MBRS RISE Program at the University of Texas at Brownsville

德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校的 MBRS RISE 项目

• 批准号: 7625310
• 负责人: ELDON L NELSON
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: UNIV/TEXAS BROWNSVILLE & SOUTHMOST COLL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-03-08 至 2012-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7625310
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Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Nelson, Eldon Lane INSTITUTIONAL SETTING AND GENERAL PLAN DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTITUTION Origin and development of the institution Located on the Texas-Mexico border at the southern tip of the state, the newest component of the University of Texas System, The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) and the oldest accredited public junior college in Texas, Texas Southmost College (TSC), have formed an innovative partnership (UTB/TSC) to meet the special educational needs of the region. This new "partnership" institution, created in 1991 by special state legislation and designated a "consolidated entity" by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), offers students the combined instructional, administrative, and support services of a comprehensive community college and an upper division and graduate university. Although the two institutions retain separate legal status along with separate funding sources and fee structures, UTB/TSC functions as one institution to maximize resources and offer combined educational programs as a single seamless curriculum. UTB/TSC is one school and is accredited as one institution. In the fall of 2002, the student enrollment at UTB/TSC totaled 9,974 of which 93% of the students qualified as minority members (1). UTB/TSC is internally composed of five schools: the College of Science, Mathematics and Technology (CSMT), the College of Liberal Arts, the School of Business, the School of Education, and the School of Health Sciences. Presently, CSMT offers ten certificate programs, four associate degree programs, six bachelor degree programs, and one Master of Science degree program. Within CSMT resides the RISE participating department (Biology). The average (fall/spring) enrollment for this one department nears 1,800 students per semester. Currently, a Bachelor of Science degree is being offered in Biology. A Master of Science Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Biology is also currently offered, and a Master of Science Degree in Biology has been developed and is pending UT System approval. UTB/TSC's innovative purpose and structure have been responsive to the educational challenges of the Rio Grande Valley. UTB/TSC operates with an open- admissions policy that enables it to provide a wide range of educational options to low-income, minority students, many of whom are first-generation college students. Our region is a largely Hispanic, an economically poor, and a relatively uneducated population. According the 2000 U.S. Census, the city of Brownsville's official population totaled 139,722 people. From 1990 - 2000, Brownsville was the third fastest growing city in the state of Texas at 41.2% and is projected to continue to grow at a phenomenal rate. Nevertheless, Brownsville was also listed as the poorest city in the U.S.A. amongst all cities with 100,000 or more populations. Coupled with the local economic situation, only 13.4% of our residents hold college degrees as compared to a national average of 24.4%. Only 55% of the population 25 years and older have even graduated from high school (2). The challenges of our area are great and the resources are sparse. Nevertheless, UTB/TSC