MBRS RISE Program at the University of Texas at Brownsville

德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校的 MBRS RISE 项目

• 批准号: 7625310
• 负责人: ELDON L NELSON
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: UNIV/TEXAS BROWNSVILLE & SOUTHMOST COLL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-03-08 至 2012-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7625310
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Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Nelson, Eldon Lane INSTITUTIONAL SETTING AND GENERAL PLAN DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTITUTION Origin and development of the institution Located on the Texas-Mexico border at the southern tip of the state, the newest component of the University of Texas System, The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) and the oldest accredited public junior college in Texas, Texas Southmost College (TSC), have formed an innovative partnership (UTB/TSC) to meet the special educational needs of the region. This new "partnership" institution, created in 1991 by special state legislation and designated a "consolidated entity" by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), offers students the combined instructional, administrative, and support services of a comprehensive community college and an upper division and graduate university. Although the two institutions retain separate legal status along with separate funding sources and fee structures, UTB/TSC functions as one institution to maximize resources and offer combined educational programs as a single seamless curriculum. UTB/TSC is one school and is accredited as one institution. In the fall of 2002, the student enrollment at UTB/TSC totaled 9,974 of which 93% of the students qualified as minority members (1). UTB/TSC is internally composed of five schools: the College of Science, Mathematics and Technology (CSMT), the College of Liberal Arts, the School of Business, the School of Education, and the School of Health Sciences. Presently, CSMT offers ten certificate programs, four associate degree programs, six bachelor degree programs, and one Master of Science degree program. Within CSMT resides the RISE participating department (Biology). The average (fall/spring) enrollment for this one department nears 1,800 students per semester. Currently, a Bachelor of Science degree is being offered in Biology. A Master of Science Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Biology is also currently offered, and a Master of Science Degree in Biology has been developed and is pending UT System approval. UTB/TSC's innovative purpose and structure have been responsive to the educational challenges of the Rio Grande Valley. UTB/TSC operates with an open- admissions policy that enables it to provide a wide range of educational options to low-income, minority students, many of whom are first-generation college students. Our region is a largely Hispanic, an economically poor, and a relatively uneducated population. According the 2000 U.S. Census, the city of Brownsville's official population totaled 139,722 people. From 1990 - 2000, Brownsville was the third fastest growing city in the state of Texas at 41.2% and is projected to continue to grow at a phenomenal rate. Nevertheless, Brownsville was also listed as the poorest city in the U.S.A. amongst all cities with 100,000 or more populations. Coupled with the local economic situation, only 13.4% of our residents hold college degrees as compared to a national average of 24.4%. Only 55% of the population 25 years and older have even graduated from high school (2). The challenges of our area are great and the resources are sparse. Nevertheless, UTB/TSC believes that the strength of our region and our nation as well as our economy will