Preparing Students for a Future in Biomedical and Behavioral Research

让学生为生物医学和行为研究的未来做好准备

• 批准号: 9072795
• 负责人: Isabel Sumaya
• 金额: $ 17.62万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV BAKERSFIELD
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-01 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9072795
• 关键词: Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biology; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; California; Chemistry; Critical Thinking; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor' s Degree; Extramural Activities; Future; Goals; Graduation Rates; Leadership; Mathematics; Measures; Nature; Personal Growth; Preparation; Psychology; Research; Students; Testing; Training; Training Programs; Universities; experience; improved; programs; retention rate; skills; success; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of program is to increase the number of well-trained underrepresented minority (URM) students applying to, and getting into, Ph.D. programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences in the disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Psychology at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB). Over the 5 year period of the program, we will train 30 undergraduate students from the various disciplines beginning with a Pre-MARC training program (SPARC) which will serve as a direct pipeline to CSUB's MARC U-STAR program. The keystones of the plan are interdisciplinary in nature and include both intramural and extramural research experiences. Our specific measureable goals and objectives are to: (1) Have 100% of MARC U-STAR students graduate with a bachelor's degree in the supported disciplines thus increasing retention and graduation rates in the designated MARC U-STAR programs (2) Increase the number of URM students who are admitted to Ph.D. programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences in the disciplines of Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, and Psychology by 30% as compared to baseline (3) Improve the preparation of our students for interdisciplinary biomedical and behavioral research and beyond by: (a) Increasing leadership skills and personal growth in MARC U- STAR students through various experiential activities as measured by the Personal Growth Initiative Scale (PGIS-II) from Pre- MARC baseline to post test in the MARC U-STAR program; (b) Increasing critical thinking skills as first assessed by the Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT) from Pre-MARC baseline to post test in the MARC U-STAR program; (4) Impact the success of CSUB MARC U-STAR alumni in Ph.D. programs, as measured by at least 75% of those entering Ph.D. programs advancing toward or succeeding in earning their doctoral degrees.

 描述（由申请人提供）：该计划的总体目标是增加申请并进入生物学学科生物医学和行为科学博士学位课程的训练有素的少数族裔（URM）学生的数量。加州州立大学贝克斯菲尔德分校 (CSUB) 的化学、数学和心理学 在该项目的 5 年期间，我们将从 Pre-MARC 开始培训 30 名来自不同学科的本科生。培训计划（SPARC），将作为 CSUB 的 MARC U-STAR 计划的直接管道。该计划的重点本质上是跨学科的，包括校内和校外研究经验，包括：（1）让 100% 的 MARC U-STAR 学生毕业并获得所支持学科的学士学位，从而提高指定 MARC U-STAR 课程的保留率和毕业率 (2) 增加被录取的 URM 学生数量与基线相比，化学、生物学、数学和心理学学科的生物医学和行为科学博士课程增加 30% (3) 通过以下方式提高学生进行跨学科生物医学和行为研究及其他研究的准备：( a) 通过从 MARC 前基线到 MARC U-STAR 测试后的个人成长主动量表 (PGIS-II) 衡量的各种体验活动，提高 MARC U-STAR 学生的领导技能和个人成长(b) 提高​​批判性思维技能，首先通过批判性思维评估测试 (CAT) 从 MARC 前基线到 MARC U-STAR 项目后测试进行评估；(4) 影响 CSUB MARC U-STAR 校友在博士阶段的成功； .D. 项目，以至少 75% 的进入博士项目的人取得博士学位为衡量标准。