Diversity in Biomedical Sciences Via Personalized Research and Education Programs for Post-Baccalaureates

通过学士学位后个性化研究和教育计划实现生物医学科学的多样性

• 批准号: 9895821
• 负责人: SHEILA M. THOMAS
• 金额: $ 26.37万
• 依托单位: HARVARD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-03-01 至 2022-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9895821
• 关键词: Academic Training; Address; Advisory Committees; Area; Arts; Biochemistry; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; Cellular biology; Development; Disadvantaged; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor' s Degree; Education; Educational workshop; Environment; Faculty; Genetic; Goals; Grant; Health Sciences; Individual; Institutes; Institution; Life; Mentors; Methods; Minority; NCI Scholars Program; Participant; Plants; Population; Population Sciences; Process; Reporting; Research; Research Training; STEM career; Schools; Science; Seeds; Standardization; Students; Testing; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Groups; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Workforce Development; academic preparation; base; career; design; education research; experience; graduate student; interdisciplinary collaboration; interest; physical science; population health; programs; public health relevance; skills; success; training opportunity; undergraduate student

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The number of underrepresented minorities (URM) receiving graduate training in the biological and physical sciences continues to be small despite increases in the total population. Major obstacles for URMs applying to and being admitted to graduate programs in the biomedical sciences include limited research experience, limited advanced courses in the biological sciences, unfamiliarity with the application process, unawareness of career opportunities for PhD's, and lower scores on standardized tests (e.g., GRE's). Recognizing these issues and the need to increase the diversity of its own doctoral programs and faculty as well as the field as a whole, Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences initiated a formal post-baccalaureate pilot program in the life sciences called the Research Scholar Initiative. This proposal seeks to expand this program by establishing a Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP Scholars Program). The program will provide a 1-2 year research and educational training opportunity for individuals interested in pursuing PhD's/ScD's in either the traditional lab-based biomedical sciences (referred to as Life Sciences) or non-lab based biomedical sciences (referred to as Population Health Sciences). The goals are to 1) provide a personalized research education and training opportunity for 10 scholars/yr; 2) have at least 90% complete at least one year of research training; and 3) have a minimum of 75% apply to and be admitted to top doctoral (PhD or ScD) or in some cases, MD/PhD programs in the biomedical sciences. In addition, by providing early exposure of the trainees in the Life Sciences and Population Health Sciences to the disciplines of the other, we hope to enable them to better understand research in each other's areas and plant the seeds of interdisciplinary collaborations in their future research programs. Goals will be achieved by 1) PREP Scholars doing independent research with faculty in the Life and Population Health Sciences for one year and possibly two years; 2) developing a personalized program to enhance academic preparation (e.g., quantitative methods, cell biology, computing, etc.); 3) Establishing an advisory committee for each scholar to expand their mentoring network; 4) Having Scholars participate in program-specific courses and workshops designed to build skills critical for graduate school success; 5) Engaging them in research discussions that will expose PREP Scholars to Population Health and Life Sciences research; 6) Familiarize scholars with graduate training environment by providing opportunities to interact with current students and faculty in our program and other programs in the area.

 描述（由应用程序提供）：在生物学和物理科学领域接受研究生培训的代表性少数人数不足（URM）的数量继续是总人口的小目的地增加。在生物医学科学中适用并被接受的URM的主要障碍包括研究经验有限，生物科学领域的高级课程有限，对申请过程不熟悉，对博士学位的职业机会的不认识以及对标准化测试的分数较低（例如，GRE，GRE）。认识到这些问题，并需要增加其自身博士学位课程和教职员工的多样性以及整个领域的整体，哈佛大学的艺术与科学研究生院就启动了一项名为“研究学者”计划的生命科学后的正式后库龙试点计划。该建议旨在通过建立后库后研究教育计划（Preparrars计划）来扩展该计划。该计划将为有兴趣在传统的基于实验室的生物医学科学（称为生命科学）或非基于非LAB的生物医学科学（称为人群健康科学）中寻求博士学位/SCD的人提供1 - 2年的研究和教育培训机会。目标是1）为10个学者/年提供个性化的研究教育和培训机会； 2）至少有90％的研究培训一年； 3）至少适用于最高博士学位（博士学位或SCD），或者在某些情况下被录取为生物医学科学中的MD/PHD计划。此外，通过提供学员在生命科学和人群健康科学中的早期暴露给对方的学科，我们希望使他们能够更好地了解彼此领域的研究，并在其未来研究计划中种植跨学科合作的种子。 1）学者将在生活和人口健康科学中与教师进行独立研究一年或可能的两年； 2）开发一个个性化计划来增强学术准备（例如，定量方法，细胞生物学，计算等）； 3）为每所学校建立一个咨询委员会，以扩大其心理网络； 4）让学者参加特定计划的课程和讲习班，旨在建立对研究生成功至关重要的技能； 5）让他们参与研究讨论，以使学者对人群健康和生命科学研究进行暴露； 6）通过提供与当前的学生和该地区其他计划中的学生和教师互动的机会，使学者们熟悉研究生培训环境。