INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC CAREER DEVELOPMENT

这个博士后研究和教育计划(PREP)结合了一个拥有350万人口的大城市地区内一所顶尖的国家研究型大学和五所顶尖的少数民族服务机构的教师，以提高在生物/生物医学科学领域取得成就的博士后研究员的数量和质量。该计划包括跨学科研究教育，为研究细胞和分子机制提供基础，并提供教学指导，包括教育学、课堂技术、本科生指导、阶梯教学经验、课程开发和基于网络的课程制作。该项目的教师拥有所需的专业知识，为杰出的博士后专业发展奠定了至关重要的基础。预科研究人员资金雄厚，有丰富的培训记录。预备教学导师具备卓越教学和卓越辅导的经验和资格。这些教师是这6所学校的13个生物科学系的成员。项目教职员工之间存在着许多互动，包括合作研究项目、联合研究小组会议以及共同参与研究生项目和博士后培训项目。PREP的目标是促进更多的机构间合作，更广泛的教员联合教学和研究项目，以及更多的校园之间的学生交流。PREP还试图通过记录其计划、实践、问题和成功以及课程和其他博士后专业发展资源的有用链接，为其他博士后教学和研究计划开发一个全国性的资源网站。一年一度的独立评估将提供反馈，以便PREP可以调整其重点和做法，以成功地实现其目标。

This Postdoctoral Research and Education Program (PREP) combines the faculties of one of the top national research universities and five of the top national minority servicing institutions within a large metropolitan area with 3.5 million people to increase the quantity and quality of post- doctoral fellows achieving careers in biological/biomedical sciences. The program includes interdisciplinary research education that provides the foundation for investigating cellular and molecular mechanisms and a teaching mentorship that includes instruction in pedagogy, classroom technologies, mentorship of undergraduates, laddered teaching experience, course development and production of web-based courses. The faculty in the program has the expertise required to provide the foundation that is critical for outstanding postdoctoral professional development. The PREP research faculty are well-funded with extensive training records. The PREP teaching mentors have the experience and credentials for teaching excellence and mentoring excellence. The faculty are members of 13 biological science departments in the 6 schools. There are many interactions among program faculty, including collaborative research projects, joint research group meetings and joint participation in graduate programs and postdoctoral training programs. PREP has a goal to foster greater inter-institutional cooperation, more extensive joint faculty teaching and research projects, as well as greater exchange of students among the campuses. PREP also seeks to develop a national resource web- site for other postdoctoral teaching and research programs by documenting its program, practices, problems and successes as well as courses and useful links to other resources for postdoctoral professional development. An annual independent evaluation will provide feedback so that PREP can adjust its emphasis and practices in order to successfully meet its goals.