Mentoring For Success: Developing Fundamental Skills For Biomedical Research

这项申请的主要目标是增加生物医学和生物医学专业的学生数量 行为研究，通过扩大获得博士学位的机会和增加他们的参与 在我国的学术、研究、行政和领导职位上。西北大学，一所 拥有大量导师和校外研究支持的机构将吸引、留住、 准备和促进不同科学和社会领域的本科生和研究生的过渡- 经济背景进入生命和生物医学的博士后职位。我们将制定一项计划 为了增加这些科学领域的研究生的数量，他们有动力和 成功的证书，但缺乏成功完成其中一项所需的一些科学准备 西北大学的研究生课程(NUIN、IGP、IBIS、BME、CBE)。强者的力量 课程将在研究生的第一年为每个学生设计一个个性化的课程 学校要克服学业上的缺陷，并允许顺利完成特定的毕业生 在第二年开设核心课程。课程将辅以科学技能 课程，研究交流技能研讨会，延长研究轮换，以及教职员工和同行 促进辅导和辅导。将特别强调发展假说驱动的研究 通过参加专业课程和从事研究来提高写作和演讲技巧 和沟通导师。这将最大限度地增加成功完成博士学位的机会 学位，并将增加学生对外部奖学金或现有培训的任命的竞争力 补助金(T32)。最后，我们将为学生过渡到竞争激烈的博士后研究岗位做好准备 并在毕业后成功地参与领导职位。这些目标将会实现 通过要求学生在地方和国家会议上展示他们的研究成果，通过成为和 参与科学学会的活动，并定期发表科学发现。我们 预计该计划的成功将以同行评议出版物的质量和 在科学会议、研究和奖学金奖项上发表演讲，并成功过渡到 博士后研究和领导力研究在学术界和产业界的生活和生物医学职位 科学领域。

The key goal ofthis application is to increase the numbers ofunder/represented students in biomedical and behavioral research, bybroadening the opportunities to earn Ph.Ddegrees and to increase their participation in academic, research, administrative and leadership positions in our country. Northwestern University, an institution with a significantnumber of mentors with extramural research support, will attract, retain, prepare and facilitatethe transition of undergraduate and graduate students of diverse scientific and social- economic backgroundsinto postdoctoral positions in life and biomedical science. We will develop a program to increase the number of graduate students in these areas of science who have the motivation and credentials to succeed,but who lack some ofthe scientific preparation needed to successfully complete oneof the graduate programsat Northwestern University(NUIN, IGP,IBiS, BME, CBE). The strength of the program will be to design an individualized curriculum for each student during the first year in graduate school to overcomeacademicdeficiencies and to allowfor successful completion ofthe specific graduate program core courses during the second year. Courseworkwillbe complemented with a scientific skills course, research communicationskills workshops, extended research rotations, and faculty and peer facilitated tutoring and mentoring. Special emphasis willbe placed on developing hypothesis driven research proposals and on writingand presentation skills by attending specialized courses and workingwith research and communicationmentors. This will maximize the opportunities for successfulcompletion of their PhD degree, and will increase student competitiveness for external fellowships or appointment to existing training grants (T32). Finally, wewillprepare students to transition into competitivepostdoctoral research positions and to successfully participate in leadership positions beyond graduation. These goals willbe accomplished by requiring students to present their research at local and national meetings, by becoming members of and participating in the activities of scientificsocieties and by timelypublication of scientific findings. We anticipate that the success of the program willbe measured by the quality ofpeer review publications and presentations at scientific meetings, research and fellowship awards, and successful transition to postdoctoral research and leadership research positions in academia and industry in life and biomedical science areas.