Mentoring Young Minds to Increase Diversity in Biomedical Research

指导年轻人增加生物医学研究的多样性

• 批准号: 7366977
• 负责人: Antonio De Maio
• 金额: $ 58.99万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-03-01 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7366977
• 关键词: Admission activity; American; Biomedical Research; California; Class; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Environment; Ethnic group; Faculty; Fellowship; Financial compensation; Funding; Future; GYPA gene; Glycophorin A; Group Meetings; Hand; Hour; Individual; Influentials; Journals; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Learning; Mentors; Mind; Motivation; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Numbers; Participant; Personal Satisfaction; Population; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Preparation; Recommendation; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Rotation; Schools; Science; Scientist; Staging; Students; Supervision; Techniques; Testing; Thinking; Time; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Week; Work; Writing; base; career; design; desire; experience; lectures; peer; post-doctoral training; programs; response; role model; skills; teacher

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The number of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in biomedical sciences is extremely low in comparison with other ethnic groups. This situation could be reversed with an increase in the population of URM graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The overall objective of this application, in response to the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD), is to channel undergraduate students into Ph.D. programs in the biomedical sciences. URM scholars will be engaged very early on in their undergraduate studies in hands-on bench research, first as part of a summer program, where they will be introduced to basic laboratory techniques and scientific thinking. This initial program is likely to increase the retention of URM students in the field of science (specific aim 1). After the summer program, these students will join the laboratories of well- established investigators who will serve as their mentors. These mentors will further train and motivate the scholars to pursue Ph.D. degrees. Participants will be assisted in their applications to various Ph.D. programs (specific aim 2). Scholars that achieve a minimum of requirements (a GPA of 3.0 or above, completion of a graduate course with a grade of B or better, and a strong recommendation from the student's mentor) will have guaranteed admission into the Biomedical Science (BMS) Ph.D. program at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) where they will be supported for two years and aided in obtaining independent funding to complete their Ph.D. degrees. Moreover, these students will be educated on how to develop a strategy for obtaining faculty positions after postdoctoral training (specific aim 3). Since educators are highly influential role models and directly responsible for the learning experience, a wide ethnic pool of teachers is needed to guarantee the wealth in opinion and experience required for the desired well-rounded development of future American scientists. The number of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in biomedical sciences is extremely low in comparison with other ethnic groups. This situation could be reversed with an increase in the population of URM Ph.D. students in biomedical sciences, which is the overall objective of this application.

描述（由申请人提供）：与其他族裔群体相比，生物医学科学领域代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 教师数量极低。随着城市大学研究生和博士后人数的增加，这种情况可能会得到扭转。该应用程序的总体目标是响应学生多样性最大化计划 (IMSD)，将本科生引导至博士学位。生物医学科学项目。 URM 学者将在本科学习的早期就参与实践台架研究，首先作为暑期项目的一部分，向他们介绍基本的实验室技术和科学思维。该初始计划可能会提高 URM 学生在科学领域的保留率（具体目标 1）。暑期项目结束后，这些学生将加入知名研究人员的实验室，这些研究人员将担任他们的导师。这些导师将进一步培训和激励学者们攻读博士学位。度。参与者将获得协助申请各种博士学位。计划（具体目标 2）。达到最低要求（GPA 3.0 或以上，完成研究生课程且成绩为 B 或更高，并得到学生导师的强烈推荐）的学者将保证被生物医学科学 (BMS) 博士生录取。 D .他们将在加州大学圣地亚哥分校 (UCSD) 的项目中获得两年的支持，并帮助获得独立资金以完成博士学位。度。此外，这些学生将接受有关如何制定在博士后培训后获得教职职位的策略的教育（具体目标3）。由于教育工作者是具有高度影响力的榜样并直接对学习经验负责，因此需要广泛的种族教师队伍来保证未来美国科学家所需的全面发展所需的丰富的意见和经验。与其他族裔群体相比，生物医学科学领域代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 教师数量极低。随着URM博士人数的增加，这种情况可能会得到扭转。生物医学科学专业的学生，​​这是该应用程序的总体目标。