triumph through education. Scholarly Activity Table 1 (page 78) summarizes and reveals the scholarly activity in terms of publications and grant applications made by and awarded to, the faculty of the participating department (Biology). The publication and grant success for this department's small faculty has been somewhat successful over the past few years, even though the focus of the institution has not been to research. Table 2 (page 78) more specifically identifies the research and scholarly activities over the last year (2002/03) of those faculty included as MBRS RISE Faculty in this grant proposal (Dr. Luis Colom, Dr. Yaima Garrido, Dr. Daniele Provenzano, Dr. Gerson Peltz, and Dr. Massoud Zarei). These five, relatively new (all hired within the past two years) faculty members have initiated a UTB/TSC publication and grant base upon which to enhance the professional productivity of our biomedical program. Colom, Peltz, and Zarei currently have grants awarded to UTB/TSC. UTB/TSC Demographic Information: PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) Page .5 ] __ Continuation Format Page PrincipInavelstigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Nelson, Eldon Lane Distribution of Students Table 3 (page 78) illustrates the overall student enrollments at UTB/TSC over the past four years. Of the 9,974 students enrolled in 2002, 93% are predominately Hispanic minority students and 91% of UTB/TSC graduate students enrolled are classified as Hispanic. Table 4 (page 78) shows that during the Fall 2002 semester, there were a total of 116 Biology majors of which 90% are classified as minority members; 89% are Hispanic. Distribution of Faculty Parallel to the growth in the student population, the minority faculty members at UTB/TSC have increased. Nearly 55% of our faculty are minority members, 49% are Hispanic (Table 5 page 78). Of those minority faculty members, 36%, are tenured which places UTB/TSC as one of the top most Hispanic institutions in Texas as rated by the Texas Higher Education Hispanic Report Card (3). Research activities at UTB/TSC: During the past four years, faculty members, particularly in CSMT, have initiated scientific research activity in the biology and physics departments. Current biomedical research and study is being conducted principally in Biology (funding through NIH and American Heart Association). The biology department includes a large percentage of minority faculty (Table 6 page 79) and has produced a small but significant amount of publications and grants applications as described earlier in Table 1. Currently, four of the biology department faculty have biomedical research experience: Luis V. Colom in neurosciences, Gerson Peltz in cancer studies and nutrition, Daniele Provenzano in Microbial Pathogenesis, Molecular Biology of Prokaryotes, and Applied Genomics, Masoud Zarei in cardiovascular studies. Yaima Garrido also in neurosciences will also join UTB/TSC in Fall 2003. UTB/TSC's Commitment The Institution's Commitment to the Hiring of Underrepresented Minority Faculty In the May 6, 2002 edition of Hispanic Outlook (4), UTB was listed with the highest percentage of Hispanic faculty of any university in the nation at 37.9% (These figures did not include community colleges, therefore did not include our community college faculty that would have increased the UTB/TSC percentage to approximately 48% Hispanic). The January 2003 report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (3) listed UTB and TSC as among the two highest rated two-year and four-year institutions in the State with regard to number of Hispanic faculty, percentage of full-time Hispanic faculty, the number of Hispanic students, the percentage of Hispanic students, the ratio comparison of Hispanic faculty to Hispanic students, and