Blazing to Biomedical Careers II (BBC II)

在过去的4年里，劳森州立大学和杰斐逊州立社区学院（LSCC，JSCC） 和位于伯明翰的亚拉巴马大学（UAB）联合起来， 一个将社区大学生与4年制机构的生物医学教育联系起来的项目， 然后进入生物医学和行为学研究生课程和职业生涯。生物医学桥梁 英国广播公司（BBC）提出，80%的学生将进入四年制大学课程， 生物医学和行为科学，75%将获得学士学位，35%将进入生物医学研究生 教育和35%将进入生物医学职业。联合STEM教育合作， 这三所学校，积极的招聘和密切的教师和同行指导是重要的， BBC的成功59名学生进入了BBC，86%的学生完成了生物医学领域的AS- 相关领域，100%是毕业生或仍然在BBC，100%是代表性不足的少数民族，5 都是生物医学研究生课程。BBC II将进一步加强这一成功， 三所学院在研究和教育方面的互动， 指导，并在3个校区新的合作生物医学课程。额外的5年 学生跟踪将使我们能够识别BBC/BBCII元素，预测哪些学生将 从BBC/BBC II的各个方面获益最多。生物医学研究正在迅速扩大， 美国;然而，少数民族在这一劳动力中的代表性仍然不足。少数群体构成 约占美国人口的29%，但仅拥有约7%的博士学位和约4%的RO 1赠款， 生物医学和行为科学。许多少数民族学生缺乏早期参与， 有机会发展技能和内容知识，以完成BS计划。BBCII将 为社区学院的学生提供教育机会、实习机会和指导 这将为他们介绍生物医学和行为研究， UAB的高级课程学生们将获得暑期研究实习的报酬 并在学年期间提供研究/指导机会。学生将被鼓励 成为新的BBC II学生的同伴导师，从而促进成功过渡到UAB， 超越。表现最好的实习生将被招募回到他们的社区大学， 学生了解他们的研究以及如何成为一名生物医学研究人员。更广泛的影响 BBC II将在生物医学和行为科学领域建立一个新的少数民族干部队伍， research.智力上的优点将是确定参与和准备的方法 在生物医学和行为研究方面，学生的代表性不足。两 社区学院是不同的，因此BBC II将为不同的学生确定最好的方法。

Over the past 4 years, Lawson State and Jefferson State Community Colleges (LSCC, JSCC) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) joined together to develop a dynamic program bridging community college students into biomedical education at 4-year institutions and then on to biomedical and behavioral graduate programs and careers. Bridges to Biomedical Careers (BBC) proposed that 80% of its students would enter into a 4-year college program in biomedical and behavioral sciences, 75% would gain a BS, 35% would enter biomedical graduate education and 35% would enter biomedical careers. Joint STEM education collaborations among the 3 schools, aggressive recruitment and close faculty and peer mentoring were important in BBC’s success. 59 students have entered BBC, 86% have completed an AS in a biomedical- related field, 100% are graduates or still in BBC, 100% are underrepresented minorities, and 5 are in biomedical graduate programs. BBC II will enhance this success further by closer interactions among the 3 colleges in research and education and increased faculty, peer mentoring, and new collaborative biomedical courses on the 3 campuses. An additional 5 years of student tracking will allow us to identify of BBC/BBCII elements that predict which students will gain most from various aspects of BBC/BBC II. Biomedical research is expanding rapidly in the US; however, minorities continue to be underrepresented in this workforce. Minorities constitute ~29% of the US population, but hold only ~7% of PhD degrees and only ~4% of RO1 grants in biomedical and behavioral science. Many minority students lack early engagement and opportunities to develop skills and content knowledge to complete BS programs. BBCII will provide students at community colleges with educational opportunities, internships and mentoring that will introduce them biomedical and behavioral research and prepare them for rigorous advanced coursework at UAB. The students will be paid for their summer research internships and for research/mentoring opportunities during the school year. Students will be encouraged to be peer mentors to newer BBC II students, thus facilitating a successful transition to UAB and beyond. Top performing interns will be recruited to return to their community college to talk to students about their research and how to become a biomedical researcher. The Broader Impact of BBC II will be to create a new cadre of minority individuals in biomedical and behavioral research. The Intellectual Merit will be to identify methods that engage and prepare underrepresented students for careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The two community colleges are different, and thus BBC II will identify best methods for diverse students.