Bridge to the Doctorate at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

通往伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校博士学位的桥梁

• 批准号: 10445299
• 负责人: Stephen A Boppart
• 金额: $ 22.83万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-01 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10445299
• 关键词: Illinois; Universities; bridge to the doctorate

PROJECT SUMMARY Racial and ethnic minorities and women have been historically under-represented in quantitative sciences. Even within biology, diversity in quantitative sub-branches is much lower than that in experimental counterparts, with the historical data clearly showing that the more mathematical and computational skills a discipline requires, the fewer the enrollment of these under-represented students. The proposed training program seeks to ameliorate these especially pronounced disparities with the biomedical sciences by establishing a streamlined bridge between Master’s programs at Fisk University and doctoral programs at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (UIUC). Our bridge program designed to nurture a diverse future generation of active minds specifically in the areas of biomedical data science and quantitative biology is named FUTURE-MINDS-QB (Fisk- UIUC Training of Under-represented Minds in Data Science and Quantitative Biology), where quantitative biology encompasses bioinformatics, computational biology, genomic biology, and biophysics. This training program will significantly contribute to diversifying the pool of Ph.D. researchers to include those currently under- represented in biomedical discovery and leadership To achieve our goal, we will accomplish the following short-term and medium-term objectives: (a) establish pathways for transitioning 20 Fisk M.S. students to UIUC Ph.D. programs over five years by providing ample opportunities to strengthen their background in relevant fields and acquire core computational and mathematical skill sets; (b) ensure the trainees’ timely Ph.D. attainment within 5 years after Master’s degree; (c) accelerate the admission to and completion of Ph.D. programs by creating a new 4+1 M.S. track at Fisk, rigorously preparing undergraduates for a shortened 1-year M.S degree at Fisk and successful completion of a Ph.D. degree at UIUC; (d) create an inclusive and diverse inter-institutional environment by training both students and faculty in equity- focused teaching, mentoring, peer interactions, rigor, reproducibility, and the responsible conduct of research; (e) devise effective career development plans and opportunities; (f) implement a longitudinal survey of the development of individual trainees, and disseminate an open network of current trainees, graduates, and faculty; and, (g) make FUTURE-MINDS-QB a dynamic entity that continually improves by integrating feedback from trainees, faculty, oversight committees, and independent evaluators. As outcomes of our training, we expect that our seamless infrastructure and appealing inclusive environment will significantly increase the recruitment of under-represented students to quantitative biomedical sciences and that the reinforced academic and psychological preparation will increase the completion of doctoral degrees by under-represented students and ultimately improve their long-term retention in biomedical sciences. We thus expect FUTURE-MINDS-QB to establish an exemplary foundation for training under-represented graduate students and have a long-lasting scientific and socioeconomic impact stemming from their persistence and leadership in their careers.

项目摘要 在定量科学中，种族和少数民族和妇女的代表性不足。甚至 在生物学中，定量亚分支的多样性比实验对应物的多样性要低得多 历史数据清楚地表明，学科需要的数学和计算技能越多， 这些代表不足的学生的入学率更少。拟议的培训计划试图改善 通过建立流线型桥梁，这些与生物医学科学的分布特别明显 在Fisk University的硕士课程与伊利诺伊大学Urbana大学的博士课程之间 香槟（UIUC）。我们的桥梁计划旨在护理潜水员的未来一代活跃思维 具体而言，在生物医学数据科学和定量生物学领域被称为Future-Minds-QB（Fisk-- 对数据科学和定量生物学中代表性不足的思维的UIUC培训），其中定量 生物学包括生物信息学，计算生物学，基因组生物学和生物物理学。这个培训 计划将大大促进博士学位库多样化。研究人员包括当前不足的人 以生物医学发现和领导力为代表 为了实现我们的目标，我们将实现以下短期和中期目标：（a）建立 过渡20 Fisk M.S.的途径学生获得UIUC博士学位通过提供充足的五年来计划 在相关领域中加强其背景并获取核心计算和数学的机会 技能集； （b）确保学员及时博士学位。在硕士学位后的5年内达成； （c）加速 博士学位的入学和完成通过创建新的4+1 M.S.的程序菲斯克（Fisk）的轨道，严格准备 本科生在Fisk缩短了1年的M.S学位，并成功完成了博士学位。 uiuc的学位； （d）通过培训学生和教职员工在股权中创造一个包容和潜水的机构间环境 - 集中的教学，心理，同伴互动，严格，可重复性以及负责任的研究行为； （e）制定有效的职业发展计划和机会； （f）对 开发单个学员，并传播一个开放的当前受训人员，毕业生和教职员工的网络； （g）使Future-Minds-QB成为一个动态的实体，通过整合反馈来不断改进 学员，教职员工，监督委员会和独立评估者。作为我们培训的结果，我们希望 我们的无缝基础设施和吸引人的包容性环境将大大增加招募 代表性不足的学生对生物医学科学进行定量，并加强学术和 心理准备将增加代表不足的学生的博士学位的完成 最终改善了他们在生物医学科学方面的长期保留。因此，我们希望Future-Minds-QB能够 建立一个典范基金会，以培训代表性不足的研究生，并拥有持久的训练 科学和社会经济的影响源于他们在职业生涯中的毅力和领导力。