Mentoring Young Minds to Increase Diversity in Biomedical Research

指导年轻人增加生物医学研究的多样性

• 批准号: 7808859
• 负责人: Antonio De Maio
• 金额: $ 82.6万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-03-01 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7808859
• 关键词: Admission activity; American; Biomedical Research; California; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Environment; Ethnic group; Faculty; Fellowship; Financial compensation; Funding; Future; Group Meetings; Hand; Hour; Individual; Influentials; Journals; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Learning; Mentors; Mind; Motivation; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Participant; Population; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Preparation; Recommendation; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Rotation; Schools; Science; Scientist; Staging; Students; Supervision; Techniques; Testing; Thinking; Time; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Work; Writing; base; career; design; experience; graduate student; lectures; peer; post-doctoral training; programs; response; role model; skills; teacher

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The number of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in biomedical sciences is extremely low in comparison with other ethnic groups. This situation could be reversed with an increase in the population of URM graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The overall objective of this application, in response to the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD), is to channel undergraduate students into Ph.D. programs in the biomedical sciences. URM scholars will be engaged very early on in their undergraduate studies in hands-on bench research, first as part of a summer program, where they will be introduced to basic laboratory techniques and scientific thinking. This initial program is likely to increase the retention of URM students in the field of science (specific aim 1). After the summer program, these students will join the laboratories of well- established investigators who will serve as their mentors. These mentors will further train and motivate the scholars to pursue Ph.D. degrees. Participants will be assisted in their applications to various Ph.D. programs (specific aim 2). Scholars that achieve a minimum of requirements (a GPA of 3.0 or above, completion of a graduate course with a grade of B or better, and a strong recommendation from the student's mentor) will have guaranteed admission into the Biomedical Science (BMS) Ph.D. program at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) where they will be supported for two years and aided in obtaining independent funding to complete their Ph.D. degrees. Moreover, these students will be educated on how to develop a strategy for obtaining faculty positions after postdoctoral training (specific aim 3). Since educators are highly influential role models and directly responsible for the learning experience, a wide ethnic pool of teachers is needed to guarantee the wealth in opinion and experience required for the desired well-rounded development of future American scientists. The number of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in biomedical sciences is extremely low in comparison with other ethnic groups. This situation could be reversed with an increase in the population of URM Ph.D. students in biomedical sciences, which is the overall objective of this application.

描述（由申请人提供）：与其他族裔相比，生物医学科学中代表性不足的少数族裔（URM）的数量极低。随着URM研​​究生和博士后研究员人数的增加，这种情况可能会扭转。该应用程序的总体目标是响应最大化学生多样性（IMSD）的主动性，是将本科生纳入博士学位。生物医学的计划。 URM学者将很早就从事他们的本科研究，从事动手替补席研究，首先是夏季计划的一部分，将向他们介绍基本的实验室技术和科学思维。该初始计划可能会增加URM学生在科学领域的保留（特定目标1）。夏季计划结束后，这些学生将加入将担任导师的良好调查员的实验室。这些导师将进一步训练并激励学者攻读博士学位。学位。参与者将协助其申请各种博士学位。程序（特定目标2）。达到最低要求的学者（GPA为3.0或更高，完成B或更高成绩的研究生课程以及学生导师的强烈建议）将保证入学生物医学科学（BMS）博士学位。在加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD）的计划，在那里他们将获得两年的支持，并有助于获得独立资金以完成博士学位。学位。此外，这些学生将接受有关如何制定博士后培训后获得教师职位的策略的教育（特定的目标3）。由于教育工作者是高度影响力的榜样，并直接负责学习经验，因此需要广泛的教师池来保证所需的未来美国科学家所需良好发展所需的意见和经验的财富。与其他族裔相比，生物医学科学中代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的数量极少。由于URM博士的人口增加，这种情况可能会逆转。生物医学科学的学生，这是该应用程序的总体目标。