Building Early Awareness and Research in Science (BEARS)

项目总结 生物医学和生物工程研究是跨学科的科学领域，它们导致了医学 应用、生物技术创新和基础研究发现。然而，教育的缺失 对代表不足的群体(UR)可用的资源和研究机会限制了 从事生物医学研究事业的科学家。科学早期意识的培养与科学研究 (熊)加州州立大学圣马科斯分校，一个受NIBIB尊敬的项目，将支持15名有才华的UR 对生物医学科学感兴趣的本科生从预科到录取再到高级 荣誉课程；最终目标是完成学士学位，获得博士学位或 M.D./Ph.D.计划，并增加全国未被充分代表的生物医学科学家的数量 劳动力。该计划的三个主要目标是：1)使熊学者能够积累 坚持并完成学士学位课程所需的个人、学术和研究技能，进入 三年级高级荣誉课程，申请生物医学研究生院；2) 提供一支全面的指导团队，支持学术、研究、职业和 学者在关键的最初几年的个人/社会/同辈需求；以及3)培训熊学者 成为STEM大使，帮助多元化招聘，促进当地对生物医学和 生物工程职业，并培养领导技能。在三个夏天和两个学年里， 熊计划将各种新的研讨会和活动与利用校园机会相结合，以 解决几个具体目标，包括：a)加强他们的大学生存技能，以及量化和 核心科学计算能力(Q&C)，通过参加初夏桥梁项目和 一系列越来越具有挑战性的Q&C研讨会；b)建立他们的信心、认同感和沟通技能 作为科学家，参加包容性研讨会，展示他们的研究成果，并做出 面向高中和公众的演讲；c)培养他们对生物医学和 通过参加研究培训、活动和进行独立研究来从事生物工程事业 在CSUSM和加州大学圣迭戈分校的矫形外科和生物工程系合作教员。 然后，熊学者将进入我们众多现有的和非常成功的高级荣誉计划之一(U- Rise，McNair，LSAMP)，在其中他们将接受全面的纵向教师培训， 研究和同伴指导，这将帮助他们继续他们的职业生涯进入研究生院和 生物医学工作人员。最终，熊计划将有助于缩小全国范围内的多样性差距 生物医学研究，并帮助有才华的UR学生成为有思想的理科学者。

PROJECT SUMMARY Biomedical and bioengineering research are interdisciplinary fields of science that have led to medical applications, biotechnology innovations and basic research discoveries. However, the lack of educational resources and research opportunities available to underrepresented groups (UR) has limited the diversity of scientists that pursue biomedical research careers. The Building Early Awareness and Research in Science (BEARS) at California State University San Marcos, a NIBIB ESTEEMED program, will support 15 talented UR undergraduates interested in biomedical sciences from matriculation through acceptance into an advanced honors program; the ultimate goal is for them to complete their B.S. degrees, obtain admission to Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs, and increase the number of underrepresented biomedical scientists in the nation’s workforce. The three primary goals of the program are to 1) empower BEARS Scholars to accumulate personal, academic and research skills necessary to persist and complete their B.S. degree program, enter an advanced honors program in their junior year, and apply to graduate school in the biomedical sciences; 2) provide a comprehensive mentoring team that supports the academic, research, career, and personal/social/peer needs of the Scholars during their critical first few years; and 3) train BEARS Scholars to be STEM Ambassadors to aid in diversity recruitment, promote local awareness of biomedical and bioengineering careers, and develop leadership skills. Over three summers and two academic years, the BEARS program combines a variety of new workshops and events with leveraged campus opportunities to address several specific aims including: a) strengthen their college survival skills, and quantitative and computational competence (Q&C) in core sciences by participating in an early summer bridge program and a series of increasingly challenging Q&C workshops; b) build their confidence, identity, and communication skills as scientists by participating in inclusivity workshops, presenting their research findings, and making presentations to high schools and the public; c) foster their passion and interest in biomedical and bioengineering careers by participating in research trainings, activities, and conducting independent research at CSUSM and with partner faculty at UCSD in the Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering Departments. BEARS scholars will then enter one of our many existing and high successful advanced honors programs (U- RISE, McNair, LSAMP) in which they will receive comprehensive longitudinal faculty, grantsmanship training, research and peer mentorship which will help them continue their careers into graduate schools and the biomedical workforce. Ultimately, the BEARS program will help decrease the nationwide diversity gap in biomedical research and help talented UR students become thoughtful scholars of science.