The MADURA Program: Mentorship for Advancing Diversity in Undergraduate Research on Aging

I.摘要 建议的加州大学圣地亚哥分校MADURA（促进本科生研究多样性的导师， 老龄化）计划响应NIA阿达尔R25培训计划公告，为代表性不足的 西班牙裔/拉丁裔本科生量身定制，纵向导师，培训和工作经验， 研究人员和临床医生专注于衰老和阿尔茨海默病。它将提供有效的、持续的 学术和社会支持，技能培训和监督，以促进学术成功和保留超过 近期以及随后增加的与老龄化有关的研究生培训或就业申请率， 从而提高了该领域的包容性。MADURA项目旨在通过以下方式实现这些目标： 一个多组成部分的计划，包括：职业相关的个人，有偿老龄化和阿尔茨海默病 与研究人员/临床医生导师的研究相关实习职位（8小时/周）;每周带薪 小组指导/培训会议，由博士级培训师和研究人员团队主持（2 小时）;综合的，量身定制的专业发展经验（一些额外的资金 支持）;指导外展经验的合作伙伴高中，为潜在的第一代 大学参与者;正式的课程和过程开发活动和严格的评估， 从而能够持续改进质量和未来的传播。加州大学圣地亚哥分校是一个新兴的西班牙裔 服务机构具有促进学术支持和西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生的多样性的深厚领域 欢迎与MADURA计划合作的团体、中心和服务。马都拉 该计划在深度，全面性和基于证据的支持要素的整合方面具有创新性： 学生工资，广泛的体验式实习，每周小组指导的全面整合， 培训（由来自相似文化背景的熟练老龄化研究促进者提供），共同发生的同行 指导和支持，最后，它对严格评估和传播结果的忠诚度， 材料. MADURA是成功的定位，鉴于经验丰富的项目领导的融合， 强大的项目开发和评估团队，为必须赚取收入才能留在学校的学生提供资金 学校、模范志愿顾问和免费培训活动合作伙伴，以及与 西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生网络。精心构思的MADURA计划汇集了 领导，顾问，培训和安置经验，以成功地促进多样性， 老龄化/阿尔茨海默病MSTEM职业参与西班牙裔/拉丁裔本科生，在 培育围绕提高多样性和包容性的大学充满活力的背景。 1

I. Abstract The proposed UC San Diego MADURA (Mentorship for Advancing Diversity in Undergraduate Research on Aging) Program responds to the NIA ADAR R25 Training Program Announcement, to offer under-represented Hispanic/Latino undergraduates tailored, longitudinal mentorship, training and work experiences with researchers and clinicians focused on aging and Alzheimer's disease. It will provide effective, sustained academic and social support, skills training and supervision, to foster academic success and retention over the near term, and subsequent increased rates of application for aging-related graduate training or employment, thereby improving inclusion in the field. The MADURA project is designed to achieve these goals through a multi-component program comprised of: career-relevant Individual, Paid Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Research-related Internship Placements with researcher/clinician mentors (8 hours/week); Paid Weekly Group Mentorship/Training Meetings, facilitated by a team of doctoral level trainers and research faculty (2 hours per week); integrated, tailored Professional Development Experiences (some with additional funding support); Guided Outreach Experiences for a partner high school that serves potential first generation college attendees; and formal curriculum and process development activities and rigorous evaluation, enabling continuous quality improvements and future dissemination. UC San Diego is an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution with a deep field of diversity-promoting academic support and Hispanic/Latino student groups, centers and services which welcome collaboration with the MADURA Program. The MADURA Program is innovative in depth, comprehensiveness and integration of its evidence-based supportive elements: student pay, broad array of experiential placements, full integration of weekly Group Mentorship and tailored Training (provided by skilled aging research facilitators from similar cultural backgrounds), co-occurring peer mentorship and support, and finally, its fidelity to rigorous evaluation and dissemination of results and materials. MADURA is positioned for success, given the convergence of experienced program leadership, strong program development and evaluation teams, pay for students who must earn income in order to stay in school, exemplary willing advisors and complimentary training activity partners, and existing linkages with Hispanic/Latino student networks. The carefully conceptualized MADURA Program brings together the leadership, advisors, training and placement experiences to successfully promote diversity in Aging/Alzheimer's disease MSTEM careers for participating Hispanic/Latino undergraduates, within the nurturing context of a University energized around improving diversity and inclusion. 1