Bridge RISE Supplement

桥 RISE 补充品

• 批准号: 10193708
• 负责人: MARIA E ALVAREZ
• 金额: $ 3.89万
• 依托单位: EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-01 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10193708
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The goals of the RISE to the Challenge Bridge between EPCC, UTEP, and NMSU are: 1) to continue providing talented EPCC students with the tools to succeed and excel in their freshman and sophomore-level biology, chemistry, and math courses; 2) to continue strengthening the research knowledge and skills of EPCC students and faculty; and 3) to increase the number of minority and disadvantaged students that transfer to a four-year institution with the skills necessary to graduate with a baccalaureate degree and eventually a Ph.D. in biomedical fields. The program provides year-round research internships for twelve students and Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE) projects and Supplemental Instruction. During the Spring 2020 semester, students were at various stages of completion of CURE projects when the College closed because of the COVID19 pandemic. Most students were able to process data and present their CURE projects in various formats. But the need to prepare for the possibility of another wave of the disease and students being unable to return to labs is evident. Students participating in year-round research internships were affected as well. EPCC’s administration continues to monitor state and local orders as well as CDC and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board guidelines to determine how classes will be offered in Fall 2020. The most likely option is that science courses will be offered in a hybrid modality, trying to front load the most critical face-to-face laboratory activities early in the semester. For this reason, it is critical to develop virtual curriculum modules that can expedite (or replace if needed) the completion of face-to-face critical aspects of CURE projects as well as enhance and complement research training activities for students in CURE courses and the individual research trainees. Importantly, efforts must be made to reduce the anxiety some students and faculty may experience with the risk of being exposed to COVID-19 upon their return to campus. In order to ease this transition and make sure faculty and students stay motivated to participate in research projects, we must implement procedures that reduce the risk of transmission. This includes training in the proper use of PPE, social distancing, disinfection procedures, and improving air quality using technologies that can reduce the viral load of circulating air in laboratories. In addition, and although participation in CUREs results in increases in students’ science identity development, CURE projects are often disconnected from the communities in which the students live and current events affecting the world such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of multi-drug resistant organisms. EPCC proposes to 1) Create, implement, and evaluate a series of innovative online CURE modules that are focused on the scientific and societal impacts of COVID-19 and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, 2) Generate a repository of field-tested modules, and 3) Install Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization/uv air purification units in laboratories where CURE research takes place to reduce viral particles in circulated air. Activities are designed to (a) provide students with foundational research skills (scientific method, safety, statistics, and research techniques); (b) engage students in applying these skills to perform research using both quantitative/computational (e.g., bioinformatics) and qualitative (e.g., social sciences and public health) approaches; and (c) empower students to connect their scientific findings to broader societal outcomes in the southwest border region. Given the tangible and direct personal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the emergence of multidrug resistant organisms, we will use these overarching topics to frame our proposed curricular and co-curricular activities.

EPCC，UTEP和NMSU之间的挑战桥梁的目标是：1） 继续为有才华的EPCC学生提供成功的工具，并在他们的新生中脱颖而出 和预科生物，化学和数学课程; 2）继续加强 EPCC学生和教师的研究知识和技能;以及3）增加 少数民族和弱势学生，转移到一个四年制的机构与技能 获得学士学位并最终获得博士学位的必要条件。在生物医学领域。 该计划为12名学生提供全年的研究实习机会， 本科生研究经验（CURE）项目和补充说明。 在2020年春季学期，学生们处于完成CURE的各个阶段 学院因COVID-19大流行而关闭时的项目。大多数学生能够 处理数据并以各种格式展示其CURE项目。但是，需要准备的 另一波疾病和学生无法返回实验室的可能性是显而易见的。 参加全年研究实习的学生也受到影响。EPCC的 政府继续监测州和地方的命令，以及疾病预防控制中心和得克萨斯州高等 教育协调委员会的指导方针，以确定如何在2020年秋季提供课程。 最有可能的选择是，科学课程将以混合模式提供， 在学期初安排最重要的面对面实验活动。由于这个原因，它 对于开发虚拟课程模块至关重要，这些模块可以加快（或在需要时取代） 完成CURE项目的面对面关键方面，以及增强和补充 为团结与种族平等委员会课程的学生和个别研究受训人员举办研究培训活动。 重要的是，必须努力减少一些学生和教师可能会感到的焦虑。 体验返回校园后接触COVID-19的风险。为了 缓解这种过渡，并确保教师和学生保持参与研究的动力 因此，我们必须实施减少传播风险的程序。这包括 培训如何正确使用个人防护装备、保持社交距离、消毒程序和改善空气质量 使用可以减少实验室循环空气中病毒载量的技术来提高质量。在 此外，尽管参与CURE会增加学生的科学身份， 发展，CURE项目往往与学生所在的社区脱节， 影响世界的实时和时事，如COVID-19大流行和出现 多重耐药微生物。 EPCC建议：1）创建、实施和评估一系列创新的在线CURE 这些模块侧重于COVID-19的科学和社会影响以及 2）生成经过现场测试的模块库，以及3）安装 针点双极电离/紫外线空气净化装置在实验室，其中CURE研究 以减少循环空气中的病毒颗粒。活动旨在：（a）提供 具有基础研究技能的学生（科学方法，安全，统计和研究） 技术）;（B）让学生运用这些技能进行研究， 定量/计算（例如，生物信息学）和定性（例如，社会科学与公共 （c）使学生能够将其科学发现与更广泛的 西南边疆地区的社会影响。考虑到对个人的有形和直接影响 COVID-19大流行以及多重耐药生物体的出现，我们将 使用这些总体主题来构建我们建议的课程和课外活动。