Minority Biomedical Research Talent in Psychology

描述（由申请人提供）：这个持续的项目将利用一个主要的科学/专业协会（美国心理学协会）的组织资源，并展示“系统方法”在增加有色人种在心理学生物医学研究职业教育管道中的数量方面的有效性——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、疼痛及其管理等热门领域。发育障碍，以及其他健康和行为交叉的问题对有色人种的健康和寿命产生了不成比例的负面影响。这种系统方法的特点在于，它注重以协调和有计划的方式加强参与机构的能力，通过使用强调外展/导向、参与、指导和学术支持/教育过渡准备的培训程序，识别、培养和肯定各级教育管道中的少数民族人才。为支持这一目标，该项目有以下目标：(a)建立五个多机构区域卓越中心，招收、保留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少数族裔服务机构组成；(b)执行一种具体方法，加强中心各机构在少数民族征聘、保留和培训方面的联系；(c)向区域中心提供技术援助（多样性咨询和科学建议），并促进其示范项目的实施和评估；(d)增加有色人种学生的人数，使他们有兴趣在项目参与机构从事心理学方面的生物医学研究，并通过丰富培训经验提高这些学生的保留率；(e)向全国所有心理学系和其他适当的科学/专业协会传播该项目的研究结果、程序和示范模型。d社会;(f)记录和评估建议的系统方法及其筹备中的培训程序对参与院校和学生的影响。

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.