believes that the strength of our region and our nation as well as our economy will triumph through education. Scholarly Activity Table 1 (page 78) summarizes and reveals the scholarly activity in terms of publications and grant applications made by and awarded to, the faculty of the participating department (Biology). The publication and grant success for this department's small faculty has been somewhat successful over the past few years, even though the focus of the institution has not been to research. Table 2 (page 78) more specifically identifies the research and scholarly activities over the last year (2002/03) of those faculty included as MBRS RISE Faculty in this grant proposal (Dr. Luis Colom, Dr. Yaima Garrido, Dr. Daniele Provenzano, Dr. Gerson Peltz, and Dr. Massoud Zarei). These five, relatively new (all hired within the past two years) faculty members have initiated a UTB/TSC publication and grant base upon which to enhance the professional productivity of our biomedical program. Colom, Peltz, and Zarei currently have grants awarded to UTB/TSC. UTB/TSC Demographic Information: PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) Page .5 ] __ Continuation Format Page PrincipInavelstigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Nelson, Eldon Lane Distribution of Students Table 3 (page 78) illustrates the overall student enrollments at UTB/TSC over the past four years. Of the 9,974 students enrolled in 2002, 93% are predominately Hispanic minority students and 91% of UTB/TSC graduate students enrolled are classified as Hispanic. Table 4 (page 78) shows that during the Fall 2002 semester, there were a total of 116 Biology majors of which 90% are classified as minority members; 89% are Hispanic. Distribution of Faculty Parallel to the growth in the student population, the minority faculty members at UTB/TSC have increased. Nearly 55% of our faculty are minority members, 49% are Hispanic (Table 5 page 78). Of those minority faculty members, 36%, are tenured which places UTB/TSC as one of the top most Hispanic institutions in Texas as rated by the Texas Higher Education Hispanic Report Card (3). Research activities at UTB/TSC: During the past four years, faculty members, particularly in CSMT, have initiated scientific research activity in the biology and physics departments. Current biomedical research and study is being conducted principally in Biology (funding through NIH and American Heart Association). The biology department includes a large percentage of minority faculty (Table 6 page 79) and has produced a small but significant amount of publications and grants applications as described earlier in Table 1. Currently, four of the biology department faculty have biomedical research experience: Luis V. Colom in neurosciences, Gerson Peltz in cancer studies and nutrition, Daniele Provenzano in Microbial Pathogenesis, Molecular Biology of Prokaryotes, and Applied Genomics, Masoud Zarei in cardiovascular studies. Yaima Garrido also in neurosciences will also join UTB/TSC in Fall 2003. UTB/TSC's Commitment The Institution's Commitment to the Hiring of Underrepresented Minority Faculty In the May 6, 2002 edition of Hispanic Outlook (4), UTB was listed with the highest percentage of Hispanic faculty of any university in the nation at 37.9% (These figures did not include community colleges, therefore did not include our community college faculty that would have increased the UTB/TSC percentage to approximately 48% Hispanic). The January 2003 report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (3) listed UTB and TSC as among the two highest rated two-year and four-year institutions in the State with regard to number of Hispanic faculty, percentage