UW Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)

华盛顿大学学士后研究教育计划 (PREP)

• 批准号: 8610322
• 负责人: Gabriele Varani
• 金额: $ 33.95万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-02-14 至 2015-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8610322
• 关键词: Address; Admission activity; Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; Clinical; Commit; Communication; Complex; Development; Disabled Persons; Doctor of Medicine; Doctor of Philosophy; Economically Deprived Population; Education; Enrollment; Ensure; Evaluation; Evaluation Research; Faculty; Failure; Fostering; Foundations; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Funding; Goals; Institution; Journals; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Literature; Measures; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority; Minority Groups; Modification; Monitor; Oral; Paper; Population; Postdoctoral Fellow; Preparation; Program Effectiveness; Qualifying; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resolution; Schools; Science; Scientist; Students; Supervision; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; United States; Universities; Washington; Writing; career; college; doctoral student; experience; health disparity; instrument; interdisciplinary approach; interest; meetings; posters; programs; public health relevance; skills; social; success

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The scientific workforce in biomedical research is chronically underrepresented in certain populations. While the reasons for this failure are many and complex, major research universities have also failed to recruit and retain enough underrepresented minority (URM) students, particularly at the doctoral level. This proposal aims to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups in biomedical graduate programs by introducing a one year program that will provide research experiences and mentorship to recent graduates with baccalaureate degrees in the sciences and from underrepresented populations The basic hypothesis underlying this proposal is that an intense experience in research is the best preparation for successful application to graduate school and then for a successful graduate career. Therefore, the foundation of this training plan is a group of highly accomplished and well-funded research laboratories at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; all participating scientists have shown past commitment to mentor underrepresented undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students. Existing highly successful Ph.D. training programs in biomedical research, combined with several successful recent efforts aimed at recruiting underrepresented groups at the University of Washington, provide a strong foundation for this PREP program. The training will consist of one year in an academic research laboratory under the supervision of two mentors with related but not identical research interests. The trainees will pursue a hypothesis-driven research project through an interdisciplinary approach enabled by the dual mentorship. This core research experience will be supplemented with training to increase scientific skills in writing, oral presentations and in the interpretation of the scientific literature. Additionally, the trainees will receive supplemental didactic training to fill any outstanding gap in their scientific preparation. Self-confidence and scientific identity will be fostered through a variety of scientific and social forums within the group of trainees and with existing URM groups at the University of Washington. A set of rigorous evaluation instruments will be created to objectively measure their progress and to guide improvements in the program. The central goals of the program are to ensure that all of the trainees apply for graduate school admission, that at least 75% of them enter graduate school, and to ensure that they are optimally prepared for success in a Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. program at a research-intensive institution. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The goal of the UW PREP is to annually recruit eight students from an underrepresented background to a post- baccalaureate program that will prepare them for success in graduate school in the biomedical sciences. The trainees will engage in a one-year intensive research project in a field of interest, under the supervision of two faculty mentors with complementary expertise. The students will also receive training in scientific writing and communication. We anticipate that all of the trainees will apply for admission into graduate school, during their tenure in the program and at least 75% of them will be accepted. A rigorous set of indicators will be employed to evaluate the long-term success of the program.

描述（由申请人提供）：在某些人群中，生物医学研究的科学劳动力长期代表性不足。尽管这种失败的原因是许多复杂的，但主要的研究大学也未能招募和保留足够多代表性的少数民族（URM）学生，尤其是博士学位。该建议旨在通过引入一年的课程来增加来自代表性的群体中代表性不足的群体的学生人数，该计划将为科学学士学位的近期毕业生提供研究经验和指导，并从代表性不足的人群中获得了这一建议的基本培训，这是一项成功的毕业生，是一项成功的毕业生。因此，该培训计划的基础是华盛顿大学和弗雷德·哈钦森癌症研究中心的一组高度成就且资金丰富的研究实验室。所有参与的科学家都表现出对导师代表不足的本科生，研究生和博士后学生的承诺。现有的非常成功的博士生物医学研究的培训计划，加上旨在招募华盛顿大学代表性不足的小组的几项成功的近期努力，为该准备计划奠定了坚实的基础。该培训将在两位具有相关但不相同研究兴趣的导师的监督下，在一个学术研究实验室中为期一年。学员将通过双重指导实现的跨学科方法来追求一个假设驱动的研究项目。这种核心研究经验将接受培训，以提高写作，口头演讲和解释科学文献的培训。此外，学员将接受补充教学培训，以填补其科学准备中的任何杰出空白。自信和科学身份将通过学员小组中的各种科学和社会论坛以及华盛顿大学的现有URM群体来培养。将创建一组严格的评估工具，以客观地衡量其进度并指导计划的改进。该计划的核心目标是确保所有受训人员申请研究生院的入学，其中至少有75％的进入研究生院，并确保他们在博士学位上为成功做好了最佳的准备。或M.D./PH.D。研究密集型机构的计划。 公共卫生相关性：UW Prep的目标是每年从代表性不足的背景下招募八名学生来到学士学后计划，这将为他们在生物医学科学的研究生院取得成功做好准备。在两位具有互补专业知识的教师导师的监督下，学员将在一个感兴趣的领域中从事一个为期一年的密集研究项目。学生还将接受科学写作和沟通方面的培训。我们预计，所有受训人员将在该计划任职期间申请入学研究生院，其中至少有75％的人将被接受。将采用一组严格的指标来评估该计划的长期成功。