The Knox Scholars for Biomedical Research Program

诺克斯生物医学研究计划学者

• 批准号: 10245268
• 负责人: Laurie Jo Wallace
• 金额: $ 24.53万
• 依托单位: HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10245268
• 关键词: Active Learning; Address; African American; Age; American; Area; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; Biotechnology; Boston; Businesses; Career Choice; Categories; Child; Collaborations; College Preparation; Color; Communities; Death Rate; Development; Discipline; Disease; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Enrollment; Environment; Exposure to; Female; Fostering; Funding; Goals; Health; Health Status; High School Faculty; High School Student; Hispanics; Hypertension; Individual; Influenza; Internships; Laboratories; Learning; Low income; Massachusetts; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority; Minority Groups; Modeling; NCI Scholars Program; Next Generation Science Standards; Not Hispanic or Latino; Outcome; Output; Participant; Pneumonia; Population; Race; Research; Research Personnel; Resources; STEM field; School-Age Population; Schools; Science; Scientist; Site; Societies; Strategic Planning; Student recruitment; Students; Suicide; Talents; Teacher Professional Development; Time; Training; Training Programs; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; Work; Workforce Development; Youth; academic preparation; biomedical scientist; career development; clinical trial participant; college; elementary school; eleventh grade; ethnic diversity; experience; graduate student; health difference; health disparity; high school; improved; industry partner; interest; laboratory experience; male; member; minority student; peer; peer coaching; peer tutor; programs; research study; skills; teaching assistant; tenth grade; tutoring; undergraduate student; urban area; work-study

Project Summary/Abstract Although the health of Americans is improving, disparities of health remain. Differences in health status are well documented across racial groups, and for a variety of diseases. For example, i n 2013, Black Americans continued to experience higher age-adjusted death rates than Whites and had double the rates of death due to common preventable conditions: hypertension, suicide, and pneumonia and influenza. Diversity in scientific research benefits the workforce and society at large. Yet, researchers are more likely to be White, potentially causing discomfort and reluctance among non-White individuals to join research studies. Members of minority groups together constitute more than 30% of the U.S. population, however they represent less than 18% of clinical trial participants. In addition, in 2015, only 1.6% of all NIH Senior Investigators (tenured) were Black, Non-Hispanic, and just 3.2% were Hispanic. Biomedical scientists typically develop their career interests in high school, but many high school students, particularly in low-income communities, do not have equal access to the rigorous academic preparation required for entry into the biomedical research field. This project aims to bridge the gap for high school students of color, with a particular focus on Black and Hispanics, in the Greater Boston Area to provide opportunities to receive vigorous academic and experiential stimulation over two years Program Title: LEAH - Knox Scholars in Biomedical Research program Goal: Attract and retain up to 230 (46 per year X 5) minority high school-aged sophomores, juniors and seniors from the Greater Boston Area, over five years, into the field of biomedical science and research through a two-year, didactic and experiential program combining a youth development approach, didactic learning, laboratory work experiences, and mentorship opportunities. Specific Aims: (1) Engage participants in the world of biomedicine through exposure to interesting activities, research, and professions in various biomedicine disciplines; (2) Retain their engagement in science through a work-study opportunity in a professional MIT laboratory; (3) Sustain participants' interest in science/biomedicine through mentorships with a professional scientist; (4) Provide peer-tutoring skills, workforce development, and college readiness training to all participants. The primary anticipated outcome of this program is to create, implement, and disseminate a new model to attract, retain and support minority students into the field of science will be developed, implemented and ready for dissemination in other urban areas, which will, in time, increase the diversity of professional research scientists in the United States. This program will incorporate the Next Generation Science Standards into the summer lab program curriculum, addressing Goals 2 and 4.

项目概要/摘要 尽管美国人的健康状况正在改善，但健康差距仍然存在。健康状况差异 跨种族群体和多种疾病都有详细记录。例如，我 2013年，黑色 美国人的年龄调整死亡率继续高于白人，并且死亡率是白人的两倍 常见可预防疾病导致的死亡：高血压、自杀、肺炎和流感。 多样性 科学研究造福于劳动力和整个社会。然而，研究人员更有可能是白人， 可能会导致非白人个体感到不适和不愿意参加研究。会员 少数族裔群体合计占美国人口的 30% 以上，但他们所占的比例还不到 18% 的临床试验参与者。此外，2015 年，所有 NIH 高级研究员（终身教授）中只有 1.6% 黑人、非西班牙裔，只有 3.2% 是西班牙裔。 生物医学科学家通常在高中发展他们的职业兴趣，但许多高中 学生，特别是低收入社区的学生，没有平等的机会接受严格的学术教育 进入生物医学研究领域所需的准备。该项目旨在缩小高水平差距 大波士顿地区的有色人种学生，特别是黑人和西班牙裔学生， 在两年内接受积极的学术和体验刺激的机会 项目名称：LEAH - 诺克斯生物医学研究项目学者 目标：吸引并留住多达 230 名（每年 46 名 X 5 名）少数族裔高中二年级、三年级和 来自大波士顿地区的老年人，在五年内进入生物医学科学研究领域 通过为期两年的教学和体验计划，结合青年发展方法、教学 学习、实验室工作经验和指导机会。 具体目标：（1）通过接触有趣的内容让参与者参与生物医学世界 各种生物医学学科的活动、研究和专业； (2) 保持对科学的投入 通过在麻省理工学院专业实验室勤工俭学的机会； (3) 维持参与者的兴趣 通过专业科学家的指导来学习科学/生物医学； (4) 提供同伴辅导技能， 为所有参与者提供劳动力发展和大学准备培训。 该计划的主要预期成果是创建、实施和传播新的 将制定、实施吸引、保留和支持少数民族学生进入科学领域的模式 并准备在其他城市地区传播，这将及时增加专业的多样性 美国的研究科学家。该计划将纳入下一代科学 将标准纳入夏季实验室计划课程，解决目标 2 和 4。