of full-time Hispanic faculty, the number of Hispanic students, the percentage of Hispanic students, the ratio comparison of Hispanic faculty to Hispanic students, and the number and percentage of degrees awarded to Hispanics. A primary objective for UTB/TSC is to promote and facilitate faculty development in research. The high percentage of Hispanic faculty in the institution as a whole and in the participating departments stands as evidence of the institution's commitment to hiring of underrepresented minority faculty (see Tables 5 and 6 pages 78-79). Although new to biomedical research, UTB/TSC is strongly committed to hiring a cadre of scholars who can enhance the curriculum and the research infrastructure of the institution. UTB/TSC requires that the faculty be engaged continually in its own development or improvement, and believes that growth is mandatory for faculty, as well as students. It recognizes, also, its responsibility, not only to require that the faculty advance professionally, but to also facilitate such advancement. This young university's objective, in this regard, is to promote and facilitate faculty development in teaching, research or scholarship, and service. The standard set, as articulated clearly in its policies on merit, promotion and tenure, is that faculty attain a high level of achievement in teaching, research/scholarship, and service to the professions, as well as to the university and the community. The university is dedicated to increase faculty/student minority representation in the fields of medicine and biomedical research. Institution Commitment to the Training of Underrepresented Minority Students UTB/TSC places particular emphasis on integrating appropriate resources from its graduate, research, and service programs into its undergraduate curriculum, in order to enhance student educational experiences and PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) Page 52 Continuation Format Page Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Nelson, Eldon Lane to motivate students to pursue programs of service. The university is committed to serving the professional communities represented by its academic programs, while also assisting local government, local businesses, and community groups in addressing the problems of the region. Special attention is given to in-service training for public school teachers and enrichment programs and counseling services for students who would not otherwise have an opportunity for pursuing college study. The "open-admissions" policy of the institution provides opportunities for those that "competitive entrance" would deny. The institution is supported by a major grant from the U. S. Department of Education - Title V - Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions Program which has as its major thrust, increasing retention through improving academic programs, especially for students in developmental and gatekeeper courses within an integrated program of faculty development and student support services. Through this program, 60 faculty have been given training in research based learning theory and methodologies, learning styles, ESL methodologies, mentoring, retention issues, and use of technology in the classroom. Over one hundred students received peer tutor training and 4,463 student contacts were recorded in the Learning Assistance Center. The Learning Assistance Center provides students with help with tutoring in many academic subject areas, supplemental instruction programs and specific programs in reading, writing, English language skills, and mathematics. UTB/TSC also has an Academic Computing Center, a newly opened Counseling Center, a Media Center, and a Center for