Vanderbilt/Meharry Initiative for Minority Student Dvpt

这项由梅哈里医学中心和范德比尔特大学提出的IMSD提案旨在帮助增加弱势少数民族进入科学职业的人数。实现这一目标的概念和机制是在范德比尔特/梅哈里联盟的框架内构建的，这是一所一流研究型大学和一所历史悠久的黑人医学院在临床护理、生物医学研究和研究培训方面广泛互动的独特承诺。我们的目标是保持这两所学校独特的有益特征，同时促进两所学校共同开展研究和教育。IMSD的提案设想将两组少数民族学生聚集在两所学校的一个广泛指导的环境中。第一组是学士学位后项目的成员，由未来对研究事业感兴趣但希望更多地接触科学的学生组成。除了研究经验之外，该项目还提供了广泛的指导，指导这些学生在这一努力中取得成功所必需的承诺和策略。这个项目将从6到18个月的长度。第二类是刚刚进入范德比尔特/梅哈里跨学科研究生课程的学生，包括大量来自范德比尔特和梅哈里新娘到博士课程的学生。设想的方法是，当许多少数民族学生感到压力和挑战时，在教育机构、学习策略和对实验室指导和科学文献的严重依赖方面，往往是一个非常不熟悉的新环境，通过提供支持，促进后来发展成为杰出的研究科学家。所要求的大部分资金用于学生支持和相关的教师释放时间。然而，我们预计在这个项目期间，两个联盟机构之间将形成新的结构和互动。这在很大程度上取决于每个机构的教育组成部分之间的支持性和响应性互动，这一要求的一部分也是支持联盟的这一方面。

This IMSD proposal from Meharry Medical Center and Vanderbilt University is designed to help increase the number of disadvantaged minorities entering careers in science. The concept and mechanism for attaining this goal are constructed within the framework of the Vanderbilt/Meharry Alliance, a unique commitment on behalf of a front rank research university and a historically Black medical school to interact extensively on clinical care, biomedical research and research training. The goal is to preserve the unique beneficial characteristics of these two schools while leading to enhanced research and education at both institutions acting together. This IMSD proposal envisages bringing together two groups of minority students into an extensively mentored environment at the two schools. The first group would be members of a post baccalaureate program consisting of students with a future interest in a research career but would like more exposure to hands on science. In addition to research experience, this program provides extensive mentoring about the commitment and strategies necessary for such students to succeed in this endeavor. This program would be from 6 to 18 months in length. The second group would be students who have just matriculated into the Vanderbilt/Meharry Interdisciplinary Graduate programs, including a significant number fro Vanderbilt and from Meharry Brides to the Doctorate programs. The approach envisaged is that which would facilitate a subsequent development into outstanding research scientists by providing support at a time when many minority students feel stressed and challenged by what is often a highly unfamiliar new environment in terms of the educational institution, the learning strategies and the heavy dependence on laboratory instruction and the scientific literature. Much of the requested funding is directed towards student support and to associated faculty release time. However, we anticipate that new structures and interactions will be formed between the two alliance institutions during the time of this program. Much will depend upon a supportive and responsive interaction between the educational components of each institution and a part of this request is also to support this aspect of the Alliance.