Mercy College COR Program at Psychiatric Institute

梅西学院精神病学研究所 COR 项目

• 批准号: 7070534
• 负责人: James P Towey
• 金额: $ 16.3万
• 依托单位: MERCY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-07-01 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7070534
• 关键词: African American; Hispanic Americans; academic achievement; behavioral /social science research tag; career; continuing education; cooperative study; educational resource design /development; health science research; health science research potential; mental health education; mental health personnel; minority health professional; postgraduate education; training; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Consistent with goals for Healthy People 2010, Mercy College's Career Opportunities in Research Program aims to increase the numbers of underrepresented minority undergraduates who enter doctoral programs by continuing a mutually beneficial and successful collaboration between a major research center, New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University (PI) and a small liberal arts college, Mercy College (MC), whose undergraduates are primarily Hispanic (33%) and African-American (29%). This collaboration relies heavily on the institutions' mutual commitment to training and community service and the goal to foster success in minority students' achievement at the high school, baccalaureate, graduate and post-doctoral levels. Specific aims of the project would include: 1) identifying and recruiting cohorts of 5-10 MC undergraduate honor students who seek special research education at MC combined with collaborative research training at MC during their junior year and PI during the summer between junior and senior year as well as throughout senior year; thereby 2) enhancing MC students' qualifications to enter and complete doctoral programs in preparation for careers in mental health research; by 3) stressing during their COR training, which includes Education at MC (3 required courses) in conjunction with research training at MC (2 cooperative education courses) and PI (4 work study courses), the standard concepts and research skills that characterize modern investigators in mental health fields (e.g., scientific methodology, statistical analysis, and computer technology); 4) in addition to observing first-hand how mental health research is being conducted at PI, each COR Trainee will also emulate the research process from start to finish during his/her year long independent research project (i.e., Thesis Workshop) under the joint supervision of an individual Mercy Faculty Mentor and PI Mentor; and 5) each COR Trainee will concurrently receive expert advice and guidance concerning the selection and application process for graduate school admission. In part, this activity will be facilitated during a series of COR Meetings dedicated to Q/A sessions conducted by outside speakers with appropriate expertise, working in conjunction with MC's Career Development Center. Other institutional support includes special sessions for COR Trainees with staff from MC's Learning Center (e.g., to practice GRE exam, receive individualized tutoring) to special workshops by staff in MC's Computer Center for reinforcing the use of computers in research including literature searches on Medline or PsyclNFO, data analysis with SPSS and writing APA style reports. Lastly, COR trainees will be provided with research presentation and networking opportunities through their participation at national NIMH-COR Colloquiums, presentations at these and other scientific meetings, and opportunities for publication of their research results.

描述（申请人提供）：与2010年健康人的目标相一致，慈悲学院的研究计划的职业机会，旨在通过继续一个主要的研究中心，纽约州精神病研究所/哥伦比亚大学（PI）和一个小型文理学院之间的互利和成功的合作，增加进入博士课程的代表性不足的少数民族本科生的数量，慈悲学院（MC），其本科生主要是西班牙裔（33%）和非洲裔美国人（29%）。这种合作在很大程度上取决于各机构对培训和社区服务的共同承诺，以及促进少数群体学生在高中、学士、研究生和博士后各级取得成功的目标。该项目的具体目标将包括：1）确定和招募5-10 MC本科荣誉学生谁寻求在MC的特殊研究教育结合合作研究培训MC在他们的大三和PI在大三和大四之间的夏季以及整个高年级的队列;从而提高MC学生进入和完成博士课程的资格，为心理健康研究的职业生涯做准备;通过3）在COR培训期间强调，其中包括MC的教育（3门必修课程）与MC的研究培训相结合（2个合作教育课程）和PI（4个工作研究课程），标准概念和研究技能，特点是现代调查人员在心理健康领域（例如，科学方法、统计分析和计算机技术）; 4）除了观察PI如何进行心理健康研究的第一手资料外，每位COR实习生还将在他/她为期一年的独立研究项目中从头到尾模拟研究过程（即，论文研讨会）在一个单独的慈悲学院导师和PI导师的联合监督下;和5）每个COR培训生将同时接受有关研究生入学的选择和申请过程的专家建议和指导。在某种程度上，这项活动将在一系列COR会议期间得到促进，这些会议专门由具有适当专业知识的外部发言人与MC的职业发展中心合作进行Q/A会议。其他机构支持包括与MC学习中心的工作人员一起为COR学员举办特别会议（例如，参加由MC计算机中心工作人员举办的特别讲习班，以加强计算机在研究中的使用，包括Medline或PsyclNFO上的文献检索，SPSS数据分析和撰写阿帕风格的报告。最后，COR受训人员将通过参加国家NIMH-COR座谈会，在这些和其他科学会议上发表演讲，以及出版其研究成果的机会，获得研究演讲和建立联系的机会。