Mentoring Young Minds to Increase Diversity in the Biomedical Research

指导年轻人增加生物医学研究的多样性

• 批准号: 8638974
• 负责人: Antonio De Maio
• 金额: $ 85.64万
• 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 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8638974
• 关键词: Address; Award; Biomedical Research; Commit; Communities; Data Analyses; Data Collection; Development; Disadvantaged; Doctor of Philosophy; Economics; Education; Enrollment; Experimental Designs; Faculty; Fellowship; Funding; Graduate Education; Group Meetings; Individual; Instruction; Journals; Knowledge; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Learning; Life; Measurable; Mentors; Mentorship; Methodology; Mind; Monitor; Participant; Peer Review; Phase; Positioning Attribute; Preparation; Probability; Process; Program Development; Publications; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Safety; Schools; Science; Solutions; Students; Supervision; Taste Perception; Techniques; Training; Universities; Work; career; college; disability; experience; graduate student; interest; meetings; post-doctoral training; programs; role model; satisfaction; skills; social; socioeconomics; success; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A diverse educational and scientific community is a vital component for developing a robust work force that can address the technological and social challenges of the U.S. in a new global economy. However, the access of students from disadvantaged social and economic backgrounds to graduate education (Ph.D. level) is still low in comparison with individuals from more privileged socioeconomic groups. This disparity is amplified during academic life, resulting in a lack of faculty diversity at most U.S. universities.To address this problem, the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) program was established in 2008 at UCSD, which focuses on motivating, mentoring, and facilitating the transition of students from disadvantaged economic and social backgrounds and students with disabilities from college to graduate school. The UCSD-IMSD program is composed of three consecutive phases directed at mentoring students from their initial college education to the awarding of a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences. Phase 1 is directed at introducing freshmen students with no or limited prior research experience to scientific work via fundamental experimental instruction within the Basic Methodology Training Laboratory (BMTL). In this setting, students learn the essential research principles and skills (laboratory safety, basic techniques, data collection, and analysis) that will prepare them to participate in organized research projects. During Phase 2, students participate in hands-on, bench research projects under the mentorship of established, well-funded investigators. Thus, students are trained in several aspects of science, including experimental design, execution, data analysis and presentations, increasing their competitiveness as graduate school candidates. In addition, students are motivated to enroll into Ph.D. programs and assisted during the process. Students that are accepted in a UCSD graduate program (Phase 3) are mentored toward the completion of the Ph.D. work, are assisted in the application to fellowships and informed about various research careers, with special emphasis on postdoctoral training.

描述（由申请人提供）：多样化的教育和科学界是发展强大的劳动力的重要组成部分，可以在新的全球经济中应对美国的技术和社会挑战。但是，与来自更特权的社会经济群体的个人相比，弱势社会和经济背景的学生进入研究生教育（博士学位）仍然很低。在学术生活中，这种差异在大多数美国大学都缺乏教师的多样性。 UCSD-IMSD计划由连续三个阶段组成，该阶段旨在指导从最初的大学教育到授予博士学位的学生。在生物医学科学中。第1阶段是针对通过基本方法论培训实验室（BMTL）中的基本实验指导（BMTL）中的基本实验指导介绍没有或有限的先前研究经验的新生。在这种情况下，学生将学习基本的研究原理和技能（实验室安全，基本技术，数据收集和分析），这将使他们准备参加有组织的研究项目。在第2阶段，学生参加了在既定，资金充足的调查人员的指导下进行实践，替补研究项目。因此，对学生进行了科学的多个方面的培训，包括实验设计，执行，数据分析和演讲，从而提高了作为研究生毕业生的竞争力。此外，学生有动力参加博士学位。程序并在此过程中协助。在UCSD研究生课程中接受的学生（第3阶段）将在完成博士学位完成。工作，协助申请奖学金，并了解各种研究职业，并特别着重于博士后培训。