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: 7887079
• 负责人: SONSOLES DE LACALLE
• 金额: $ 19.45万
• 依托单位: CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-26 至 2011-08-25
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7887079
• 关键词: Would; like; scientist; Discover; Biomedical

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This NCRR Science Education Partnership Award titled "Would you like to be a scientist? 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 of their science, involving them in bringing science - particularly health-related discoveries - to the public. To achieve these goals, we propose the following specific aims: Specific Aim 1: To create a science outreach program run by undergraduates in biomedical sciences, directed towards fourth 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 among those who can provide not only the best scientific expertise, but also a model to imitate. This application 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 necessary to pursue science careers. Second, as of today minority students do not have access to appropriate role models because underrepresented minorities account for 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.

描述（由申请人提供）：这个NCRR科学教育伙伴关系奖，标题为“您想成为一名科学家？发现生物医学科学！”有两个相互关联的目标。一方面，它试图使儿童从内城小学接触到生物医学科学，并因此而鼓励他们在科学发现和医疗职业的兴奋中尽早鼓励他们。另一方面，它试图训练科学本科生成为其科学的良好沟通者，使他们参与将科学（尤其是与健康有关的发现）带到公众中。为了实现这些目标，我们提出了以下特定目标：具体目标1：创建由生物医学科学本科生开展的科学外展计划，针对四年级学生。该外展计划将有两个组成部分：a）以儿童法官为基础的“反向”科学博览会！我们过去使用过的神经科学展览会。这项活动将集中在神经科学概念上，并将为儿童提供学习经验，从而为大脑的工作原理以及大脑功能与行为的关系建立基础。 b）四年级学生与生物医学科学本科生之间的指导计划，在该课程中，大学生将与他们一起工作，并为小学儿童提供课程的科学部分的资源。具体目的2：建立公众的外展活动，将使用具有科学内容的电影对公众进行生物医学科学和其他与健康相关的主题进行教育，并由研究人员或临床医生讨论，不仅可以提供最佳科学专业知识，而且还可以提供一个模型来进行IMITTER。 该申请还解决了少数族裔健康和健康差异领域进步的关键障碍，这是有助于增加进入生物医学劳动力的人数不足的群体的数量。有两个原因。首先，城市公立学校的少数民族学生通常不会获得从事科学职业所需的必要学术技能。其次，到目前为止，少数族裔学生无法获得适当的榜样，因为美国医学院的全日制学术教师的比例不足以造成不成比例的低百分比（少于4％），并且即使在作为教职员工或学术生产力的指导成员或衡量指标的情况下，即使在调整了多年的时间后，也不太可能担任高级学术职级。参与我们的计划不仅将增加获得科学内容的机会并促使对孩子的兴趣增强，而且这将来自学生和教师“像他们一样的谈话，看起来像他们一样”，从而提供了与中心四年级学生可以与之相关的榜样。