REACH Pipeline Summer Research Experience for Minority and Underrepresented High School and Undergraduate Students

为少数族裔和代表性不足的高中生和本科生提供 REACH 管道暑期研究经验

基本信息

批准号：
10540700
负责人：
Juan Marcos Alarcon
金额：
$ 10.49万
依托单位：
SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-01-01 至 2025-12-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10540700
关键词：
Address Basic Science Biology Biomedical Research Brain Career Choice Clinical Color Communities Complement Decision Making Dedications Disparity Diverse Workforce Doctor of Philosophy Educational process of instructing Enrollment Evaluation Extramural Activities Faculty Feedback Funding Future Goals Health Sciences High School Student Individual Infrastructure Instruction Knowledge Leadership Life Medical Medical Students Mental Health Mentors Minority Motivation Needs Assessment Neurodevelopmental Disorder Neurosciences Outcome Participant Physicians Population Heterogeneity Questionnaires Research Research Personnel Research Training STEM field Students Training Underrepresented Minority Underrepresented Students Universities Visit autism spectrum disorder career career development clinical development cohort college cultural competence doctoral student education pathway effectiveness evaluation effectiveness research experience graduate student health disparity high school higher education impression interest lectures meetings minority student nervous system disorder peer coaching programs recruit skills student mentoring student participation summer program summer research summer student undergraduate student underrepresented minority student university student

项目摘要

REACH is an 8-week pipeline summer course for minorities and underrepresented college and high school students interested in careers in neuroscience. Developed, together with Drs. Jenny Libien, MD, Ph.D., and Juan Marcos Alarcon, Ph.D., the Research Experience in Autism for College and High School students (REACH) summer program, provides underrepresented college students an advantage in pursuing a career in the biomedical fields. The REACH course is a research centric program with supplementary modules aimed at enhancing the participants’ knowledge of neurological disorders with emphasis in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) through comprehensive lectures and clinical experiences. Students also receive instruction in career development with emphasis in mental health disparities and cultural competence. These experiences will inform the student-generated hypotheses and project that the students will develop throughout the summer. The program recruits basic science investigators, physicians, clinicians and graduate (PhD and medical students) students as REACH mentors. Utilizing team-based and peer-mentoring strategies, the student participants with the aid of their dedicated faculty and graduate student mentors will develop research hypotheses regarding ASD that they will experimentally resolve by the conclusion of the 8-week program. By exposing the participants to a diverse population of mentors, we hope to impress upon them the path and attainability of a life in the neuroscience and biomedical fields. Our program’s long-term goal is twofold, first to increase access and retention of underrepresented minorities into the neuroscience/biomedical field. Second, to positively impact underrepresented communities through our students.

REACH 是一个为期 8 周的夏季课程，面向对神经科学职业感兴趣的少数族裔和代表性不足的大学生和高中生，与 Jenny Libien 博士和 Juan Marcos Alarcon 博士共同开发。大学生和高中生自闭症研究经验 (REACH) 暑期项目为代表性不足的大学生提供了在生物医学领域追求职业生涯的优势。REACH 课程是一个以研究为中心的项目，设有补充模块。旨在通过综合讲座和临床经验增强参与者对神经系统疾病的了解，重点是自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）。学生还将接受职业发展方面的指导，重点是心理健康差异和文化能力。该项目招募基础科学研究人员、物理治疗师和研究生（博士生和医学生）作为 REACH 导师，利用基于团队和同伴指导的策略，让学生参与其中。在他们敬业的教师和研究生导师的帮助下，他们将提出有关自闭症谱系障碍的研究假设，他们将在为期 8 周的项目结束时通过实验解决这些假设。我们的项目的长期目标是双重的，首先是增加代表性不足的少数群体进入神经科学/生物医学领域的机会和保留率，其次是通过我们的学生对代表性不足的社区产生积极影响。