BUILDING INTEGRATED PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE FOR DIVERSE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS: PROJECT PATHWAYS.
BUILDING INTEGRATED PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE FOR DIVERSE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS: PROJECT PATHWAYS.
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10.36315/2020end104
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2020
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Wilkins-Green C
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Foroozesh M;Morgan K;Giguette M;Johanson K;Wilkins-Green C
众所周知，科学团队中不同的背景和生活经历会带来更多的创新想法和更好的科学产品。然而，在美国，未被充分代表的种族和族裔群体获得理科博士学位的比例继续大大低于他们在人口中所占的比例。这导致需要在全国范围内采取主动行动来纠正这种不平等，从而培养出更具生产力的科学头脑团队。路易斯安那州泽维尔大学是一所历史悠久的黑人天主教大学，因其本科生科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)项目的成功而在美国得到广泛认可。泽维尔的路径项目是联邦政府资助的十个通向多样性的建筑基础设施(BUILD)计划之一，其首要目标是使生物医学研究人员多样化。项目路径被设计为一个全面、综合和协调的计划，涉及生物医学学术部门、学生学术和职业支持办公室以及大学的教师发展中心。Project Path的总体假设是，如果来自科研职业生涯中代表性不足的群体的个人获得了a)早期意识并加深对生物医学职业的接触，b)在发展过程中的支持性关系，c)合适的基础设施，以及d)有意义地参与生物医学研究经验和充足的研究资源，那么更多的人将成功进入并成功完成研究生课程，从而增加生物医学研究劳动力的多样性。在这里，介绍了该计划在其第一个五年筹资周期中取得的重大进展。
Diversity of backgrounds and life experiences on scientific teams is known to lead to more innovative ideas and better scientific products. However, in the United States, the percentages of individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups who obtain doctoral degrees in the Sciences continue to be significantly lower than their percentages in the population. This has resulted in the need for nation-wide initiatives to remedy this inequality, and consequently produce more productive teams of scientific minds. Xavier University of Louisiana is a historically Black and Catholic university that is widely recognized in the US for the success of its undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs. Project Pathways at Xavier is one of ten federally-funded Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) programs with the overarching goal of diversifying the Biomedical research workforce. Project Pathways is designed as a holistic, integrated, and coordinated program across Biomedical academic departments, student academic and career support offices, and the University’s faculty development center. The overall hypothesis of Project Pathways is that if individuals from groups underrepresented in scientific research careers are provided with a) early awareness and deepening exposure to Biomedical careers, b) supportive relationships as they move through the pathway, c) suitable infrastructure, and d) meaningful engagement in Biomedical research experiences and adequate research resources, then a higher number will succeed in entering and successfully completing graduate programs, leading to increased diversity in the Biomedical research workforce. Here, the significant strides of this program during its first five-year funding cycle are presented.