Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)

学士后研究教育计划（PREP）

基本信息

批准号：
8325572
负责人：
Terry Ann Krulwich
金额：
$ 37.33万
依托单位：
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2001
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2001-08-01 至 2014-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8325572
关键词：
Academic Medical Centers Achievement Address Admission activity Affect Area Attention Award Binding Biomedical Research Clinical Research Communities Community Services Competence Critiques Data Disabled Persons Disadvantaged Doctor of Philosophy Education Enrollment Ensure Environment Evaluation Faculty Fellowship Fostering Friends Future Goals Growth Hand Health Health Sciences Health Technology Healthcare Home environment Individual Institution Intervention Laboratories Laboratory Research Leadership Learning Life Literature Measurable Mentors Minority Minority Groups Monitor Motivation NCI Scholars Program Online Systems Participant Pattern Positioning Attribute Prevention strategy Process Public Health Publishing Qualifying Readiness Records Recruitment Activity Reporting Research Research Activity Research Project Grants Research Training Residencies Role Schools Science Scientist Services Social Work Stereotyping Students Talents Testing Time Time Management Traineeship Training Underrepresented Minority United States National Institutes of Health Work base biomedical scientist career cohort college disability health disparity interest meetings peer programs science education skills success trend

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of Mount Sinai's Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (Mount Sinai PREP) is to make a significant contribution to increasing the number of biomedical scientists from underrepresented minority groups, disadvantaged backgrounds or those who live with the challenges of disability. We aim to prepare recent college graduates from these targeted groups to enroll and succeed in highly competitive Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. programs so that they go on to develop independent research careers after their postdoctoral or residency/fellowship training. Now in its 8th year, Mount Sinai PREP has a strong and growing record of application and enrollment of its participants in excellent Ph.D. and MD/Ph.D. programs. Of the 26 who have enrolled in such programs, over 92% have progressed well. They are all supported by fellowships and traineeships, including 12 T32 traineeships and 6 F31 fellowships from NIH. The first Ph.D. awards are occurring with excellent time-lines and records of accomplishment this spring. Mount Sinai PREP has enhanced its recruitment of applicants to promote consistent enrollment of PREP participants whose motivation and levels of academic and research potential support their aspirations for research careers. PREP has also further enhanced its successful program strategies. Central strategies include: (i) ensuring that all PREP participants undertake a mentored research project in which their analytical, conceptual, and technical abilities are fostered; (ii) ensuring that they integrate fully into the laboratory group and culture, increase their ability to use and critique primary research literature and their ability to present their work; (iii) providing individualized help to eliminate gaps, impediments or health issues that might impede success; (iv) fostering the ability of PREP participants to succeed in rigorous doctoral level course-work. Important additional PREP strategies include: (i) acclimatizing the PREP group to the environment of a major academic medical center; (ii) encouraging interest in health and health care disparities through projects and grand rounds of the Center for Multi-Cultural and Community Affairs along with other student groups; (iii) networking them with Mount Sinai PREP alumni, "Friends/Outside Advisors" of PREP and other professionals whose stories inspire and advice is worthwhile. We continue to closely monitor, mentor, and interact with Mount Sinai PREP alumni. We enjoy the presence of 12 of them in programs on our campus, and expect some of them to become faculty colleagues and future PREP leaders. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The PREP initiative seeks to increase the participation of individuals from underrepresented minority and disadvantaged as well as disabled individuals at the cutting-edge levels of biomedical research. Major benefits to public health will result from diversification of the biomedical research work-force because research practitioners from communities that struggle with negative health and health care disparities are highly motivated to undertake projects that address these disparities and projects that yield new therapies or preventive strategies for major health problems or illness of their communities. Diversification of the research workforce at the professoriate level will also address disparities in access of young people from similar backgrounds to high quality science education, thus increasing the rate of these positive changes.

描述（由申请人提供）：西奈山学士后研究教育计划（Mount Sinai PREP）的长期目标是为增加来自代表性不足的少数群体、弱势背景或与其他群体一起生活的生物医学科学家的数量做出重大贡献。残疾的挑战。我们的目标是帮助这些目标群体的应届大学毕业生做好准备，攻读竞争激烈的博士学位并取得成功。或医学博士/博士计划，以便他们在博士后或住院医师/研究员培训后继续发展独立的研究职业。西奈山 PREP 现已进入第八个年头，其优秀博士生的申请和注册记录强劲且不断增长。和医学博士/博士。程序。在参加此类项目的 26 人中，超过 92% 的人进展顺利。他们均获得奖学金和实习奖学金的支持，其中包括来自 NIH 的 12 名 T32 实习奖学金和 6 名 F31 奖学金。第一个博士学位。今年春天，颁奖典礼的时间表和成就记录都非常出色。西奈山 PREP 加强了申请人的招募，以促进 PREP 参与者的持续注册，他们的学术和研究潜力的动机和水平支持他们对研究职业的渴望。 PREP 还进一步加强了其成功的计划战略。中心战略包括： (i) 确保所有 PREP 参与者开展指导性研究项目，培养他们的分析、概念和技术能力； (ii) 确保他们充分融入实验室群体和文化，提高他们使用和批评原始研究文献的能力以及展示其工作的能力； (iii) 提供个性化帮助，以消除可能妨碍成功的差距、障碍或健康问题； (iv) 培养 PREP 参与者在严格的博士水平课程中取得成功的能力。重要的额外 PREP 策略包括： (i) 让 PREP 小组适应主要学术医疗中心的环境； (ii) 通过多元文化和社区事务中心以及其他学生团体的项目和大型活动，鼓励人们对健康和医疗保健差异的兴趣； (iii) 与西奈山 PREP 校友、PREP 的“朋友/外部顾问”以及其他专业人士建立联系，他们的故事鼓舞人心，建议也很有价值。我们将继续密切监督、指导西奈山 PREP 校友并与之互动。我们很高兴有 12 名他们参与我们校园的项目，并期望他们中的一些人成为教职同事和未来的 PREP 领导者。公共卫生相关性：PREP 计划旨在提高代表性不足的少数群体、弱势群体以及残疾人在生物医学研究前沿水平的参与度。生物医学研究队伍的多元化将给公共卫生带来重大好处，因为来自与健康和医疗保健不平等作斗争的社区的研究从业者非常积极地开展解决这些差异的项目，以及产生新疗法或预防策略的项目。其社区的重大健康问题或疾病。教授级研究队伍的多元化也将解决来自相似背景的年轻人在接受高质量科学教育方面的差异，从而提高这些积极变化的速度。