Minority Biomedical Research Talent in Psychology

描述(由申请者提供)：这个持续的项目将利用一个主要科学/专业协会(美国心理协会)的组织资源，并展示在心理学生物医学研究职业的教育管道中增加有色人种人数的“系统方法”的有效性--特别是在诸如艾滋病、应激、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、发育障碍以及其他健康和行为交叉问题上的有效性，这些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。这一系统办法的特点是，其重点是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、指导和学术支持/教育过渡准备的培训程序，在教育渠道的所有各级发现、培养和确认少数群体人才。为支持这一目标，该项目有以下目标：(A)在招收、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方面建立五个多机构区域英才中心，每个中心由一所研究型大学和两个为少数群体服务的机构组成；(B)实施一种加强中心各机构之间与少数群体招募、保留和培训有关的联系的具体方法；(C)向区域中心提供技术援助(多样性咨询和科学咨询)，并促进其示范方案的实施和评估；(D)增加有兴趣在该项目参与机构从事心理学生物医学研究工作的有色人种学生人数，并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以及其他适当的科学/专业协会和.d协会传播该项目的结果、程序和示范模式；(F)记录和评估拟议的系统方法及其后续培训程序对参与机构和学生的影响。

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.