A Program to Promote Diversity within the American Society of Andrology

促进美国男科学会多样性的计划

基本信息

批准号：
8726388
负责人：
George L. Gerton
金额：
$ 10.27万
依托单位：
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANDROLOGY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-08-01 至 2017-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8726388
关键词：
AIDS/HIV problem Address Adult Advisory Committees Affect American American Indian and Alaska Native Andrology Applications Grants Area Asians Basic Science Cellular biology Clinical Clinical Research Cryptorchidism Development Developmental Biology Diabetes Mellitus Diet Digestive System Disorders Disabled Persons Discipline Disease Employment Endocrine System Diseases Endocrinology Energy Metabolism Epididymitis Erectile dysfunction Evaluation Faculty Fertility Funding Goals Hispanics Incidence Individual Institutes Kidney Laboratories Leadership Learning Left Malignant neoplasm of prostate Manuscripts Mentors Metabolic Diseases Mission Molecular Orgasm Pacific Island Americans Postdoctoral Fellow Preparation Production Prostatic Diseases Qualifying Recruitment Activity Reproduction Reproductive Health Reproductive Physiology Research Science Scientific Societies Scientist Services Societies Spinal cord injury Staging Students Supervision Surveys System Training Translational Research Underrepresented Minority Urologic Diseases Urologist Urology base career design diabetic erection graduate student improved interest male man meetings member men novel diagnostics nutrition prevent programs public health relevance reproductive reproductive function sperm cell steroid hormone tool undergraduate student urologic web site

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The American Society of Andrology (ASA) seeks to improve the recruitment and retention of diverse individuals within scientific fields germane to the urologic systems of males. Towards this goal, the ASA has developed educational and mentoring programs aimed at recruiting and retaining talented, well-qualified students, fellows, and junior faculty from groups underrepresented in the biomedical fields of NIDDK mission areas of diabetes, endocrine and metabolic diseases, and urologic diseases (including urology basic cell biology, male reproductive health, diabetic effects on male reproduction, erectile dysfunction, urology molecular endocrinology, and urology HIV/AIDS). The ASA Diversity Initiative has three goals and tracks. Specific Aim 1 is to provide career guidance and mentoring in the field of andrology to graduate students, postdoctoral scientists, and early-stage professionals from underrepresented groups. Track 1 will pair a Trainee Member or early-stage Active Member with a senior Active Member for career guidance. The Active Member will advise their mentee concerning employment searches, grant applications, manuscript preparation, laboratory management, scientific society service, etc. Specific Aim 2 is to identify undergraduate students from underrepresented groups who have strong interests in science and provide them the opportunity to do summer research in an andrology laboratory. These Track 2 students will be under the direct supervision of a Trainee Mentor (senior graduate student or postdoctoral fellow who is advised by a faculty mentor). This cascading mentoring paradigm trains both the undergraduate and the Trainee Mentor in laboratory experimentation and research mentoring, respectively. Specific Aim 3 is to introduce freshman and sophomore undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to the excitement of science through attendance at the annual meeting of the American Society of Andrology (ASA). The goal of Track 3 is to expose the students to the value of male reproductive health research and to give them an opportunity to personally meet and interact with professional andrologists. A secondary goal of this program is to identify potential candidates for Track 2 (Specific Aim 2). If funded, progress toward attaining the project goals will be annually assessed by surveys of mentees and mentors as well as an in- depth evaluation by an internal advisory committee composed of senior leadership of the ASA. Lessons learned from ASA Diversity Initiative will be publicly shared through the society website.

描述（由申请人提供）：美国男科学会 (ASA) 致力于改善与男性泌尿系统相关的科学领域内不同个体的招募和保留。为了实现这一目标，ASA 制定了教育和指导计划，旨在从糖尿病、内分泌和代谢疾病以及泌尿科等 NIDDK 任务领域的生物医学领域中代表性不足的群体中招募和留住有才华、合格的学生、研究员和初级教员。疾病（包括泌尿外科基础细胞生物学、男性生殖健康、糖尿病对男性生殖的影响、勃起功能障碍、泌尿外科分子内分泌学和泌尿外科艾滋病毒/艾滋病）。 ASA 多样性倡议有三个目标和轨道。具体目标 1 是为研究生、博士后科学家和来自代表性不足群体的早期专业人员提供男科领域的职业指导和指导。第 1 轨将把实习会员或早期活跃会员与高级活跃会员配对，以提供职业指导。活跃会员将在求职、资助申请、稿件准备、实验室管理、科学协会服务等方面向学员提供建议。具体目标 2 是从代表性不足的群体中识别对科学有浓厚兴趣的本科生，并为他们提供从事科学工作的机会暑期在男科实验室进行研究。这些第二轨学生将受到实习导师（由教师导师建议的高级研究生或博士后研究员）的直接监督。这种级联指导范式分别对本科生和实习导师进行实验室实验和研究指导方面的培训。具体目标 3 是通过参加美国男科学会 (ASA) 年会，向来自弱势群体的一年级和二年级本科生介绍科学的魅力。 Track 3 的目标是让学生了解男性生殖健康研究的价值，并让他们有机会与专业男科医生亲自会面和互动。该计划的第二个目标是确定轨道 2（具体目标 2）的潜在候选人。如果获得资助，将每年通过对受训者和导师的调查以及由 ASA 高级领导组成的内部咨询委员会的深入评估来评估实现项目目标的进展。从 ASA 多样性倡议中汲取的经验教训将通过协会网站公开分享。