the number and percentage of degrees awarded to Hispanics. A primary objective for UTB/TSC is to promote and facilitate faculty development in research. The high percentage of Hispanic faculty in the institution as a whole and in the participating departments stands as evidence of the institution's commitment to hiring of underrepresented minority faculty (see Tables 5 and 6 pages 78-79). Although new to biomedical research, UTB/TSC is strongly committed to hiring a cadre of scholars who can enhance the curriculum and the research infrastructure of the institution. UTB/TSC requires that the faculty be engaged continually in its own development or improvement, and believes that growth is mandatory for faculty, as well as students. It recognizes, also, its responsibility, not only to require that the faculty advance professionally, but to also facilitate such advancement. This young university's objective, in this regard, is to promote and facilitate faculty development in teaching, research or scholarship, and service. The standard set, as articulated clearly in its policies on merit, promotion and tenure, is that faculty attain a high level of achievement in teaching, research/scholarship, and service to the professions, as well as to the university and the community. The university is dedicated to increase faculty/student minority representation in the fields of medicine and biomedical research. Institution Commitment to the Training of Underrepresented Minority Students UTB/TSC places particular emphasis on integrating appropriate resources from its graduate, research, and service programs into its undergraduate curriculum, in order to enhance student educational experiences and PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) Page 52 Continuation Format Page Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Nelson, Eldon Lane to motivate students to pursue programs of service. The university is committed to serving the professional communities represented by its academic programs, while also assisting local government, local businesses, and community groups in addressing the problems of the region. Special attention is given to in-service training for public school teachers and enrichment programs and counseling services for students who would not otherwise have an opportunity for pursuing college study. The "open-admissions" policy of the institution provides opportunities for those that "competitive entrance" would deny. The institution is supported by a major grant from the U. S. Department of Education - Title V - Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions Program which has as its major thrust, increasing retention through improving academic programs, especially for students in developmental and gatekeeper courses within an integrated program of faculty development and student support services. Through this program, 60 faculty have been given training in research based learning theory and methodologies, learning styles, ESL methodologies, mentoring, retention issues, and use of technology in the classroom. Over one hundred students received peer tutor training and 4,463 student contacts were recorded in the Learning Assistance Center. The Learning Assistance Center provides students with help with tutoring in many academic subject areas, supplemental instruction programs and specific programs in reading, writing, English language skills, and mathematics. UTB/TSC also has an Academic Computing Center, a newly opened Counseling Center, a Media Center, and a Center for Career Development, which makes available career counseling, planning and placement services to students from all academic departments. Some undergraduate students have been given opportunities and support for participation in research projects through the