Career Development, which makes available career counseling, planning and placement services to students from all academic departments. Some undergraduate students have been given opportunities and support for participation in research projects through the National Science Foundation - Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program (AMP), but most students do not currently have these opportunities. As a part of the AMP program, in the spring of 2001 the institution held its third annual student research day symposium in which students made presentations of their research projects. Unified Plan Currently UTB/TSC has made an application to the MBRS SCORE Program and is awaiting review. These two programs, the RISE and the SCORE will indeed complement each other and will both greatly expand our research capabilities as well as provide our students with opportunities to explore biomedical research and its related fields. If the SCORE is funded, it will provide to laboratory opportunities to graduate students. If the RISE is funded, it will provide additional laboratory opportunities to undergraduate students who may then have the opportunity to continue their experiences into the UTB/TSC SCORE program. The SCORE requests assistance to renovate our 2 nd floor facilities for research labs; whereas this RISE requests funding for renovating the first floor general laboratory into faculty/student biomedical research laboratories. Whereas, there may be some overlap of support requested between the SCORE and RISE proposals, these will be easily and fairly addressed if both proposals are successful. ANTICIPATED VALUE OF THE PROPOSED MBRS RISE PROGRAM TO THE INSTITUTION Until the last two years, UTB/TSC had seen little activity in research among its faculty. A few of the faculty made some presentations, had some publication activity in the science fields and but very little sponsored research activity. In forming this new university, most of the faculty in the sciences came from the community college (TSC) and were exclusively teachers as the teaching loads were full-time without research expectations, though scholarly writing was encouraged. In the last four years, however, the faculty has been somewhat transformed, i.e., new faculty and department chairs with research history and grant productivity were hired. This transformation was initiated within the physics department, but has since included the biological and health sciences areas with some effect (Table 1 page 78). Within the last 18 months, four faculty members active in biomedical research have been added to the Biology Department faculty. UTB/TSC faculty in the sciences have since obtained grant support form public and private agencies and foundations including: The National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, NASA, the American Heart Association, the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, the Welch Foundation and Kellogg Foundation. Additionally, the UTHSC-Houston School of Public Health has opened a branch on the PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) Page 53 Continuation Format Page

首席研究员/计划主任（最后，第一，中间）：尼尔森，埃尔登·莱恩 机构设定和一般计划 机构的描述 机构的起源与发展 位于该州南端的德克萨斯 - 墨西哥边界，是该大学的最新组成部分 得克萨斯州系统，德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔大学（UTB）和最古老的公立初中学院 德克萨斯州德克萨斯州最南学院（TSC）已成立了创新的合作伙伴关系（UTB/TSC） 该地区的特殊教育需求。这个新的“合作伙伴”机构，由特殊国家于1991年创建 立法并指定了南部大学协会的“合并实体” （SACS），为学生提供全面的教学，行政和支持服务 社区学院，上层和研究生大学。 尽管这两个机构保留了单独的法律地位以及单独的资金来源和费用 结构，UTB/TSC充当最大化资源并提供联合教育的一个机构 作为单个无缝课程的程序。 UTB/TSC是一所学校，被认可为一个机构。在 2002年秋天，UTB/TSC的学生入学人数为9,974，其中93％的学生有资格 少数民族成员（1）。 UTB/TSC在内部由五所学校组成：科学学院数学学院 和技术（CSMT），文科学院，商学院，教育学院和 卫生科学学院。目前，CSMT提供十个证书计划，四个副学士学位课程， 六个学士学位课程和一项科学硕士课程。在CSMT中驻留着上升 参与部门（生物学）。