INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC CAREER DEVELOPMENT

这个博士后研究和教育项目（PREP）将全国顶尖的研究型大学之一的院系和全国顶尖的少数民族服务机构的五所院系结合在一个拥有350万人口的大都市地区，以提高在生物/生物医学科学领域获得职业生涯的博士后的数量和质量。该计划包括跨学科研究教育，为研究细胞和分子机制提供基础，并提供教学指导，包括教学法、课堂技术、本科生指导、阶梯教学经验、课程开发和网络课程的制作。该计划的教师具有提供优秀博士后专业发展至关重要的基础所需的专业知识。PREP研究人员资金充足，有广泛的培训记录。PREP教学导师具有卓越教学和卓越指导的经验和证书。教师来自6个学院的13个生物科学系。项目教师之间有许多互动，包括合作研究项目，联合研究小组会议和共同参与研究生课程和博士后培训计划。PREP的目标是促进更多的机构间合作，更广泛的教师联合教学和研究项目，以及校园之间更多的学生交流。PREP还寻求通过记录其项目、实践、问题和成功，以及课程和与其他博士后专业发展资源的有用链接，为其他博士后教学和研究项目开发一个全国性的资源网站。年度独立评估将提供反馈，以便预防工作能够调整其重点和做法，以成功实现其目标。

This Postdoctoral Research and Education Program (PREP) combines the faculties of one of the top national research universities and five of the top national minority servicing institutions within a large metropolitan area with 3.5 million people to increase the quantity and quality of post- doctoral fellows achieving careers in biological/biomedical sciences. The program includes interdisciplinary research education that provides the foundation for investigating cellular and molecular mechanisms and a teaching mentorship that includes instruction in pedagogy, classroom technologies, mentorship of undergraduates, laddered teaching experience, course development and production of web-based courses. The faculty in the program has the expertise required to provide the foundation that is critical for outstanding postdoctoral professional development. The PREP research faculty are well-funded with extensive training records. The PREP teaching mentors have the experience and credentials for teaching excellence and mentoring excellence. The faculty are members of 13 biological science departments in the 6 schools. There are many interactions among program faculty, including collaborative research projects, joint research group meetings and joint participation in graduate programs and postdoctoral training programs. PREP has a goal to foster greater inter-institutional cooperation, more extensive joint faculty teaching and research projects, as well as greater exchange of students among the campuses. PREP also seeks to develop a national resource web- site for other postdoctoral teaching and research programs by documenting its program, practices, problems and successes as well as courses and useful links to other resources for postdoctoral professional development. An annual independent evaluation will provide feedback so that PREP can adjust its emphasis and practices in order to successfully meet its goals.