参与生物医学和行为研究。 Drexel大学医学院（Drexel Med）一直在对生物医学科学的学生进行教育，已有150多年的历史了。它最近与德雷克塞尔大学（Drexel University）的合并，这是一位受人尊敬的工程和计算机科学领导者，已经揭露了额外的机会。在Drexel Med，我们拥有成功启动和实施夏季研究计划的所需经验和专业知识。我们目前有三个计划，可为当地高中，本科生和医学生提供短期夏季研究培训机会。这些成功的计划是与NHLBI合作启动的原型，这是为代表性不足的少数族裔学生在本科和研究生课程中的类似研究机会，在德雷克塞尔大学的各种学校和学院以及夏尼大学（该国最古老的黑人历史大学）的各种学校和学院。由于NHLBI的主要目标是支持在心血管，肺部，血液和睡眠障碍领域的研究，因此在此培训补助金下入学的少数族裔学生将分配给在同样利益领域的基本和临床部门的众多（> 19）研究员之一。我们认为，通过提供这样的机会，可以在本科和研究生课程中提供代表性不足的少数群体学生，我们不仅会丰富他们的学业经验，而且还可以促进他们进入与医疗保健相关的专业途径。与医疗保健专业相比，这种结果将满足我们种族歧视社区的日益增长的需求，并有助于减轻少数民族在一般民众中的不和谐。