该部门的平均（秋季/春季）入学率接近1,800 每个学期的学生。目前，正在为生物学提供理学学士学位。大师 目前还提供了跨学科研究的科学学位，目前还提供了生物学的专注 已经开发了生物学理学硕士学位，并正在等待UT系统批准。 UTB/TSC的创新目的和结构对里约热内卢的教育挑战做出了反应 格兰德山谷。 UTB/TSC采用开放式政策，使其能够提供广泛的范围 低收入，少数族裔学生的教育选择，其中许多是第一代大学生。我们的 地区主要是西班牙裔，经济贫穷，是一个相对未受过教育的人口。根据2000年 美国人口普查，布朗斯维尔市的官方人口总计139,722人。从1990年至2000年， 布朗斯维尔是德克萨斯州增长最快的城市，占41.2％，预计将继续 以惊人的速度生长。尽管如此，布朗斯维尔也被列为美国最贫穷的城市。 在所有人口100,000或更多的城市中。再加上当地的经济状况，只有13.4％ 我们的居民拥有大学学位，而全国平均水平为24.4％。只有55％的人口 25岁以上甚至从高中毕业（2）。我们地区的挑战很大， 资源很少。尽管如此，UTB/TSC认为我们地区和我们国家的实力也 随着我们的经济将通过教育胜利。 学术活性 表1（第78页）总结并揭示了出版物和授予申请的学术活动 由参与系学院（生物学）制作并授予。出版物和赠款 在过去的几年中，该部门的小教师的成功在某种程度上取得了成功 尽管该机构的重点不是研究。 表2（第78页）更具体地确定了去年的研究和学术活动（2002/03） 在这项赠款提案中，这些教师包括MBRS RISE教师（Luis Colom博士，Yaima Garrido博士，博士 Daniele Provenzano，Gerson Peltz博士和Massoud Zarei博士。这五个，相对较新（全部被雇用 过去两年）教职员工发起了UTB/TSC出版物和授予基础，以增强它 我们生物医学计划的专业生产力。 Colom，Peltz和Zarei目前已授予赠款 到UTB/TSC。 UTB/TSC人口统计信息： PHS 398/2590（Rev. 05/01）页.5] __延续格式页面 PrincipinavelStigator/Program总监（最后，第一，中间）：Nelson，Eldon Lane 学生分发 表3（第78页）说明了过去四年中UTB/TSC的总学生入学率。 9,974 2002年入学的学生，有93％是西班牙裔少数民族学生，占UTB/TSC毕业生的91％ 入学的学生被归类为西班牙裔。 表4（第78页）表明，在2002年秋季学期，共有116个生物学专业 90％被归类为少数成员； 89％是西班牙裔。 教师的分布 UTB/TSC的少数族裔教职员工与学生人数的增长平行。 我们近55％的教职员工是少数成员，49％是西班牙裔（表5第78页）。那些少数 36％的教职员工终身是将UTB/TSC置于最高的西班牙裔机构之一 得克萨斯州被德克萨斯州高等教育西班牙裔报告卡评级（3）。 UTB/TSC的研究活动： 在过去的四年中，教职员工，尤其是在CSMT中，都发起了科学研究活动 生物学和物理部门。当前的生物医学研究和研究主要是在 生物学（通过NIH和美国心脏协会提供资金）。生物学部包括一个大型 少数族裔的百分比（表6第79页），并且产生了少量但大量的 出版物和赠款申请如表1所述。目前，生物学部门的四个 教师具有生物医学研究经验：Luis V. Colom在神经科学中，癌症研究中的Gerson Peltz 和营养，Daniele Provenzano在微生物发病机理中，原核生物的分子生物学和应用 基因组学，Masoud Zarei在心血管研究中。 Yaima Garrido在神经科学中也将加入 UTB/TSC于2003年秋季。 UTB/TSC的承诺 该机构致力于雇用代表性不足的少数群体的承诺 在2002年5月6日的西班牙裔前景（4）中，UTB被列为西班牙裔比例最高 美国任何大学的教师占37.9％（这些数字不包括社区学院，因此 不包括我们的社区大学教师，它会将UTB/TSC百分比提高到 大约48％的西班牙裔）。得克萨斯州高等教育协调委员会的2003年1月报告（3） 列出的UTB和TSC是该州的两个最高评级为两年和四年制的机构之一 对于西班牙裔教师的数量，全职西班牙裔教师的百分比，西班牙裔学生的人数， 西班牙裔学生的百分比，西班牙裔教职员工与西班牙裔学生的比较比较 授予西班牙裔学位的数量和百分比。 UTB/TSC的主要目标是促进和 促进研究中的教师发展。整个机构中西班牙裔教师比例很高 并且在参与部门中是该机构致力于雇用的证据 代表性不足的少数族裔教师（请参阅表5和6页78-79）。 尽管是生物医学研究的新知识，但UTB/TSC强烈致力于雇用一群可以 增强机构的课程和研究基础设施。 UTB/TSC要求教师 不断从事自己的发展或改进，并认为教师的增长是必须的 以及学生。它也承认其责任，不仅要求教师进步 专业，但也可以促进这种进步。在这方面，这位年轻大学的目标是 在教学，研究或奖学金和服务方面促进和促进教师发展。标准集， 正如其优点，晋升和任期的政策中清楚地表达的那样，教师获得了高水平 在教学，研究/奖学金和为职业以及大学和大学的服务方面取得成就 社区。该大学致力于增加教职员工/学生少数群体的代表 医学和生物医学研究。 机构致力于培训代表性不足的少数民族学生 UTB/TSC特别强调从其毕业生，研究和 为了增强学生的教育经验和 PHS 398/2590（修订版05/01）第52页延续格式页面 首席研究员/计划主任（最后，第一，中间）：尼尔森，埃尔登·莱恩 激励学生追求服务计划。大学致力于为专业人士服务 以其学术计划代表的社区，同时还协助地方政府，当地企业 和社区团体解决该地区的问题。特别注意服务中 为公立学校教师和丰富计划和咨询服务培训 否则没有机会进行大学学习。机构的“开放式”政策 为那些“竞争入口”否认的人提供机会。 该机构得到了美国教育部的一笔重大赠款 - 标题V-开发 西班牙裔服务机构计划，该计划具有重大推力，通过改进来增加保留率 学术课程，尤其是针对综合发展的发展和守门员课程的学生 教师发展和学生支持服务计划。通过这个计划，有60位教职员工 在基于研究的学习理论和方法中进行培训，学习方式，ESL方法论， 在课堂上指导，保留问题和技术使用。一百多名学生 在学习援助中心记录了同伴导师培训和4,463个学生联系人。学习 援助中心为学生提供在许多学科领域的帮助，补充的帮助 教学计划和阅读，写作，英语技能和数学方面的特定程序。 UTB/TSC还设有一个学术计算中心，一个新开放的咨询中心，媒体中心和 职业发展中心，可提供职业咨询，计划和安置服务 给所有学术部门的学生。 一些本科生获得了参与研究项目的机会和支持 通过国家科学基金会 - 路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与计划（AMP），但 大多数学生目前没有这些机会。作为AMP计划的一部分，在2001年春季 该机构举行了第三届年度学生研究日研讨会 他们的研究项目。 统一计划 目前，UTB/TSC已向MBRS得分计划提出了申请，并正在等待评论。这些 两个程序，上升和分数确实会相互补充，并且都将大大扩展我们 研究能力以及为我们的学生提供探索生物医学研究及其的机会 相关字段。如果分数是资助的，它将为研究生提供实验室机会。如果是 崛起是资助的，它将为本科生提供更多的实验室机会 有机会将他们的经验继续进入UTB/TSC得分计划。分数请求 协助翻新我们的研究实验室2楼的设施；而这个崛起请求资金 将一楼的总实验室翻新为教师/学生生物医学研究实验室。然而， 分数和上升建议之间可能需要一些支持的重叠，这些将是 如果这两个建议都成功，那么轻松，公平地解决。 拟议的MBRS RISE计划的预期价值 直到最近两年，UTB/TSC在其教职员工中的研究中几乎没有活动。一些教师 做了一些演讲，在科学领域进行了一些出版活动，但很少有人赞助 研究活动。在组建这所新大学时，科学的大多数教师都来自社区 大学（TSC），是教师，因为没有研究的教学负荷是全日制的 期望，尽管学术写作受到鼓励。然而，在过去的四年中，教师一直在 有些转变，即具有研究历史和授予生产力的新教师和部门主席 被录用。这种转变是在物理部内开始的，但此后包括 生物学和健康科学领域具有一定作用（表1第78页）。在过去的18个月内，四个 活跃于生物医学研究的教职员工已添加到生物学系教师中。 UTB/TSC 此后，科学的教师获得了公共和私人机构和基金会的赠款支持。 包括：美国国立科学基金会，国防部国家卫生研究院， 美国宇航局，美国心脏协会，德克萨斯州经济地质局，韦尔奇基金会和 凯洛格基金会。此外，UTHSC-HOSTON公共卫生学院还在 PHS 398/2590（修订版05/01）第53页延续格式页面