Minority Biomedical Research Talent in Psychology

少数民族生物医学心理学研究人才

• 批准号: 6808089
• 负责人: BERTHA G HOLLIDAY
• 金额: $ 52.34万
• 依托单位: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-30 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6808089
• 关键词: Minority; Biomedical; Research; Talent; Psychology

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This continuing project will harness the organizational resources of a major scientific/professional association (the American Psychological Association) and demonstrate the effectiveness of a "systemic approach" for increasing the number of persons of color in the educational pipeline for biomedical research careers in psychology--especially in such topical areas as AIDS, stress, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, substance abuse, neuroscience, gerontology, pain and its management, developmental disorders, and other issues at the intersection of health and behavior with disproportionately negative impact on the health and lifespan of persons of color. This systemic approach is distinguished by its focus on strengthening the capacities of participating institutions in a coordinated and planned manner to identify, nurture, and affirm minority talent at all levels of the educational pipeline through use of training procedures that emphasize outreach/orientation, engagement, mentorship, and academic support/preparation for educational transitions. In support of this goal, the project has the following objectives: (a) To establish five multi-institutional Regional Centers of Excellence in recruitment, retention, and training of students of color interested in biomedical research in psychology, each consisting of a research university and two minority-serving institutions; (b) to implement a specific methodology for strengthening linkages among a Center's institutions related to minority recruitment, retention, and training; (c) to provide technical assistance (diversity consultation and scientific advisement) to the Regional Centers and to facilitate implementation and evaluation of their demonstration programs; (d) to increase the number of students of color who are interested in pursuing biomedical research careers in psychology at the project's participating institutions, and to improve these students' rates of retention through enriched training experiences; (e) to disseminate the project's findings, procedures, and demonstration models to all of the nation's academic departments of psychology and to other appropriate scientific/professional associations an.d societies; and (f) to document and evaluate the impact of the proposed systemic approach, and its pipeline training procedures on participating institutions and students.

描述（由申请人提供）： 这一持续项目将利用一个主要科学/专业协会的组织资源（美国心理学协会），并证明了“系统方法”的有效性，以增加有色人种在心理学生物医学研究职业教育管道中的人数-特别是在艾滋病，压力，心血管疾病，糖尿病，癌症，药物滥用，神经科学，老年学，疼痛及其管理，发育障碍，以及健康和行为交叉的其他问题，对有色人种的健康和寿命产生不成比例的负面影响。这种系统性方法的特点是，它侧重于以协调和有计划的方式加强参与机构的能力，通过使用强调外联/定向、参与、辅导和学术支持/为教育过渡做准备的培训程序，在各级教育管道中发现、培养和肯定少数群体人才。（a）建立五个多机构区域英才中心，招聘、留住和培训对心理学生物医学研究感兴趣的有色人种学生，每个中心由一所研究型大学和两所为少数群体服务的机构组成;（B）实施一种具体的方法，加强中心各机构之间与少数群体的招聘、留用和培训有关的联系;（c）提供技术援助（多样性咨询和科学宣传），并促进其示范计划的实施和评估;（d）增加有兴趣在项目参与机构从事心理学生物医学研究职业的有色人种学生的人数，通过丰富的培训经验提高这些学生的保留率;（e）向全国所有心理学学术部门和其他适当的科学/专业协会和社团传播该项目的调查结果、程序和示范模式;及（f）记录及评估拟议的系统性方法及其后备培训程序对参与院校及学生的影响。