ENHANCING BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AT SPELMAN COLLEGE

加强斯佩尔曼学院的生物医学研究

• 批准号: 6636384
• 负责人: MICHAEL E MCGINNIS
• 金额: $ 31.62万
• 依托单位: SPELMAN COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-03-01 至 2004-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6636384
• 关键词: African American; biotechnology; career; computer assisted instruction; female; health science profession; health science research; informatics; interactive multimedia; minority health professional; minority institution research support; postgraduate education; role model; science education; training aid; university student

Spelman College has a reputation as one of the leading educators of African American women in the sciences, and is designated by the National Science Foundation as a Model Institution for Excellence in undergraduate mathematics and science education. On average, 34 percent of Spelman women major in the natural sciences, and mathematics; 30 percent of the annual graduating class are awarded degrees in these disciplines; and since 1988, Spelman has witnessed a 57 percent increase in the number of science majors pursuing doctoral degrees. Coupled with student success, Spelman faculty in the sciences are active researchers and administer grants that not only help to advance scholarship in their respective disciplines, but also provide students with vital research training experiences for graduate study. The long-term goal of this project is to encourage and enable Spelman students to choose biomedical research as a career goal. The overall purpose is to significantly increase the number of African American women contributing to the nations biomedical research enterprise. To significantly increase the number of Spelman students who choose biomedical research as a career, we are striving to create an enabling "research culture" on campus. A guiding principle of this project is that students need to be involved in research activities early in, and as a continuing part of, their undergraduate training, and that they need faculty mentors in these research activities. As the biomedical faculty at Spelman develop their own research programs through other mechanisms, we are developing parallel strategies to enable them to continue significant mentoring activities. Our proposed strategy is to hire key personnel to help develop faculty and student capabilities for biomedical research. To these ends, three goals have been established for the proposed RISE program. These are: 1. To increase student awareness of and interest in biomedical research early in their academic careers, and provide a "research culture" that fosters this interest. 2. To develop the ability of biomedical research faculty and students to incorporate modern computer and information technology into their research and teaching activities. 3. To develop the routine use of modern biomedical research techniques by faculty and students at Spelman College. A series of eight linked developmental activities has been proposed that will lead a student from her initial curiosity about research, through a structured training program, to independent research, and GRE preparation. We believe this structured process will significantly increase the number of Spelman women who pursue a career in biomedical research.

斯佩尔曼学院被誉为非洲裔美国女性科学领域的领先教育者之一，并被美国国家科学基金会指定为本科数学和科学教育卓越模范机构。平均而言，34% 的斯佩尔曼女性主修自然科学和数学；每年 30% 的毕业生获得这些学科的学位；自 1988 年以来，斯佩尔曼见证了攻读博士学位的科学专业学生数量增加了 57%。 除了学生的成功之外，斯佩尔曼的科学教师也是活跃的研究人员，他们管理的资助不仅有助于推进各自学科的奖学金，而且还为学生提供研究生学习的重要研究培训经验。 该项目的长期目标是鼓励并帮助斯佩尔曼学生选择生物医学研究作为职业目标。 总体目标是显着增加为国家生物医学研究事业做出贡献的非裔美国女性数量。 为了显着增加选择生物医学研究作为职业的斯佩尔曼学生数量，我们正在努力在校园内创造一种有利的“研究文化”。该项目的指导原则是，学生需要在本科生培训的早期并持续参与研究活动，并且在这些研究活动中需要教师导师。 当斯佩尔曼的生物医学教师通过其他机制开发自己的研究项目时，我们正在制定并行策略，使他们能够继续开展重要的指导活动。 我们提出的策略是聘请关键人员来帮助培养教师和学生的生物医学研究能力。 为此，我们为拟议的 RISE 计划制定了三个目标。它们是： 1. 提高学生在学术生涯早期对生物医学研究的认识和兴趣，并提供培养这种兴趣的“研究文化”。 2.培养生物医学研究师生将现代计算机和信息技术融入研究和教学活动的能力。 3. 培养斯佩尔曼学院教师和学生对现代生物医学研究技术的常规使用。提出了一系列八个相互关联的发展活动，这些活动将引导学生从最初对研究的好奇心，通过结构化的培训计划，到独立研究和 GRE 准备。 我们相信，这一结构化流程将显着增加从事生物医学研究职业的斯佩尔曼女性人数。