University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching

项目摘要 宾夕法尼亚大学的博士后研究和教学机会(宾夕法尼亚大学- PORT)计划旨在提供传统指导博士后研究经验的组合 宾夕法尼亚大学和博士后任命者有机会在一个 三个合作的少数族裔服务机构。宾夕法尼亚-波特计划的双重目标是：1) 培养一批训练有素的生物医学和行为科学家，他们都是杰出的 研究人员和高素质的本科教育工作者；2)加强本科科学 在我们的伙伴学校进行教育，并鼓励本科生，特别是来自以下学校的学生 代表群体，继续深造，最终在科学领域谋职。在三年内 培训计划，研究员在宾夕法尼亚大学教员的指导下进行尖端的独立研究 研究导师，他们代表了与NIGMS相关的广泛研究领域和部门 宾夕法尼亚大学医学院、兽医学院、牙医学院、护理学院、文理学院或 工程学或附属机构，包括费城儿童医院和Wistar 研究所。选择研究导师是因为他们出色的培训记录，资金充足的实验室，以及 对IRACDA计划目标的承诺。除了研究，为宾夕法尼亚-波特研究员提供培训 包括教育研究生院提供的为期一学期的正式教学方法课程 以及在宾夕法尼亚大学一个或多个杰出的教学人员的指导下的教学经验 我们的伙伴机构。我们的三所合作学校涵盖了各种本科教育环境， 并包括特拉华县社区学院(一所受限制的副学士学位机构 课程)，林肯大学(一所4年制的文理学院，历史上最古老的黑人大学 美国)和罗格斯大学卡姆登分校(一个有合作研究机会的研究生院)。之后 完成宾夕法尼亚州立大学的正式教学课程--博士后审核合作学校的一门课程， 并随后在该机构的教学导师的监督下教授该课程。在他们的 在第二学期的教学中，研究员指导他们自己设计的课程，通常是在他们的研究领域 专业知识。为了补充他们在研究和教学方面的培训，宾夕法尼亚-波特大学的研究员开发了其他 通过宾夕法尼亚大学生物医学博士后特别为博士后设计的课程获得专业技能 程序。对于合作学校来说，宾夕法尼亚-波特项目提供了新的、令人兴奋的、以研究为导向的 课程。宾夕法尼亚-波特研究员是我们合作伙伴本科生的重要导师和榜样 学校，提供职业规划和在宾夕法尼亚大学实验室从事研究的机会，并促进 宾夕法尼亚大学及其三所合作学校在研究和教学方面的合作。

Project Summary The University of Pennsylvania's Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching (PENN- PORT) Program aims to provide a combination of a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience at the University of Pennsylvania and an opportunity for postdoctoral appointees to develop teaching skills at one of three partnering minority serving institutions. The dual objectives of the Penn-PORT program are: 1) to develop a diverse group of highly trained biomedical and behavioral scientists who are both outstanding researchers and highly qualified undergraduate educators, and 2) to strengthen undergraduate science education at our partner schools and encourage undergraduate students, particularly those from under- represented groups, to pursue further education leading to a career in the sciences. During the three-year training program, fellows conduct cutting-edge, independent research under the direction of a PENN faculty research mentors, who represent a broad array of NIGMS-related research areas and departments within PENN's Schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, Arts and Sciences, or Engineering, or affiliated institutions including the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Wistar Institute. Research mentors are selected for their outstanding training records, well-funded laboratories, and commitment to the goals of the IRACDA program. In addition to research, training for PENN-PORT fellows includes a formal semester-long course in pedagogical methods from the Graduate School of Education at PENN as well as a mentored teaching experience, supervised by distinguished teaching faculty at one or more of our partner institutions. Our three partner schools span the range of undergraduate education environments, and include Delaware County Community College (an Associate degree institution with a constrained curriculum), Lincoln University (a 4 year liberal arts college and the oldest Historically Black University in the US), and Rutgers University - Camden (a graduate institution with collaborative research opportunities). After completing the formal teaching course at Penn, PENN-PORT postdocs audit a course at the partner school, and subsequently teach that course under the supervision of their teaching mentor at that institution. In their second semester of teaching, fellows direct a course of their own design, typically in the area of their research expertise. To supplement their training in research and teaching, Penn-PORT fellows develop other professional skills through programs especially designed for postdocs by PENN's Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs. For the partner schools, the Penn-PORT program provides new, exciting, research-oriented courses. Penn-PORT fellows serve as important mentors and role models to undergraduates at our partner schools, providing career programming and opportunities to engage in research in Penn labs, and fostering collaboration in research and teaching between the Penn and its three partner schools.