National Science Foundation - Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program (AMP), but most students do not currently have these opportunities. As a part of the AMP program, in the spring of 2001 the institution held its third annual student research day symposium in which students made presentations of their research projects. Unified Plan Currently UTB/TSC has made an application to the MBRS SCORE Program and is awaiting review. These two programs, the RISE and the SCORE will indeed complement each other and will both greatly expand our research capabilities as well as provide our students with opportunities to explore biomedical research and its related fields. If the SCORE is funded, it will provide to laboratory opportunities to graduate students. If the RISE is funded, it will provide additional laboratory opportunities to undergraduate students who may then have the opportunity to continue their experiences into the UTB/TSC SCORE program. The SCORE requests assistance to renovate our 2 nd floor facilities for research labs; whereas this RISE requests funding for renovating the first floor general laboratory into faculty/student biomedical research laboratories. Whereas, there may be some overlap of support requested between the SCORE and RISE proposals, these will be easily and fairly addressed if both proposals are successful. ANTICIPATED VALUE OF THE PROPOSED MBRS RISE PROGRAM TO THE INSTITUTION Until the last two years, UTB/TSC had seen little activity in research among its faculty. A few of the faculty made some presentations, had some publication activity in the science fields and but very little sponsored research activity. In forming this new university, most of the faculty in the sciences came from the community college (TSC) and were exclusively teachers as the teaching loads were full-time without research expectations, though scholarly writing was encouraged. In the last four years, however, the faculty has been somewhat transformed, i.e., new faculty and department chairs with research history and grant productivity were hired. This transformation was initiated within the physics department, but has since included the biological and health sciences areas with some effect (Table 1 page 78). Within the last 18 months, four faculty members active in biomedical research have been added to the Biology Department faculty. UTB/TSC faculty in the sciences have since obtained grant support form public and private agencies and foundations including: The National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, NASA, the American Heart Association, the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, the Welch Foundation and Kellogg Foundation. Additionally, the UTHSC-Houston School of Public Health has opened a branch on the PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) Page 53 Continuation Format Page

首席研究员/项目总监（最后、第一、中间）：Nelson、Eldon Lane 机构设置和总体规划 该机构的描述 机构的起源与发展 位于该州南端的德克萨斯州和墨西哥边境，是德克萨斯大学的最新组成部分 德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校 (UTB) 是德克萨斯州系统中最古老的经认可的公立大专院校 德克萨斯州德克萨斯南端学院 (TSC) 已结成创新合作伙伴关系 (UTB/TSC)，以满足 该地区的特殊教育需求。这个新的“伙伴关系”机构，由特殊国家于 1991 年创建 立法并被南方学院和学校协会指定为“综合实体” (SACS)，为学生提供综合性的教学、行政和支持服务 社区学院和一所高年级和研究生大学。 尽管这两个机构保留独立的法律地位以及独立的资金来源和费用 在结构上，UTB/TSC 作为一个机构发挥作用，最大限度地利用资源并提供综合教育 项目作为一个单一的无缝课程。 UTB/TSC 是一所学校，并且被认证为一个机构。在 2002 年秋季，UTB/TSC 的学生总数为 9,974 人，其中 93% 的学生符合 少数民族成员（1）。 UTB/TSC 内部由五个学院组成：科学学院、数学学院 与技术（CSMT）、文学院、商学院、教育学院和 健康科学学院。目前，CSMT提供十个证书课程、四个副学士学位课程、 六个学士学位课程和一个理学硕士学位课程。 CSMT 内驻留着 RISE 参与科室（生物学）。该系的平均（秋季/春季）入学人数接近 1,800 人 每学期的学生。目前，正在提供生物学理学学士学位。大师 目前还提供以生物学为重点的跨学科研究科学学位，并且 生物学理学硕士学位已经制定，正在等待 UT 系统的批准。 UTB/TSC 的创新宗旨和结构应对里约热内卢的教育挑战 格兰德谷。 UTB/TSC 实行开放招生政策，使其能够提供广泛的 为低收入、少数族裔学生（其中许多是第一代大学生）提供教育选择。我们的 该地区主要是西班牙裔，经济贫困，人口受教育程度相对较低。根据 2000 年 美国人口普查显示，布朗斯维尔市的官方人口总数为 139,722 人。