Infectious Diseases and Allergy Scientific Education and Outreach

传染病和过敏科学教育和推广

基本信息

批准号：
8745810
负责人：
Kathryn Zoon
金额：
$ 210.7万
依托单位：
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
至
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8745810
关键词：
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项目摘要

The Office of Training and Diversity (OTD) serves the Division of Intramural Research (DIR) trainees in Maryland and Montana at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), including Postdoctoral, Visiting and Clinical Fellows; Medical Students; Postbaccalaureates; Graduate Students; and Summer Interns. Outreach and recruitment are also key endeavors, with the goal of recruiting outstanding, competitive candidates for DIR training positions. Wendy J. Fibison, Ph.D., is the Associate Director, and the office has a staff of four, and an Office of Research Integrity staff on Detail to the OTD. OTD continued to manage four annual programs: NIAID's Annual Fellows Retreat; Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities (INRO); the OTD Sponsorship Program; and the Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research. An exciting initiative continued for a fourth year, the Fellows Advisory Committee comprised of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. At monthly meetings, the members make recommendations regarding enhancing the learning environment in DIR, explore new programs to support the trainees' career development, and discuss issues related to the DIR experience. This committee plans the annual fellows retreat, determining the theme, format, and agenda; inviting speakers; hosting attendees at the retreat; and reviewing the program evaluations. The process is concluded with recommendations for the following year. The Seventh Annual Fellows Retreat was held on the Bethesda campus. The theme was Taking the Next Step. Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases addressed the group, as did Dr. Kathryn C. Zoon, Scientific Director, NIAID. The retreat featured panel discussions about NIH and Non-NIH career paths, and panel members were NIAID Postdoc Alumnae who hold a variety of career positions within the metropolitan area. The NIAID Outstanding Mentor Award, developed in 2009 to recognize the many mentors at NIAID who are dedicated to sharing knowledge, inspiring, and instilling confidence in fellows, was awarded again this year at the fellows retreat. A committee of fellows, working with Dr. Wendy J. Fibison, followed a blind selection process to identify the winning nominee among a large pool of strong nominations. The 2013 award was bestowed on Dr. Carolina V. Barillas-Mury, chief, Mosquito Immunity and Vector Competence Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research. Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities (INRO) is NIAID's centerpiece for outreach to populations underrepresented in biomedical research. Following a nationwide search, 20 talented students were selected from 157 applications, to attend the annual 4-day program of scientific lectures, interviews with potential mentors and lab tours. The visiting students also interacted informally with researchers and current trainees. Five former trainees at a variety of career stages, returned to attend INRO and their input was valuable to the INRO visiting students, current trainees, and mentors alike. INRO 2013 was the eleventh year of the program, and was notable for the percentage of students who accepted training positions. By the end of the fiscal year, fifty percent of the INRO participants had returned to NIAID for training as a postdoc, postbac or summer intern. Since INRO was started in 2003, over 220 outstanding students have participated in the program. To assist strong applicants who were not selected for INRO 2013 in finding training positions, the "Share-the-Wealth Program" created three years ago, was expanded. For those applicants who had given permission, their applications were shared with Training Directors in other NIH institutes. The Marketing Database, a resource developed by OTD, was revised and expanded. With nearly 12,000 entries, this is a valuable recruitment tool for DIR's training and scientific positions. It is used for the INRO program, as well as for promoting NIAID and NIH open positions, and to announce OTD's webinars and other special programs. The 2013 Summer Internship Program was fully subscribed, with students coming from around the country to work in DIR labs for 8 to 12 weeks. Nearly one-half off the interns presented their research at the annual NIH Summer Intern Poster Day. Special OTD programs for summer interns included Orientation, the Infectious Diseases Summer Seminar Series presented by NIAID postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, the the Summer Internship Roundtable, where current trainees provided peer-mentoring to the summer interns. This year a mid-summer survey was conducted to further inform OTD about programs that benefit summer interns. For the thirteenth consecutive year, under the leadership of Elizabeth Fischer and Anita Mora, RML scientists teamed with local Montana middle schools to present an Introduction to Research program for seventh and eighth grade students. The objectives are to broaden the student definition of a scientist by providing diverse role models with varying interests and skills; and to encourage interests in becoming scientifically literate citizens whether they choose a career in traditional sciences or in fields ranging from politics, to journalism, to business. Many RML scientists volunteered their time and shared their research experience with participating students. To date the BRASS program has involved 300+ volunteers and reached more 700 Montana students. Many past BRASS participants have gone on to pursue careers in science because of their experience in this program. New programs were developed and offered to the DIR postdocs. One initiative focused on grant-writing, with one seminar structured for incoming postdocs, and one for postdocs planning to submit a K22 grant in the near future. A career development seminar series was offered, featuring NIAID alumnae who had recently transitioned to a variety of career positions. The Infectious Diseases Summer Seminar Series was offered for a second year. This series gives postdocs teaching experience with a more general audience, in this case, the NIAID summer interns and postbacs. Postdoc faculty develop objectives (learning, diversity, and professional), a power point presentation targeted to an audience new to their field, and an evaluation form. Following their presentation, the faculty receives feedback from a designated colleague and Dr. Wendy J. Fibison, Associate Director. All faculty attend a debrief meeting to discuss lessons learned and review a summary of the student evaluations. Due to the increased level of interest, the seminar series was extended this year to accomodate all the fellows who wanted to participate. Several ongoing OTD projects which support the Institute's diversity mission were continued this year: the Sponsorship Program; the Brown Bag Lunch Series; and the Tracking Project. Competitive trainees from populations underrepresented in biomedical research were again sponsored by OTD. This program was fully subscribed in 2013, with 36 trainees receiving stipends and health insurance. Twelve former trainees hold positions within NIH and FDA. To foster a network of current and former trainees, a LinkedIn group was created by Dr. Wendy J. Fibison, adding a digital approach to providing former trainees information about NIAID opportunities and resources, and to enlist them as ambassadors for OTD programmatic outreach. NIAID is well positioned to meet its diversity goals in the near future by recruiting these young researchers back to the Institute as research positions become available.

