Supplement to NIH T32 on wellness and resilience

摘要：增强健康和恢复力的补充剂 家长奖：1T32GM132006-01（PI：Henry、Clarissa） 目前的 T32 奖项支持一项创新的、基于证据的培训计划，其中包括共同指导 框架和跨学科研究机会。本提议的补充将努力增加 我们研究生的适应力和健康，特别关注：（1）多层次策略 旨在增强指导、健康和复原力，以及（2）长期可持续性和整合。 社会动荡和大流行的结合给每个人带来了困难，尤其是对于 研究生。 Henry 博士，作为 GSBSE 董事（也是母公司 T32 的 PI），与 MBA 教授张震一起， GSBSE 行政协调员每年春季都会与我们的每位研究生会面。春天 2020年，很明显我们的研究生受到了这一流行病的严重影响——尤其是 较新的研究生通常缺乏强大的社交网络。当时我们立即采取了行动 尝试减轻大流行的一些影响。在本补充文件中，我们建议增强我们目前的 通过在三级公共卫生模式内开展一系列活动来努力，第一级重点关注 在预防上，第二层侧重于直接支持，第三层侧重于专业支持 干预措施。我们通过利用研究生院和咨询部门的初级校园合作者来做到这一点 中心得到了课程开发和评估方面的专家专家的支持以及 心理服务中心。在第一层预防中，我们建议（1）举办“成为有韧性的人” 科学家”研讨会，并通过缅因大学研究生的专业发展模块对其进行扩展 学校的研究生倡议，(2) 启动“职业社区”，以该项目的在职校友为特色， 包括面对面的研讨会，（3）根据缅因大学毕业生提供以健康为导向的学生俱乐部 学生会要求，(4) 通过健康和社区建设扩大我们的年会 (5) 与咨询中心联合举办“弹性研究员”务虚会。在第二个 在直接支持层面，我们建议（1）启动一个正式的同行咨询计划来支持年轻毕业生 学生将得到高年级研究生的建议，并且（2）定期进行个人登记 所有博士生。在第三层专业干预中，我们与缅因大学咨询中心合作 中心和缅因大学心理服务中心对学生、教师导师和工作人员进行教育 增加获得精神卫生资源的机会并减少对精神卫生资源的耻辱。 拟议的健康和弹性增强措施将侧重于实质性改善和整合 GSBSE 博士课程的课程和课外要求的新努力 强调评估和可持续性。

ABSTRACT: Enhancing Wellness and Resilience Supplement PARENT AWARD: 1T32GM132006-01 (PI: Henry, Clarissa) The current T32 award supports an innovative, evidence-based training program that includes a co-mentorship framework and transdisciplinary research opportunities. This proposed supplement will endeavor to increase the resilience and wellness of our graduate students with particular focus on: (1) a multi-tiered strategy designed to enhance mentoring, wellness, and resilience, and (2) long-term sustainability and integration. The combination of social unrest and the pandemic has been difficult for everyone and especially so for graduate students. Dr. Henry, as GSBSE director (and PI of the Parent T32), along with Zhen Zhang, MBA, GSBSE Administrative Coordinator, meet annually with each of our graduate students every spring. In Spring 2020 it became very clear that our graduate students were severely affected by the pandemic – especially the newer graduate students, who generally lack a robust social network. At that time, we took immediate action to try to mitigate some of the effects of the pandemic. In this supplement, we propose to augment our current efforts by implementing a series of activities within a three-tiered public health model with the first tier focused on prevention, the second tier focused on direct support, and the third tier focused on professional interventions. We do this by leveraging primary campus collaborators in the Graduate School and Counseling Center with support from faculty experts on curriculum development and evaluation as well as the Psychological Services Center. In the first tier of prevention, we propose (1) hosting the “Becoming a Resilient Scientist” workshop and extending it with professional development modules from the UMaine Graduate School’s GRAD Initiative, (2) starting “Career Communities” featuring working alumni of the program that will include in-person workshops, (3) offering wellness-oriented student clubs in line with the UMaine Graduate Student Government requirements, (4) expanding our Annual Meeting with a wellness and community-building day, and (5) running a “Resilient Researcher” retreat in conjunction with the Counseling Center. In the second tier of direct support, we propose (1) starting a formal Peer Advising program that supports younger graduate students who will be advised by senior graduate students and (2) conducting regular individual check-ins with all PhD students. In the third tier of professional interventions, we are partnering with the UMaine Counseling Center and UMaine Psychological Services Center to educate students, faculty mentors, and staff on resources to increase access to and reduce stigma about mental health resources. The proposed enhancements to wellness and resiliency will focus on substantially improving and integrating the new efforts into the curriculum and co-curricular requirements of the GSBSE PhD programs with a major emphasis on assessment and sustainability.