Mercy College COR Program at Psychiatric Institute

描述(由申请者提供)：与2010年健康人目标一致，仁慈学院的研究机会计划旨在通过继续主要研究中心纽约州精神病学研究所/哥伦比亚大学(PI)和小型文科学院仁慈学院(MC)之间互惠互利的成功合作，增加进入博士课程的少数族裔本科生的数量，该学院的本科生主要是西班牙裔(33%)和非裔美国人(29%)。这种合作在很大程度上依赖于各机构对培训和社区服务的相互承诺，以及促进少数族裔学生在高中、学士学位、研究生和博士后水平取得成功的目标。该项目的具体目标将包括：1)确定和招募5-10名MC本科生，他们在三年级期间在MC寻求特殊研究教育并在MC寻求合作研究培训，在初三和四年级的暑假期间在PI寻求合作研究培训；从而提高MC学生进入并完成博士课程的资格，为从事心理健康研究的职业做准备；3)在COR培训期间--包括MC的教育(3门必修课程)和MC的研究培训(2门合作教育课程)和PI(4门勤工俭学课程)--强调心理健康领域现代研究人员的标准概念和研究技能(如科学方法论、统计分析和计算机技术)；4)除了亲身观察私立学校如何进行精神健康研究外，每名COR学员亦会在其为期一年的独立研究项目(即论文工作坊)期间，在个别仁济学院导师及PI导师的共同督导下，自始至终模拟研究过程；及5)每名COR学员将同时接受有关遴选及申请研究生入学程序的专家意见及指导。在一定程度上，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者与MC的职业发展中心合作举办的问答会议。其他机构支持包括与MC学习中心的工作人员一起为COR受训人员举办的特别会议(例如，练习GRE考试、接受个性化辅导)到MC计算机中心工作人员举办的特别研讨会，以加强计算机在研究中的使用，包括在Medline或SquclNFO上进行文献搜索、使用SPSS进行数据分析和撰写APA风格的报告。最后，COR受训人员将通过参加国家NIMH-COR学术讨论会、在这些和其他科学会议上的发言以及发表其研究成果的机会，获得研究报告和建立网络的机会。

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.