UMD-REACH (Research Equity and Access in Communication and Hearing)

UMD-REACH（沟通和听证方面的研究公平和访问）

• 批准号: 10707795
• 负责人: Matthew J. Goupell
• 金额: $ 26.79万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2028-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10707795
• 关键词: Address; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; Area; Award; Awareness; Basic Science; Biomedical Research; Black, Indigenous, People of Color; Career Choice; Clinical Services; Collaborations; Communication; Communication impairment; Communities; Data; Development; Development Plans; Disease; Diverse Workforce; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Engineering; Equity; Ethnic Origin; Fellowship; Financial Support; Freedom; Funding; Funding Opportunities; Future; Goals; Health Services Research; Hearing; Individual; Institution; Knowledge; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Latinx; Maryland; Mentors; Mentorship; Mission; Modeling; National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Occupations; Population; Population Heterogeneity; Postdoctoral Fellow; Productivity; Public Health; Publications; Race; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Research Support; Research Training; Resources; Science; Scientist; Speech; Structure; Students; Talents; Time; Training; Training Programs; Translational Research; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Populations; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Work; Writing; career; college; disability; education research; ethnic minority; evidence base; experience; falls; hands on research; improved; innovation; next generation; peer; peer coaching; programs; racial minority; recruit; skills; socioeconomic diversity; socioeconomics; statistics; student participation; success; symposium; undergraduate research; undergraduate student

Only 19% of employed scientists and engineers are from racial and ethnic minorities, and even fewer (~8%) in the field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD). Creating a more diverse biomedical research work- force necessitates recruiting talented students from diverse populations early in their educational journey. The overall goal of the proposed training program is to increase the ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic diversity of individuals who will ultimately pursue careers in biomedical, clinical, and health-services research in the area of CSD, and in the professorate who will train the next generation of clinicians and scientists. The objective of this application is to start a program that will recruit a more diverse research workforce at the University of Maryland- College Park (UMD). We will implement a year-long training program that provides under-represented under- graduates at the transition point of identifying their career path with an enriched, long-term experience to conduct research in our labs. This objective is supported by the highly diverse undergraduate population at UMD, and the university’s strong commitment to increase diversity through numerous campus initiatives. The proposed program will enable the department to address barriers experienced by under-represented minorities (time, re- sources, and awareness), and dramatically increase the diversity of students participating in our exceptional research programs that span the range of research foci in CSD. We will achieve the objective of this application with the following three specific aims: (1) Increase undergraduate research participation in Hearing and Speech Sciences (and related departments) to reflect the diversity of the UMD student body, (2) Increase trainees’ future academic success and likelihood of pursuing research careers by providing mentorship and professional devel- opment opportunities, improving the diversity of the pipe-line for CSD researchers, and (3) Disseminate the programmatic R25 results so that other institutions can follow our model. The successful completion of our spe- cific aims will ultimately increase the diversity of our field, locally and nationally, allowing us to develop a broader understanding of communication impairments across diverse populations, and to be better prepared to provide evidence-based clinical services to these populations. Our program will be innovative because it: (1) weaves together multiple components of research training that remove barriers and allow for student success (hands-on laboratory research experiences, professional development training, and individualized mentoring), (2) includes multiple types of mentors (one or more research mentors, peer and near-peer mentors within the lab, and career ambassadors, collaboration with the BIPOC-CSD network), (3) targets undergraduate students at a point of transition in their academic career, (4) focuses specifically on the field of CSD, and (5) provides research oppor- tunities in a highly active, productive, and funded department with an excellent record of producing PhDs who successfully obtain jobs in research.

只有 19% 的受雇科学家和工程师来自种族和族裔，而来自少数族裔的科学家和工程师则更少 (~8%) 传播科学和疾病（CSD）领域创建更加多样化的生物医学研究工作 - 力量需要在他们的教育旅程的早期招募来自不同人群的有才华的学生。 拟议培训计划的总体目标是增加民族、种族和社会经济多样性 最终将从事生物医学、临床和健康服务研究领域职业的个人 CSD，以及教授们将培养下一代超级明星和科学家。 申请的目的是启动一项计划，在马里兰大学招募更加多元化的研究人员—— 我们将实施为期一年的培训计划，为代表性不足的人员提供培训。 毕业生在确定职业道路的过渡点上拥有丰富的长期经验 我们实验室的研究得到了马里兰大学高度多样化的本科生群体的支持，并且 该大学坚定致力于通过众多校园举措来增加多样性。 该计划将使该部门能够解决代表性不足的少数群体所经历的障碍（时间、重新 资源和意识），并极大地增加参与我们特殊项目的学生的多样性 我们将实现本申请的目标。 具有以下三个具体目标：（1）增加本科生对听力和言语研究的参与 科学（及相关院系）反映 UMD 学生群体的多样性，(2) 增加学员的未来 通过提供指导和专业发展，取得学术成功和从事研究职业的可能性 机会，提高 CSD 研究人员渠道的多样性，以及 (3) 传播 程序化 R25 结果，以便其他机构可以效仿我们的模型 成功完成我们的特殊任务。 cific 的目标最终将增加我们领域在地方和国家层面的多样性，使我们能够开发更广泛的领域 了解不同人群的沟通障碍，并做好更好的准备 我们的计划将具有创新性，因为它：(1) 编织在一起。 将研究培训的多个组成部分结合在一起，消除障碍并让学生取得成功（实践 实验室研究经验、专业发展培训和个性化指导），(2) 包括 多种类型的导师（一名或多名研究导师、实验室内的同行和近同行导师以及职业导师） 大使，与 BIPOC-CSD 网络合作），(3) 针对本科生 (4) 特别关注 CSD 领域，(5) 提供研究机会 在一个高度活跃、富有成效和资金充足的部门中，拥有培养博士的优秀记录 成功获得研究工作。