U-TEAM: Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Training in Comparative Biomedical Research

项目摘要/目标 北卡罗来纳州州立大学是北卡罗来纳州最大的大学，拥有近3.4万名学生，其中包括8500名毕业生 学生们。大约56%的学生是男性，44%是女性；大约16%是 代表不足的群体。然而，专注于培养高素质UR学生的项目数量 PHD或MD/PHD低(1)。因此，北卡罗来纳州对这一计划的需求很大。此外，团队或 跨学科科学已成为生物医学研究不可或缺的组成部分。然而，大多数培训计划 仍然依靠传统的单一学科培养。这个U-STAR项目结合了一所大学的优势- Wide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，以培养下一代UR生物医学科学家在严格的跨学科/跨学科 环境。主要计划组件包括：1)Pre-U-star馈线计划，旨在介绍 学生对该计划和开展团队科学所需的独特技能的支持；2)“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)A-U- STAR计划，在跨学科/跨学科科学领域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、系列研讨会、准备 口头和海报形式的介绍，科学交流研讨会，现有T32计划介绍 在北卡罗来纳州立大学和我们的合作机构，北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校，并帮助申请研究生院。 我们的总体目标是每年招收10名新的U-Star学者，其中70%将进入生物医学专业 理科博士或医学博士/博士课程。

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.