Blazing to Biomedical Careers II (BBC II)

开拓生物医学职业 II (BBC II)

基本信息

批准号：
9981765
负责人：
NICHOLAS W. KIN
金额：
$ 25.79万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2014-09-08 至 2022-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9981765
关键词：
African American Alabama Behavioral Behavioral Research Behavioral Sciences Biomedical Research Collaborations College Preparation Community Outreach Development Doctor of Philosophy Education Elements Faculty Funding Goals Graduate Education Grant Hispanics Hour Individual Institution Internships Joints Knowledge Laboratories Master of Science Mentors Methods Minority Participant Pathway interactions Population Positioning Attribute Research Research Design Research Personnel Research Training Schools Science Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Students Study Skills Techniques Testing Underrepresented Minority Underrepresented Students Underserved Students Universities base bridge program career college community center community college cost education research effectiveness testing experience faculty mentor hands on research high school high school program improved interest laboratory experience minority student peer peer coaching programs recruit rural underserved science teacher skills social success summer research teacher training opportunity undergraduate student university student

项目摘要

Over the past 4 years, Lawson State and Jefferson State Community Colleges (LSCC, JSCC) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) joined together to develop a dynamic program bridging community college students into biomedical education at 4-year institutions and then on to biomedical and behavioral graduate programs and careers. Bridges to Biomedical Careers (BBC) proposed that 80% of its students would enter into a 4-year college program in biomedical and behavioral sciences, 75% would gain a BS, 35% would enter biomedical graduate education and 35% would enter biomedical careers. Joint STEM education collaborations among the 3 schools, aggressive recruitment and close faculty and peer mentoring were important in BBC’s success. 59 students have entered BBC, 86% have completed an AS in a biomedical- related field, 100% are graduates or still in BBC, 100% are underrepresented minorities, and 5 are in biomedical graduate programs. BBC II will enhance this success further by closer interactions among the 3 colleges in research and education and increased faculty, peer mentoring, and new collaborative biomedical courses on the 3 campuses. An additional 5 years of student tracking will allow us to identify of BBC/BBCII elements that predict which students will gain most from various aspects of BBC/BBC II. Biomedical research is expanding rapidly in the US; however, minorities continue to be underrepresented in this workforce. Minorities constitute ~29% of the US population, but hold only ~7% of PhD degrees and only ~4% of RO1 grants in biomedical and behavioral science. Many minority students lack early engagement and opportunities to develop skills and content knowledge to complete BS programs. BBCII will provide students at community colleges with educational opportunities, internships and mentoring that will introduce them biomedical and behavioral research and prepare them for rigorous advanced coursework at UAB. The students will be paid for their summer research internships and for research/mentoring opportunities during the school year. Students will be encouraged to be peer mentors to newer BBC II students, thus facilitating a successful transition to UAB and beyond. Top performing interns will be recruited to return to their community college to talk to students about their research and how to become a biomedical researcher. The Broader Impact of BBC II will be to create a new cadre of minority individuals in biomedical and behavioral research. The Intellectual Merit will be to identify methods that engage and prepare underrepresented students for careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The two community colleges are different, and thus BBC II will identify best methods for diverse students.

过去 4 年，劳森州立社区学院和杰斐逊州立社区学院（LSCC、JSCC）和阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校 (UAB) 联手开发了一个充满活力的项目为社区学院学生提供四年制机构生物医学教育的桥梁和然后进入生物医学和行为研究生课程和职业生涯。 Careers (BBC) 提议 80% 的学生将进入 4 年制大学课程生物医学和行为科学，75% 将获得学士学位，35% 将进入生物医学研究生教育，35% 将进入生物医学职业领域联合 STEM 教育合作。在这三所学校中，积极的招聘以及密切的教师和同伴指导对于 BBC 的成功 59 名学生进入了 BBC，其中 86% 完成了生物医学专业的 AS 课程。相关领域，100% 是毕业生或仍在 BBC 工作，100% 是代表性不足的少数族裔，以及 5 BBC II 将进一步加强这一成功。三个学院之间在研究和教育方面的互动，以及师资、同行的增加指导，以及在 3 个校区开展的新的生物医学合作课程额外 5 年。学生跟踪将使我们能够识别 BBC/BBCII 元素，从而预测哪些学生将从 BBC/BBC II 的各个方面获益最多的生物医学研究正在迅速扩展。美国；然而，少数族裔在这一劳动力队伍中所占比例仍然不足。约占美国人口的 29%，但仅拥有约 7% 的博士学位以及约 4% 的 RO1 拨款许多少数族裔学生缺乏早期参与和参与。培养技能和内容知识以完成 BBCII 课程的机会。为社区学院的学生提供教育机会、实习和指导这将为他们介绍生物医学和行为研究，并为他们做好严格的准备阿拉巴马大学的高级课程学生将获得暑期研究实习的报酬。并鼓励学生在学年期间获得研究/指导机会。成为新 BBC II 学生的同伴导师，从而促进他们成功过渡到 UAB 并除此之外，表现最好的实习生将被招募返回他们的社区大学与他们交谈。学生了解他们的研究以及如何成为一名更广泛的影响。 BBC II 的目标是在生物医学和行为学领域建立一支由少数族裔人士组成的新骨干队伍研究的智力价值将是确定参与和准备的方法。从事生物医学和行为研究职业的学生人数不足。社区学院各不相同，因此 BBC II 将为不同的学生确定最佳方法。