Vanderbilt/Meharry Initiative for Minority Student Dvpt

范德比尔特/梅哈里少数族裔学生发展倡议

• 批准号: 6620455
• 负责人: G. ROGER CHALKLEY
• 金额: $ 66.71万
• 依托单位: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-04-01 至 2006-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6620455
• 关键词: clinical research; educationally disadvantaged; health science profession; health science research support; minority institution research support; training; university; university student

This IMSD proposal from Meharry Medical Center and Vanderbilt University is designed to help increase the number of disadvantaged minorities entering careers in science. The concept and mechanism for attaining this goal are constructed within the framework of the Vanderbilt/Meharry Alliance, a unique commitment on behalf of a front rank research university and a historically Black medical school to interact extensively on clinical care, biomedical research and research training. The goal is to preserve the unique beneficial characteristics of these two schools while leading to enhanced research and education at both institutions acting together. This IMSD proposal envisages bringing together two groups of minority students into an extensively mentored environment at the two schools. The first group would be members of a post baccalaureate program consisting of students with a future interest in a research career but would like more exposure to hands on science. In addition to research experience, this program provides extensive mentoring about the commitment and strategies necessary for such students to succeed in this endeavor. This program would be from 6 to 18 months in length. The second group would be students who have just matriculated into the Vanderbilt/Meharry Interdisciplinary Graduate programs, including a significant number fro Vanderbilt and from Meharry Brides to the Doctorate programs. The approach envisaged is that which would facilitate a subsequent development into outstanding research scientists by providing support at a time when many minority students feel stressed and challenged by what is often a highly unfamiliar new environment in terms of the educational institution, the learning strategies and the heavy dependence on laboratory instruction and the scientific literature. Much of the requested funding is directed towards student support and to associated faculty release time. However, we anticipate that new structures and interactions will be formed between the two alliance institutions during the time of this program. Much will depend upon a supportive and responsive interaction between the educational components of each institution and a part of this request is also to support this aspect of the Alliance.

梅哈里医学中心和范德比尔特大学的这一IMSD提案旨在帮助增加进入科学职业的弱势少数群体的数量。实现这一目标的概念和机制是在范德比尔特/Meharry联盟的框架内构建的，这是代表一流研究型大学和历史上的黑人医学院的独特承诺，在临床护理，生物医学研究和研究培训方面广泛互动。我们的目标是保持这两所学校的独特优势，同时加强这两个机构的研究和教育。IMSD的这项建议设想将两组少数民族学生聚集在这两所学校的一个得到广泛指导的环境中。第一组是学士后项目的成员，由未来对研究职业感兴趣但希望更多地接触科学实践的学生组成。除了研究经验，该计划提供了有关的承诺和必要的战略，这些学生在这奋进取得成功的努力广泛的指导。该方案将持续6至18个月。第二组是刚刚被范德比尔特/梅哈里跨学科研究生课程录取的学生，其中包括来自范德比尔特和梅哈里新娘博士学位课程的大量学生。所设想的办法是，当许多少数群体学生因在教育机构、学习战略和严重依赖实验室教学和科学文献方面往往非常陌生的新环境而感到压力和挑战时，通过提供支助，促进他们后来发展成为杰出的研究科学家。所要求的资金大部分是针对学生的支持和相关的教师释放时间。然而，我们预计，新的结构和互动将在这两个联盟机构之间形成的时间这个计划。这在很大程度上取决于每个机构的教育部门之间的支持性和反应性互动，这项要求的一部分也是为了支持联盟的这一方面。