培训和多元化办公室 (OTD) 为马里兰州和蒙大拿州落基山实验室 (RML) 的校内研究部 (DIR) 学员提供服务，包括博士后、访问学者和临床研究员；医学生；学士学位后；研究生；和暑期实习生。外展和招聘也是关键工作，目标是招募优秀、有竞争力的 DIR 培训职位候选人。 Wendy J. Fibison 博士是副主任，该办公室有四名工作人员，还有一名负责 OTD 详细信息的研究诚信办公室工作人员。 OTD 继续管理四个年度计划：NIAID 年度研究员静修会； NIAID 校内研究机会 (INRO)； OTD 赞助计划；和生物医学研究暑期实习计划。研究员咨询委员会由研究生和博士后研究员组成，这项激动人心的举措已连续第四年持续进行。在每月的会议上，成员们就加强 DIR 的学习环境提出建议，探索支持学员职业发展的新计划，并讨论与 DIR 经验相关的问题。该委员会计划年度研究员务虚会，确定主题、形式和议程；邀请演讲者；在务虚会上接待与会者；并审查计划评估。该过程最后提出了下一年的建议。第七届年度研究员静修会在贝塞斯达校园举行。主题是“迈出下一步”。美国国家过敏和传染病研究所所长 Anthony S. Fauci 博士和 NIAID 科学主任 Kathryn C. Zoon 博士也在会上发表了讲话。这次务虚会以关于 NIH 和非 NIH 职业道路的小组讨论为特色，小组成员是 NIAID 博士后校友，他们在大都市区担任各种职业职位。 NIAID 杰出导师奖于 2009 年设立，旨在表彰 NIAID 致力于分享知识、激励研究员和向研究员灌输信心的众多导师，今年在研究员务虚会上再次颁发该奖项。一个研究员委员会与 Wendy J. Fibison 博士合作，采用盲选程序，从众多强有力的提名中选出获胜的提名人。 2013 年的奖项授予了疟疾和媒介研究实验室蚊子免疫和媒介能力科科长 Carolina V. Barillas-Mury 博士。 NIAID 校内研究机会 (INRO) 是 NIAID 面向生物医学研究中代表性不足的人群的核心项目。经过全国范围内的筛选，从 157 份申请中选出了 20 名才华横溢的学生，参加每年为期 4 天的科学讲座、潜在导师访谈和实验室参观项目。来访的学生还与研究人员和现任学员进行了非正式互动。五名处于不同职业阶段的前学员返回参加 INRO，他们的意见对于 INRO 访问学生、现任学员和导师都很有价值。 INRO 2013 年是该计划的第十一个年头，其接受培训职位的学生比例引人注目。到本财年结束时，50% 的 INRO 参与者已返回 NIAID 接受博士后、博士后或暑期实习生培训。 INRO自2003年启动以来，已有超过220名优秀学生参与该项目。为了帮助未入选 INRO 2013 的优秀申请者找到培训职位，扩大了三年前创建的“分享财富计划”。对于那些获得许可的申请人，他们的申请将与其他 NIH 机构的培训主管共享。