Building Early Awareness and Research in Science (BEARS)

项目摘要 生物医学和生物工程研究是跨学科的科学领域， 应用、生物技术创新和基础研究发现。然而，缺乏教育 资源和研究机会提供给代表性不足的群体（UR）限制了多样性， 从事生物医学研究的科学家。早期意识的建立与科学研究 （熊）在加州州立大学圣马科斯，一个NIBIB的ESTEEMED计划，将支持15个有才华的UR 对生物医学科学感兴趣的本科生，从入学到进入高级 荣誉计划;最终目标是让他们完成他们的B.S.获得博士学位，或 医学博士/博士计划，并增加代表性不足的生物医学科学家在全国的数量 劳动力该计划的三个主要目标是1）使熊学者积累 坚持和完成他们的学士学位所需的个人，学术和研究技能。学位课程，输入一个 高级荣誉课程在他们的大三，并申请研究生院在生物医学科学; 2） 提供一个全面的指导团队，支持学术，研究，职业， 学生在关键的最初几年的个人/社会/同伴需求;和3）培训熊学者， 成为STEM大使，以帮助招聘多样性，促进当地对生物医学的认识， 生物工程职业，并发展领导技能。在三个夏天和两个学年， BEARS计划将各种新的研讨会和活动与利用校园机会相结合， 解决几个具体目标，包括：a）加强他们的大学生存技能，和定量和 计算能力（Q&C）在核心科学通过参加一个早期的夏桥计划和一个 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，身份和沟通技巧 作为科学家，参加包容性讲习班，介绍他们的研究成果， 向高中和公众介绍; c）培养他们对生物医学的热情和兴趣， 通过参加研究培训，活动和进行独立研究来从事生物工程职业 在CSUSM和合作伙伴教师在加州大学圣地亚哥分校的矫形外科和生物工程部门。 熊学者然后将进入我们的许多现有的和高度成功的高级荣誉课程之一（U- RISE，McNair，LSAMP），他们将在其中接受全面的纵向教师，高级培训， 研究和同行指导，这将有助于他们继续他们的职业生涯进入研究生院和 生物医学劳动力。最终，BEARS计划将有助于缩小全国范围内的多样性差距， 生物医学研究和帮助有才华的UR学生成为有思想的科学学者。

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.