CADRE Program for Postbaccalaureate Training in the Neurosciences

神经科学学士后培训 CADRE 计划

• 批准号: 10611758
• 负责人: Wesley B Grueber
• 金额: $ 23.04万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-12-01 至 2026-11-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10611758
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ABSTRACT Despite the diversity of racial and ethnic groups in the US population, there is a marked lack of diversity amongst research scientists. This is progressively more apparent moving further along stages of training and of the profession, from undergraduate through graduate research to faculty. This is likely because in research, as in many other professions, it is invaluable to have immersive early experience in the field to give individuals the skills and self-confidence to succeed. Talented individuals without access to such experience are in effect left out. We propose a comprehensive two-year post-baccalaureate (‘postbac’) program: Columbia Access to Doctoral REadiness (CADRE) to address this lack of timely research experience. It is aimed at recent college graduates of high potential who are interested in pursuing a research career in neuroscience but lacked research opportunities as undergraduates. The core of CADRE is a two-year research project advised by selected mentors within the Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior (NB&B) at Columbia University. Postbacs will choose a lab from a range of neuroscience areas including behavioral and systems neuroscience, cellular, molecular and developmental neuroscience, computational neuroscience, human cognitive studies, and the neurobiology of neurological diseases. They will be supervised by engaged and enthusiastic mentors chosen for their mentoring track record and skills, as well by a graduate student ‘buddy’ in the lab. Importantly, the postbac will be fully integrated into the lab like other NB&B graduate students at the same stage of training, attending lab meetings and journal clubs, discussing data and experimental design, and participating in lab social life. This will give the postbac an immersive hands-on experience of starting a research career. The postbac’s research project will also be complemented with coursework to strengthen their academic foundations. In addition, throughout the program, postbacs will attend seminars, lectures, and other educational events around Columbia University. In a step that is equally as important as the research experience, postbacs engage in events that foster networking and professionalism. Activities will include: 1) a professional development series addressing topics such as applying to research-focused graduate programs, professional writing and presentation skills, maintaining work/life balance, and assessing mentorship styles; 2) a career awareness series: “What you can be with a PhD?” 3) social and cultural activities around New York City, and get-togethers with students; and 4) professional events during the academic year such as traveling to two national scientific conferences, one in their first and one in their second year. We will evaluate the effectiveness of the program with a starting, a midpoint and an exit survey through the course of the two-year postbac. We will also gather long-term feedback from alumni.

抽象的 尽管美国人口中种族和族裔群体多样性，但多样性缺乏明显的多样性 在研究科学家中。沿培训阶段和 从本科到研究生研究到教师的职业。这可能是因为在研究中 与许多其他专业一样，在该领域中拥有身临其境的早期经验是无价的 成功的技能和自信。没有获得这种经验的才华横溢的人有效 遗漏。我们提出了一项全面的两年后期后龙（'Postbac'）计划：哥伦比亚访问 博士准备就绪（干部）解决这种缺乏及时的研究经验。它针对最近的大学 高潜力的毕业生有兴趣从事神经科学的研究职业但缺失 研究机会是本科生。干部的核心是一个为期两年的研究项目 哥伦比亚大学神经生物学和行为（NB＆B）博士学位课程中的精选导师。 邮报将从一系列神经科学领域选择一个实验室，包括行为和系统 神经科学，细胞，分子和发育神经科学，计算神经科学，人类 认知研究和神经疾病的神经生物学。他们将通过参与和 发烧友指导的指导往绩和技能，以及研究生“好友” 实验室。重要的是，博士后将像其他NB＆B学生的学生一样，将其完全整合到实验室中。 培训的同一阶段，参加实验室会议和期刊俱乐部，讨论数据和实验设计， 并参加实验室社交生活。这将使后邮政有一个沉浸式的动手实践经验 研究职业。博士后的研究项目也将通过课程完成，以加强他们的 学术基础。此外，在整个计划中，邮寄后邮记将参加下水道，讲座和其他 哥伦比亚大学周围的教育活动。在与研究同样重要的一步 经验，后邮记参加促进网络和专业精神的活动。活动将包括：1） 专业发展系列介绍了诸如申请以研究为重点研究生课程的主题， 专业的写作和演示技巧，保持工作/生活平衡以及评估精明的风格； 2） 职业意识系列：“博士学位可以是什么？” 3）纽约各地的社会和文化活动 城市，并与学生聚会； 4）学年的专业活动，例如前往 两次国家科学会议，第二年是他们的第一年和一次。我们将评估 该计划的有效性通过两年的起点，中点和退出调查 邮报。我们还将收集校友的长期反馈。