对 OTD 开发的资源营销数据库进行了修订和扩展。拥有近 12,000 个条目，这是 DIR 培训和科学职位的宝贵招聘工具。它用于 INRO 计划，以及宣传 NIAID 和 NIH 空缺职位，并宣布 OTD 的网络研讨会和其他特别计划。 2013年暑期实习计划已全部报名，来自全国各地的学生在DIR实验室工作8至12周。近一半的实习生在年度 NIH 暑期实习生海报日上展示了他们的研究成果。为暑期实习生提供的特殊 OTD 项目包括迎新活动、由 NIAID 博士后研究员和研究生举办的传染病夏季研讨会系列、暑期实习圆桌会议（现任学员为暑期实习生提供同行指导）。今年开展了一项仲夏调查，以进一步向 OTD 通报有利于暑期实习生的计划。在 Elizabeth Fischer 和 Anita Mora 的领导下，RML 科学家连续第十三年与蒙大拿州当地中学合作，为七年级和八年级的学生提供研究入门课程。目标是通过提供具有不同兴趣和技能的多样化角色模型来扩大学生对科学家的定义；鼓励人们成为有科学素养的公民，无论他们选择传统科学职业还是政治、新闻、商业等领域的职业。许多 RML 科学家自愿贡献出自己的时间，并与参与的学生分享他们的研究经验。迄今为止，BRASS 计划已吸引了 300 多名志愿者，覆盖了 700 多名蒙大拿州学生。许多过去的 BRASS 参与者因为在该项目中的经验而继续从事科学事业。新的项目被开发出来并提供给 DIR 博士后。其中一项举措侧重于资助申请，其中一场研讨会是为即将到来的博士后举办的，另一场研讨会是为计划在不久的将来提交 K22 资助的博士后举办的。举办了一系列职业发展研讨会，其中包括最近转任各种职业职位的 NIAID 校友。传染病夏季研讨会系列已连续第二年举办。该系列为博士后提供了面向更广泛受众的教学经验，在本例中为 NIAID 暑期实习生和博士后。博士后教师制定目标（学习、多样性和专业）、针对刚接触其领域的受众的幻灯片演示以及评估表。演讲结束后，教师们会收到指定同事和副主任 Wendy J. Fibison 博士的反馈。所有教师都参加情况汇报会议，讨论吸取的教训并审查学生评估的摘要。由于兴趣的增加，今年的研讨会系列扩大了范围，以容纳所有想要参加的研究员。今年继续开展了几个支持研究所多元化使命的 OTD 项目：赞助计划；棕色袋午餐系列；和跟踪项目。来自生物医学研究领域代表性不足的人群的有竞争力的学员再次得到了 OTD 的赞助。该项目于2013年已全部认购，36名学员获得了津贴和医疗保险。 12 名前学员在 NIH 和 FDA 任职。为了培养现任和前任学员的网络，Wendy J. Fibison 博士创建了一个 LinkedIn 小组，添加了一种数字方法，为前学员提供有关 NIAID 机会和资源的信息，并招募他们作为 OTD 计划外展大使。 NIAID 完全有能力在不久的将来通过在研究职位空缺时招募这些年轻研究人员回到研究所来实现其多元化目标。