Would you like to be a scientist? Discover Biomedical Sciences! - Phase I/II

你想成为一名科学家吗？

• 批准号: 7373360
• 负责人: SONSOLES DE LACALLE
• 金额: $ 4.64万
• 依托单位: CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-22 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7373360
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This NCRR Science Education Partnership Award titled "Wouldyou like to be ascientist? Discover Biomedical Sciences!" has two interrelated goals. On the one hand, it seeks to expose children from inner- city elementary schools to the biomedical sciences, and, as a consequence, encourage them early on with the excitement of scientific discovery and health careers. On the other hand, it seeks to train science undergraduates to become good communicators oftheir science, involving them in bringing science - particularly health-related discoveries - to the public. To achieve these goals, we propose thefollowing specific aims: Specific Aim 1: To create a science outreach program run bv undergraduates in biomedical sciences, directed towardsfourth grade students. This outreach program will have two components: A) a reverse" science fair, modeled after the Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fairs that we have used in the past. This activity will be focused in neuroscience concepts, and will provide children with learning experiences that will establish the foundation for broad understanding of how the brain works and how brain functioning relates to behavior. B) a mentoring program between the 4th graders and the Biomedical Sciences undergraduates, whereby the college students will work with, and serve as a resource for the elementary school children for the science portion of their curriculum. Specific Aim 2: To establish a public outreach activity that will educate the general public on biomedical sciences and other health-related topics, using films with a scientific content, discussed by researcher or clinician chosen amongthose who can provide not only the best scientific expertise, but also a model to imitate. This proposal also addresses a critical barrier to progress in the field of minority health and health disparities, by contributing to increase the number of members of underrepresented groups that enter the biomedical workforce. There are two reasons for this. First, minority students in urban public schools often do not acquire essential academic skills necessaryto pursue science careers. Second, as of today minority students do not have access to appropriate role models because underrepresented minorities accountfor a disproportionately low percentage of full time academic faculty (less than 4%) at US medical schools, and are less likely to hold senior academic rank even after adjusting for years as a faculty member or measures of academic productivity. Participation in our program will serve not only to increase access to science content and spur heightened interest in the children, but also this will come from students and faculty that 'talk like them and look like them', providing role models to whom the inner-city 4th graders can relate to.

这是NCRR科学教育合作伙伴奖，题为“你想成为一名科学家吗？ 《生物医学科学！》有两个相互关联的目标。一方面，它寻求让孩子们从内心-- 向城市小学提供生物医学科学，因此，鼓励他们及早 科学发现和健康事业的兴奋。另一方面，它寻求培训科学 本科生成为他们科学的良好传播者，让他们参与到带来科学- 尤其是与健康相关的发现--向公众开放。为了实现这些目标，我们提出了以下建议 具体目标：具体目标1：创建一个科学推广计划，面向生物医学本科生 理科，面向四年级学生。这一外联方案将有两个组成部分：a)a) 反向“科学博览会，模仿儿童评委！我们过去用过的神经科学博览会。这个 活动将集中在神经科学概念上，并将为孩子们提供学习经验，将 为广泛了解大脑如何工作以及大脑功能如何与 行为。B)四年级学生和生物医学本科生之间的辅导计划， 因此，大学生将与小学生一起工作，并成为小学生的资源 他们课程中的科学部分。具体目标2：建立一项公共外联活动， 在生物医学科学和其他与健康相关的主题上教育公众，使用具有 科学内容，由研究人员或临床医生从那些不仅能提供 最好的科学专长，也是一个可以模仿的模型。 该提案还解决了在少数群体健康和健康领域取得进展的一个关键障碍。 不平等，通过促进增加进入 生物医学工作人员。造成这种情况的原因有两个。首先，城市公立学校的少数民族学生经常 不具备从事科学事业所需的必要学术技能。第二，到今天为止，少数族裔 学生没有机会获得适当的榜样，因为代表不足的少数族裔占了 美国医学院全职教职员工的比例极低(不到4%)，以及 即使在作为教员或措施调整了多年后，也不太可能拥有高级学术级别 学术效率的提高。参与我们的计划不仅有助于增加对科学的了解 内容和刺激提高了对孩子的兴趣，这也将来自于学生和教职员工 “说话要像他们，看起来也要像他们”，为市中心的四年级学生提供了榜样，让他们产生共鸣。