Developing the Skilled Technical Workforce for Regenerative Medicine Biomanufacturing in the Piedmont Triad Region of North Carolina

培养北卡罗来纳州皮埃蒙特三合会地区再生医学生物制造的熟练技术劳动力

• 批准号: 2100268
• 负责人: Gary Green
• 金额: $ 44.1万
• 依托单位: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2100268&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Skilled; Technical; Workforce; Regenerative

A 2019 National Science Board report stressed the critical need for an exceptional skilled technical workforce to ensure the success of the nation's science- and engineering-driven industries. This project will serve the national interest by preparing skilled technical workers in regenerative medicine, an emerging field that aims to repair, regrow, or replace damaged cells, organs, and tissues. Regenerative medicine is a cross-disciplinary field of biotechnology and bioengineering that includes convergent technologies such as nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, mechanical engineering technologies, data science, and cyberbiosecurity. Regenerative medicine is rapidly evolving from basic research and development stages, through clinical translation and into biomanufacturing. A significant gap in availability of skilled technicians in regenerative medicine biomanufacturing has been defined by identifying the required skills and the extent of the skills gap. To help fill this need, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is partnering with Forsyth Technical Community College, Simon G. Atkins High School, regional Historically Black Colleges and Universities, employers, and professional and trades organizations. This partnership intends to bring the new science and technology of regenerative medicine into the community college sector to ensure the nation prepares the needed regenerative medicine technicians. The project intends to meet this goal by developing a regional model for education of skilled technicians in regenerative medicine biomanufacturing. Specifically, it will develop and deliver faculty professional development in regenerative medicine, from the high school level through community college and university levels (through articulated programs). It will also disseminate research-based knowledge, skills, and abilities for the regenerative medicine field to community colleges and their partners. Finally, the project will develop multiple career entry options and pathways for community college-prepared technicians and incumbent employees, with a focus on serving people from communities that are underrepresented in STEM. The project builds upon recent NSF-sponsored Advanced Technology Education efforts, which have provided the scientific, technical, and educational foundation for this project. The project team plans to work with diverse teams of experts enabling development and production of replacement cells and organs and the expansion of cells for therapy. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

国家科学委员会2019年的一份报告强调，迫切需要一支技能高超的技术劳动力队伍，以确保国家科学和工程驱动型产业的成功。该项目将通过培养再生医学方面的熟练技术工人来服务于国家利益，再生医学是一个旨在修复，再生或替换受损细胞，器官和组织的新兴领域。 再生医学是生物技术和生物工程的交叉学科领域，包括纳米技术、人工智能和机器学习、机械工程技术、数据科学和网络生物安全等融合技术。再生医学正在从基础研究和开发阶段迅速发展，通过临床转化并进入生物制造。 通过确定所需的技能和技能差距的程度，已经确定了再生医学生物制造技术人员的可用性方面的重大差距。为了满足这一需求，维克森林再生医学研究所与福赛斯技术社区学院合作，西蒙G。阿特金斯高中，地区历史上的黑人学院和大学，雇主，专业和行业组织。 这种伙伴关系旨在将再生医学的新科学和技术带入社区学院部门，以确保国家准备所需的再生医学技术人员。 该项目旨在通过开发再生医学生物制造技术熟练技术人员的区域教育模式来实现这一目标。 具体来说，它将开发和提供再生医学教师的专业发展，从高中水平到社区学院和大学水平（通过衔接计划）。 它还将向社区学院及其合作伙伴传播再生医学领域的研究知识，技能和能力。 最后，该项目将为社区大学准备的技术人员和在职员工开发多种职业进入选择和途径，重点是为STEM代表性不足的社区提供服务。该项目建立在最近NSF赞助的先进技术教育工作的基础上，为该项目提供了科学，技术和教育基础。该项目团队计划与不同的专家团队合作，开发和生产替代细胞和器官，并扩大用于治疗的细胞。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于推动国家经济的先进技术领域的教育技术人员。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。