Biomedical Research Training for Minority Honor Students

少数族裔荣誉学生生物医学研究培训

• 批准号: 7882223
• 负责人: LOUISE HAINLINE
• 金额: $ 10.94万
• 依托单位: BROOKLYN COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7882223
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Brooklyn College MARC U*STAR program has served a large and diverse institution with a student body primarily composed of minorities and women. Our program goals are to substantially increase interest of nationally recognized under-represented groups of students and to successfully prepare them for entry into PhD programs in biomedical sciences. Accordingly, we have increased the efficacy of our academic support and training programs to the point that there are currently 13 BC MARC alumni in PhD programs, and our PhD entry rate has exceeded 50% in two of the last 5 years. Our evaluations identify 4 barriers to improvements in this record: Inadequate academic skills for mastering the "gate-keeper" science courses; lack of research experience and consistent research and career mentoring; lack of student familiarity with scientific research careers, leading to research motivation only to bolster a pre-med career path; and lack of awareness of what graduate school entails, how to apply, get support, and complete degrees. To meet these challenges, we propose two ambitious programs to improve and expand on our current successful MARC and RISE activities. The 2-year MARC Research Introduction Program will involve 100 or more incoming students with interest in science, and begin them on a carefully planned "research ladder." Participating students will have intensive Peer-Assisted Learning-based academic support for each of the gatekeeper courses. There will be also a series of seminar courses discussing contemporary biomedical research and research career options. Persisting students will move into journal-club-like seminars, training in our research techniques facility, and group research projects. Completion of the Introductory Program will qualify students to apply for acceptance in the MARC Advanced Research Program as Fellows or Associates. These advanced research students will have a 2-year intensive research experience in the lab of a biomedical researcher, academic support, summer research externships, and seminar courses in oral and written presentation of research and responsible conduct of research. These activities will increase the number of biomedical PhDs who have undergraduate research experience at Brooklyn College. Our objectives are to increase PhD entry rate of Brooklyn undergraduates from nationally recognized under-represented groups by at least 90% from its current level of 5-6 per year to 10 per year.

描述（由申请人提供）：布鲁克林学院 MARC U*STAR 项目为一所大型多元化机构提供服务，其学生群体主要由少数族裔和女性组成。我们的项目目标是大幅提高全国公认的代表性不足的学生群体的兴趣，并成功地为他们进入生物医学科学博士课程做好准备。因此，我们提高了学术支持和培训计划的效率，目前有 13 名 BC MARC 校友正在攻读博士学位课程，并且我们的博士入学率在过去 5 年中有两年超过了 50%。我们的评估确定了改善这一记录的 4 个障碍： 掌握“把关人”科学课程的学术技能不足；缺乏研究经验以及持续的研究和职业指导；学生对科学研究职业缺乏熟悉，导致研究动机只是为了支持医学预科的职业道路；缺乏对研究生院的要求、如何申请、获得支持和完成学位的认识。为了应对这些挑战，我们提出了两项​​雄心勃勃的计划，以改进和扩展我们当前成功的 MARC 和 RISE 活动。为期 2 年的 MARC 研究介绍计划将吸引 100 名或更多对科学感兴趣的新生，并让他们开始仔细规划的“研究阶梯”。参与的学生将为每门守门人课程提供强化的基于同伴辅助学习的学术支持。还将举办一系列研讨会课程，讨论当代生物医学研究和研究职业选择。坚持学习的学生将参加类似期刊俱乐部的研讨会，在我们的研究技术设施中接受培训，并进行小组研究项目。完成入门课程将使学生有资格申请接受 MARC 高级研究计划作为研究员或助理。这些高级研究生将在生物医学研究人员的实验室中获得 2 年的强化研究经验、学术支持、暑期研究实习以及口头和书面研究报告以及负责任的研究行为的研讨会课程。这些活动将增加在布鲁克林学院拥有本科研究经验的生物医学博士的数量。我们的目标是将来自国家认可的弱势群体的布鲁克林本科生的博士入学率提高至少 90%，从目前的每年 5-6 人增加到每年 10 人。