NIA MSTEM: Advancing Diversity in Aging Research through Undergraduate Education at the University of the District of Columbia

NIA MSTEM：哥伦比亚特区大学通过本科教育推进老龄化研究的多样性

• 批准号: 10017595
• 负责人: Lara A Thompson
• 金额: $ 38.72万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10017595
• 关键词: Active Learning; African American; Age-Years; Aging; Alzheimer' s Disease; Area; Awareness; Behavioral Research; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Research; Capital; Clinical Research; Communication; Communities; Country; Data Analytics; Degree program; Development; Device Designs; Devices; District of Columbia; Ecosystem; Education; Educational Curriculum; Elderly; Engineering; Equilibrium; Exposure to; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Gait; Gender; Gerontology; Goals; Graduate Education; Grant; Health; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Human Resources; Image; Individual; Infrastructure; Institutes; Institution; Intervention; Investigation; Journals; Lead; Medical Students; Mentors; Mentorship; Methodology; Minority; Modeling; Oral; Osteoporosis; Play; Population; Problem Solving; Public Health; Publications; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Resources; Role; Science; Series; Site; Societies; Students; Talents; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Washington; college; community living; design; doctoral student; education research; education resources; experience; falls; global health; health training; higher education; innovation; minority undergraduate; next generation; novel; outreach; peer; programs; skills; student training; symposium; therapy design; trend; undergraduate education; undergraduate research; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student; ward

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Through our NIA MSTEM Project (Advancing Diversity in Aging Research through Undergraduate Education at the University of the District of Columbia) we seek to create and foster aging-related research and curricular experiences for underrepresented minority (URM) students at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), a historically black college and university (HBCU). Of significant societal relevance, is our long-term goal to increase the number of URM professionals aimed at solving problems tied to aging via research investigations (studies) and interventions (designs and devices). It is projected that the number of individuals older than 50 years of age will increase to 1.2 billion by 2025 worldwide, however, aging-related research training is nascent at the undergraduate levels & diversity is limited. The objectives of this project are to create and foster aging-related: 1) research experiences (tied to falls, imaging, and data analytics); 2) new and unique curricular experiences tied to freshman and senior design projects, practicum & seminars, and professional student club activities; and 3) professional development via mentorship, dissemination and outreach for the URM undergraduate student demographic at UDC. Our central hypothesis is that through the above objectives we will produce a diverse cadre of professionals that are well-equipped to solve issues tied to aging. This project is distinct, yet dovetails nicely with, previous and current sponsored research activities at UDC focused on undergraduate aging-related (balance) research and Biomedical Engineering (BME) education. The project’s contribution is significant in that it will lead to new scientific findings on aging-related research tied to balance & falls, imaging, and analytics, as well as increase the number of trained URM undergraduate students captivated by aging-related research. Research experiences, typically only available to students at the graduate level, will be provided to URM undergraduates at UDC. The proposed project is innovative in that it will capitalize on the fact that UDC is only 1 of 3 HBCUs nationwide with a BS in BME degree program and, more importantly, UDC is the only HBCU which currently fosters BME-focused aging research. Further, the project will provide URM undergraduates an unparalleled ecosystem in aging-related research, curricula, and professional development which interweaves a unique, meaningful network of the: UDC BME-focused personnel, the Department on Aging and Community Living (DACL) which has community sites across all 8 wards of Washington, DC, and the UDC Institute of Gerontology (IOG). Further, this project may have an impact on and serve as a model for minority-serving institutes (MSIs) and non-MSIs nationwide seeking to create their undergraduate aging-related research and education infrastructure.

项目概要/摘要 通过我们的 NIA MSTEM 项目（通过本科生促进老龄化研究的多样性） 哥伦比亚特区大学的教育）我们寻求创建和促进与老龄化相关的研究 以及地区大学代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 学生的课程体验 哥伦比亚大学 (UDC) 是一所具有重要社会意义的历史悠久的黑人学院和大学 (HBCU)。 长期目标是增加 URM 专业人员的数量，旨在通过以下方式解决与老龄化相关的问题 研究调查（研究）和干预措施（设计和设备）的数量。 到 2025 年，全球 50 岁以上人口将增加到 12 亿，然而，与老龄化相关的人口 本科阶段的研究培训才刚刚起步，多样性有限。 该项目的目标是创造和培养与衰老相关的：1）研究经验（与跌倒、 成像和数据分析）；2）与新生和高级设计相关的新颖且独特的课程体验 项目、实习和研讨会以及专业学生俱乐部活动；以及 3) 专业发展； 为 UDC 的 URM 本科生群体提供指导、传播和推广。 中心假设是，通过上述目标，我们将培养一支多元化的专业骨干队伍， 该项目具有独特性，但与之前和之后的项目非常吻合。 目前 UDC 赞助的研究活动重点关注本科生衰老相关（平衡）研究 和生物医学工程（BME）教育。 该项目的贡献意义重大，因为它将带来与衰老相关的新科学发现 与平衡与跌倒、成像和分析相关的研究，以及增加经过培训的 URM 数量 痴迷于老龄化相关研究的本科生，通常只有这些经历。 研究生级别的学生，将提供给 UDC 的 URM 本科生。 其创新之处在于，它将利用 UDC 是全国 3 个 HBCU 中仅有的一个拥有 BME 学士学位的事实 学位课程，更重要的是，UDC 是目前唯一促进以 BME 为重点的老龄化的 HBCU 此外，该项目将为URM本科生提供一个无与伦比的老龄化相关生态系统。 研究、课程和专业发展交织成一个独特的、有意义的网络： UDC BME 重点人员、老龄化和社区生活部 (DACL) 华盛顿特区所有 8 个区的社区网站以及 UDC 老年学研究所 (IOG) 此外， 该项目可能会对少数族裔服务机构 (MSI) 和非 MSI 产生影响并成为其典范 在全国范围内寻求建立与老龄化相关的本科生研究和教育基础设施。