从1990年到2000年， 布朗斯维尔是德克萨斯州增长第三快的城市，增长率为 41.2%，预计将继续增长 以惊人的速度增长。尽管如此，布朗斯维尔也被列为美国最贫穷的城市。 在所有人口10万及以上的城市中。再加上当地的经济状况，只有13.4% 我们的居民拥有大学学位，而全国平均水平为 24.4%。仅占总人口的55% 25岁以上甚至高中毕业(2)。我们地区面临的挑战是巨大的 资源稀缺。尽管如此，UTB/TSC 相信我们地区和国家的实力 因为我们的经济将通过教育取得胜利。 学术活动 表 1（第 78 页）总结并揭示了出版物和资助申请方面的学术活动 由参与系（生物学）的教师制作并授予。出版及资助 在过去的几年里，这个系的小规模教师取得了一定的成功，甚至 尽管该机构的重点不是研究。 表 2（第 78 页）更具体地列出了去年（2002/03）的研究和学术活动 这些教师中包括作为 MBRS RISE 教师参与本拨款提案的人员（Luis Colom 博士、Yaima Garrido 博士、 Daniele Provenzano、Gerson Peltz 博士和 Massoud Zarei 博士）。这五个人相对较新（全部在 过去两年）教职员工发起了 UTB/TSC 出版物和资助基础，在此基础上加强 我们生物医学项目的专业生产力。 Colom、Peltz 和 Zarei 目前已获得资助 到 UTB/TSC。 UTB/TSC 人口统计信息： PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) 第 .5 页] __ 继续格式页 PrincipInavelstigator/项目总监（最后、第一、中间）：Nelson、Eldon Lane 学生分布 表 3（第 78 页）显示了过去四年 UTB/TSC 的总体学生入学情况。在 9,974 人中 2002 年入学的学生中，93% 主要是西班牙裔少数族裔学生，91% 的 UTB/TSC 毕业生 注册的学生被归类为西班牙裔。 表 4（第 78 页）显示，2002 年秋季学期，共有 116 个生物学专业，其中 90%被归类为少数群体成员； 89% 是西班牙裔。 师资分布 在学生人数增长的同时，UTB/TSC 的少数族裔教职人员也有所增加。 我们近 55% 的教师是少数族裔，49% 是西班牙裔（表 5 第 78 页）。在那些少数人中 36% 的教职人员获得终身教职，这使 UTB/TSC 成为美国最顶尖的西班牙裔院校之一 德克萨斯州按照德克萨斯州高等教育西班牙裔成绩单 (3) 进行评级。 UTB/TSC 的研究活动： 在过去的四年里，教职员工，特别是 CSMT 的教职员工，在以下领域开展了科学研究活动： 生物学和物理系。当前的生物医学研究主要在 生物学（通过 NIH 和美国心脏协会资助）。生物系包括大量 少数族裔教师的百分比（表 6，第 79 页），并产生了少量但大量的 出版物和资助申请如表 1 前面所述。目前，生物系的四个 教师拥有生物医学研究经验：Luis V. Colom 擅长神经科学，Gerson Peltz 擅长癌症研究 和营养，Daniele Provenzano，微生物发病机制、原核生物分子生物学和应用 基因组学，Masoud Zarei 从事心血管研究。神经科学领域的 Yaima Garrido 也将加入 2003 年秋季 UTB/TSC。 UTB/TSC 的承诺 该机构对聘用代表性不足的少数族裔教师的承诺 在 2002 年 5 月 6 日版的西班牙裔展望 (4) 中，UTB 被列为西班牙裔比例最高的大学 全国任何一所大学的教师比例为 37.9%（这些数字不包括社区学院，因此 不包括我们的社区学院教师，他们会将 UTB/TSC 的比例提高到 大约 48% 是西班牙裔）。德克萨斯州高等教育协调委员会 2003 年 1 月的报告 (3) 将 UTB 和 TSC 列为该州评价最高的两所两年制和四年制院校 西班牙裔教师人数、全职西班牙裔教师比例、西班牙裔学生人数、 西班牙裔学生的百分比、西班牙裔教师与西班牙裔学生的比例比较以及 授予西班牙裔学位的数量和百分比。 UTB/TSC 的主要目标是促进和 促进教师的研究发展。整个机构中西班牙裔教师的比例很高 在参与部门中，这是该机构承诺雇用的证据 少数族裔教师代表性不足（参见第 78-79 页表 5 和表 6）。 尽管对生物医学研究来说是新手，UTB/TSC 仍坚定地致力于聘请一批能够从事生物医学研究的学者。 加强该机构的课程和研究基础设施。 UTB/TSC 要求教师 不断致力于自身的发展或改进，并相信教师的成长是强制性的， 以及学生。它还认识到自己的责任，不仅要求教师进步 专业，但也促进这种进步。在这方面，这所年轻大学的目标是 促进和促进教师在教学、研究或学术以及服务方面的发展。标准集， 正如其关于绩效、晋升和终身教职的政策中明确阐述的那样，教师必须达到高水平 在教学、研究/学术以及对专业、大学和服务的服务方面取得的成就 社区。该大学致力于增加教师/学生在以下领域的少数族裔代表性 医学和生物医学研究。 机构对培训代表性不足的少数族裔学生的承诺 UTB/TSC 特别强调整合其研究生、研究和领域的适当资源 服务项目纳入其本科课程，以增强学生的教育体验和 PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) 第 52 页 继续格式页 首席研究员/项目总监（最后、第一、中间）：Nelson、Eldon Lane 激励学生追求服务项目。大学致力于为专业人士服务 以其学术项目为代表的社区，同时还协助当地政府、当地企业、 和社区团体解决该地区的问题。特别关注在役人员 为公立学校教师提供培训，并为学生提供充实计划和咨询服务 否则没有机会继续大学学习。学校的“开放招生”政策 为那些“竞争性进入”所拒绝的人提供了机会。 该机构得到美国教育部 - Title V - 发展中的一项重大拨款的支持 西班牙裔服务机构计划的主要目标是通过改善 学术课程，特别是针对综合性课程中的发展课程和看门人课程的学生 教师发展和学生支持服务计划。通过该计划，60 名教师获得了 接受基于研究的学习理论和方法、学习风格、ESL 方法的培训， 指导、保留问题以及课堂上技术的使用。一百多名学生收到 学习援助中心记录了同伴导师培训和 4,463 名学生联系信息。学习 援助中心为学生提供许多学术学科领域的辅导、补充 阅读、写作、英语语言技能和数学方面的指导课程和具体课程。 UTB/TSC 还设有学术计算中心、新开设的咨询中心、媒体中心和 职业发展中心，提供职业咨询、规划和安置服务 来自所有学术部门的学生。 一些本科生获得了参与研究项目的机会和支持 通过国家科学基金会 - 路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与计划联盟 (AMP)，但是 大多数学生目前没有这些机会。作为 AMP 计划的一部分，2001 年春季 该机构举行了第三届年度学生研究日研讨会，学生们在会上做了演讲 他们的研究项目。 统一计划 目前UTB/TSC已向MBRS SCORE计划提出申请，正在等待审核。这些 RISE 和 SCORE 这两个计划确实会相辅相成，并且都将极大地扩展我们的 研究能力，并为我们的学生提供探索生物医学研究及其研究的机会 相关领域。如果 SCORE 获得资助，它将为研究生提供实验室机会。如果 RISE 得到资助，将为本科生提供额外的实验室机会，然后他们可以 有机会将他们的经验延续到 UTB/TSC SCORE 计划中。 SCORE 请求 协助翻新我们二楼的研究实验室设施；而这次 RISE 需要资金 将一楼普通实验室改造为教师/学生生物医学研究实验室。然而， SCORE 和 RISE 提案之间请求的支持可能有一些重叠，这些将是 如果两项提案均获得成功，则很容易且公平地得到解决。 拟议的 MBRS 提升计划对机构的预期价值 直到最近两年，UTB/TSC 的教职人员几乎没有开展研究活动。部分院系人员 做了一些演讲，在科学领域进行了一些出版活动，但赞助很少 研究活动。在组建这所新大学时，大多数理科教师都来自社区 学院（TSC）并且完全是教师，因为教学负担是全职的，没有研究 尽管鼓励学术写作，但仍抱有期望。然而，在过去的四年里，教师们 有所转变，即具有研究历史和资助生产力的新教师和系主任 被雇用了。这一转变是在物理系内部发起的，但后来也包括了 生物和健康科学领域有一定影响（表1第78页）。在过去 18 个月内，四 活跃于生物医学研究的教员已被添加到生物系教员中。 UTB/TSC 此后，理科教师获得了公共和私人机构和基金会的赠款支持 包括：美国国立卫生研究院、美国国家科学基金会、国防部、 NASA、美国心脏协会、德克萨斯州经济地质局、韦尔奇基金会和 凯洛格基金会。此外，UTHSC-休斯顿公共卫生学院在 PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) 第 53 页 继续格式页