Engaging Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Minority Students in Aging Research

让少数族裔学生参与老龄化研究

基本信息

批准号：
10627635
负责人：
MOHSEN BAZARGAN
金额：
$ 40.21万
依托单位：
CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2023-04-01 至 2028-01-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10627635
关键词：
Academic skills Advocate African American Aging Associate Degree Atmosphere Awareness Biomedical Research California Career Choice Clinical Research Collaborations Communities Country Degree Completion Disadvantaged Disparity Education Educational workshop Effectiveness Elderly Enrollment Environment Evaluation Exposure to Extended Family Faculty Fostering Future Generations Goals Growth Health Health Disparities Research Healthcare Immersion Institution Institutionalization K-12 Education Knowledge Latinx Linguistics Los Angeles Low income Medical Care Team Medicine Mentors Mentorship Methodology Modeling Monitor Older Population Outcome Pathway interactions Population Qualitative Research Reporting Research Research Activity Research Personnel Research Training Resources STEM field STEM program Science Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Scientist Secondary Schools Students Supervision System Talents Training Training Programs United States Universities Work career college community based participatory research community college community engagement community partnership cultural competence design environment health training ethnic minority evidence base experience faculty community fundamental research higher education improved innovation insight interest matriculation member minority communities minority health minority student multidisciplinary peer coaching professional students programs racial minority racism recruit resilience skills student participation student training systemic barrier training opportunity undergraduate student university student urban area

项目摘要

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in partnership with the Los Angeles Community College District propose the Engaging Students in Aging Research (ESAR) Program. Racial/ethnic minorities are severely underrepresented in the scientific workforce due to a myriad of local and systemic barriers, including a lack of exposure to biomedical research activities during their secondary and tertiary education. There is a critical need to motivate and equip lower- income underrepresented racial/ethnic minority (URM) community college (CC) students with the academic skill set to critically understand, explore and engage in aging-related scientific research. The Program’s main components include: 1) An Aging Research and Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Fundamentals Institute, where ESAR trainees will familiarize themselves with research fundamentals and participate in hands-on aging-related CBPR under the supervision of a research mentor and a community faculty advocate, and 2) A Pathway to Research Careers Continuum, where students attend workshops which will enhance their research and academic skills. Since California Community Colleges are the single largest system of higher education in the country, the proposed ESAR Program will provide important opportunities for URM community college students to receive research training as well as skills necessary to transfer to four- year colleges/universities. The Program’s overarching goal is to increase the number of URM students prepared to pursue careers in aging-related sciences and research. The Specific Aims are as follows: Aim 1: Provide mentored support and leverage aging-related resources of existing research training programs at CDU and UCLA to propel URM CC students in their trajectory as aging scientists, by implementing: Aim 1a: An innovative triadic mentorship model pairing ESAR trainees with: i) a Faculty Member in aging research, ii) a Community Faculty Aging Advocate, and iii) a Near-Peer Mentor. This mentorship model will provide multidisciplinary, methodological, academic, and community-partnered support for ESAR trainees to amplify interest in and develop research skills for a career in aging research. Aim 1b: Immersion of ESAR trainees in an aging-focused CBPR tailored research experience centered on the improvement of health outcomes among URM older adults in under-resourced communities. Aim 2: Deliver long-term educational guidance and support for ESAR trainees to 1) transfer to a four-year college/university and 2) pursue graduate and/or doctoral studies in a STEM field within aging research. Aim 3: Implement an evaluation and monitoring plan to continually assess and improve the effectiveness of the ESAR program, emphasizing: i) recruitment and retention of promising URM CC students, ii) quality of educational and mentoring plans focused on aging-related research, iii) successful matriculation into undergraduate STEM programs, and iv) ESAR trainee-led dissemination of community-driven scientific results.

项目概要/摘要查尔斯·德鲁医学与科学大学 (CDU) 和加州大学洛杉矶分校（加州大学洛杉矶分校）与洛杉矶社区学院区合作提议让学生参与老龄化研究（ESAR）计划中少数族裔/族裔在科学领域的代表性严重不足。由于无数当地和系统性障碍（包括缺乏接触生物医学研究）而缺乏劳动力迫切需要激励和装备低年级学生。收入不足的种族/少数民族 (URM) 社区学院 (CC) 学生批判性地理解、探索和参与与衰老相关的科学研究的技能。组成部分包括： 1) 老龄化研究和基于社区的参与性研究 (CBPR) 基础学院，ESAR 学员将在这里熟悉研究基础知识和在研究导师和社区的监督下参与与老龄化相关的 CBPR 实践活动教师倡导者，以及 2) 通往研究职业连续体的途径，学生参加研讨会，这些研讨会将提高他们的研究和学术技能，因为加州社区学院是最大的单一社区学院。国家高等教育体系中，拟议的 ESAR 计划将为 URM 社区学院的学生将接受研究培训以及转入四所大学所需的技能该计划的总体目标是增加 URM 学生的数量。准备从事与衰老相关的科学和研究工作的具体目标如下：目标 1：提供指导支持并利用现有研究培训计划中与老龄化相关的资源在基民盟和加州大学洛杉矶分校，通过实施以下措施，推动 URM CC 学生走上老年科学家的轨道：目标 1a：创新的三元指导模式，将 ESAR 学员与：i) 老龄化领域的教员配对研究，ii) 社区教师老龄化倡导者，以及 iii) 近同伴导师这种指导模式将。为 ESAR 学员提供多学科、方法论、学术和社区合作支持增强对衰老研究职业的兴趣并培养研究技能。目标 1b：让 ESAR 学员沉浸在以老龄化为重点的 CBPR 定制研究体验中，重点是改善资源贫乏社区中 URM 老年人的健康状况。目标 2：为 ESAR 学员提供长期教育指导和支持，以实现 1) 转入四年制学习学院/大学；2) 在衰老研究的 STEM 领域攻读研究生和/或博士学位。目标 3：实施评估和监测计划，持续评估和改进项目的有效性 ESAR 计划，强调：i) 招募和留住有前途的 URM CC 学生，ii) 学生的质量重点关注老龄化相关研究的教育和指导计划，iii) 成功入读本科生 STEM 课程，以及 iv) 由 ESAR 实习生主导传播社区驱动的科学成果。