U-TEAM: Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Training in Comparative Biomedical Research

项目概要/目标 北卡罗来纳州立大学是北卡罗来纳州最大的大学，拥有近34,000名学生，其中包括8,500名研究生 学生所有学生中约56%为男性，44%为女性;约16%为 代表性不足的群体。然而，专注于培养高素质UR学生的课程数量 PhD或MD/PhD为低（1）。因此，有一个在NC状态这个程序的强烈需要。此外，团队或 跨学科科学已成为生物医学研究的一个组成部分。然而，大多数培训项目 仍然依赖传统的单一学科训练。这个U-STAR计划结合了大学的优势- 广泛的生物医学研究所、比较医学研究所（CMI）和北卡罗来纳州大学荣誉计划 国家为了培养下一代UR生物医学科学家在严格的跨/跨学科 环境主要的计划组成部分包括：1）一个预U-星星馈线计划，旨在引入 学生的程序和进行团队科学所需的独特技能; 2）一个“导师导师” 为研究生、博士后研究员和初级教师指导U-STAR学者的计划; 3）一个U- 星星计划，在跨学科/跨学科科学中提供严格的实践研究指导;以及4） 专业发展活动，包括职业和学术咨询，研讨会系列，准备 口头和海报形式，科学交流研讨会，介绍现有的T32计划 在北卡罗来纳州和我们的合作机构，北查佩尔山，并与应用程序的研究生院援助。 我们的总体目标是每年招收10名新的U-STAR学者，其中70%将在生物医学录取 科学博士或MD/PhD课程。

Project Summary/Aims NC State is the largest university in North Carolina, with nearly 34,000 students, including 8,500 graduate students. Approximately 56% of all students are men, and 44% are women; approximately 16% are members of underrepresented groups. Yet, the number of programs focusing on preparing highly qualified UR students for PhD or MD/PhD is low (1). There is, therefore, a strong need for this program at NC State. In addition, team or interdisciplinary science has become an integral component of biomedical research. Yet most training programs still rely on the traditional single discipline training. This U-STAR program combines the strengths of a university- wide biomedical institute, the Comparative Medicine Institute (CMI), and the University Honors Program at NC State in order to train the next generation of UR biomedical scientists in a rigorous inter/trans disciplinary environment. Major program components include: 1) A pre-U-STAR feeder program designed to introduce students to the program and to the unique skills required to carry team science; 2) A “Mentor-the-Mentor” program for Graduate students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Junior Faculty mentoring U-STAR Scholars; 3) A U- STAR program that provides rigorous hands-on research mentoring in inter/transdisciplinary sciences; and 4) Professional development activities that include career and academic advising, seminar series, preparation to present orally and in poster format, workshops on scientific communication, introduction to existing T32 programs at NC State and at our partner institution, UNC Chapel Hill, and assistance with application to graduate school. Our overall goal is to enroll 10 new U-STAR scholars each year, 70% of which will matriculate in a biomedical sciences PhD or an MD/PhD program.