MBRS-RISE at UVI Option II: A New Vision

UVI 选项 II 的 MBRS-RISE：新愿景

• 批准号: 8152535
• 负责人: TERESA ANN TURNER
• 金额: $ 36.74万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-06-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8152535
• 关键词: Admission activity; Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral Sciences; Biology; Biomedical Research; Caribbean region; Chemistry; Communities; Control Groups; Development; Discipline of Nursing; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Background; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Environment; Environmental Impact; Ethnic group; Evaluation; Faculty; Foundations; Funding; Future; Goals; Health; Institution; Life; Marine Biology; Mathematics; Medical; Mentors; Methods; Minority; Motivation; Outcome; Play; Population; Positioning Attribute; Process; Program Development; Psychology; Public Health; Research; Research Personnel; Research Training; Role; Schools; Science; Scientist; Solid; Students; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; United States Virgin Islands; Universities; Vision; Visit; Work; career; college; computer science; design; experience; graduate student; health disparity; innovation; interest; member; minority health; next generation; programs; racial and ethnic; role model; socioeconomics; success; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MBRS-RISE Program at the University of the Virgin Islands proposes to contribute to the health of the Nation by preparing a unique population of undergraduate students for admission to highly selective doctoral programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. This will be accomplished by a program that combines training in research with developing students' motivation and commitment to scientific careers. The new vision for MBRS-RISE at UVI builds on a solid foundation of success: in the last 10 years 26 underrepresented minority UVI alumni have earned Ph.D. degrees. Since the RISE Program began, UVI has experienced dramatic changes; for example, since 2001 the number of Science and Mathematics graduates has doubled. The long term goals of the RISE Program at UVI are both to further transform the campus culture and to develop students' identities as biomedical researchers through connections to Caribbean heritage and the research needs of the community. This application proposes a program that engages students with innovative curriculum and co-curricular activities including research training and close partnerships with research- intensive institutions. A far-reaching, innovative program is needed at UVI to provide opportunities for the diverse student population to develop their potential to become leading biomedical researchers. UVI has an educational environment that will contribute to success, because there is a highly supportive administration including a new president with a new vision emphasizing student research, new partnerships with highly competitive research institutions, a large and growing pool of talented students, a number of new research programs that can work in synergy with RISE, and a small, supportive, collegial community. The specific aims are: (1) 100% of the RISE students graduate; 90% apply to pipeline programs in their senior year (PhD, masters, or post-baccalaureate programs); 65% enroll in doctoral programs within 4 years of UVI graduation; with 45% enrolling in PhD programs directly; (2) generate positive institutional change that impacts all students in RISE-relevant departments such that the percentage of students enrolling in doctoral programs increases in all departments. These objectives will be accomplished by an integrated program including: (1) development of a new RISE curriculum and faculty training in pedagogy, (2) activities designed to increase students' understanding of the biomedical research needs of the US Virgin Islands and minority communities nationally, (3) research training both on campus and at partner institutions and presentation of results at conferences, (4) visiting scientists to provide role models and networking, (5) special workshops designed to provide clear continuity to the next educational steps, and (6) a network of support including UVI faculty, RISE staff, and summer research mentors. The external evaluators will use a mixed methods design to provide rigorous formative and summative evaluation designed to compare students' development with a control group. The overarching vision is to catalyze an increasing commitment to research across the University. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This MBRS-RISE Program at the University of the Virgin Islands is relevant to public health because it will produce a group of highly trained, competitive students with the intellectual capacity, motivation, and commitment needed for success in highly selective doctoral programs and biomedical research careers. These University of the Virgin Islands students will develop innovative ideas needed for life-saving biomedical breakthroughs. Because these students have unique culture, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds, they will provide a different perspective from other researchers; this perspective may be the key to understanding environmental impacts on health, minority health disparities, and many other biomedical questions.

描述（由申请人提供）：维尔京群岛大学的MBRS-RISE计划旨在通过准备一个独特的本科生群体来为国家的健康做出贡献，以便进入生物医学和行为科学的高选择性博士课程。这将通过一项计划来实现，该计划将研究培训与发展学生的动机和对科学事业的承诺相结合。MBRS-RISE在UVI的新愿景建立在成功的坚实基础上：在过去的10年中，26名代表性不足的少数民族UVI校友获得了博士学位。度自RISE计划开始以来，UVI经历了巨大的变化;例如，自2001年以来，科学和数学毕业生的数量翻了一番。在UVI的RISE计划的长期目标是进一步改变校园文化，并通过连接到加勒比遗产和社区的研究需求，发展学生作为生物医学研究人员的身份。该申请提出了一个计划，让学生参与创新课程和课外活动，包括研究培训和与研究密集型机构的密切合作关系。UVI需要一个意义深远的创新计划，为多样化的学生群体提供机会，发展他们成为领先的生物医学研究人员的潜力。UVI有一个教育环境，这将有助于成功，因为有一个高度支持的管理，包括一个新的总统与一个新的愿景，强调学生的研究，与竞争激烈的研究机构的新伙伴关系，有才华的学生，一个大的和不断增长的人才库，一些新的研究计划，可以协同工作与上升，和一个小的，支持性的，合议社区。具体目标是：（1）100%的RISE学生毕业; 90%的学生在大四申请管道课程（博士，硕士或学士后课程）; 65%在UVI毕业后4年内参加博士课程; 45%直接参加博士课程;（2）产生积极的制度变革，影响所有学生在上升-有关部门，使学生的比例招收博士课程增加，在所有部门。这些目标将通过一个综合方案来实现，其中包括：（1）开发新的RISE课程和教师教学培训，（2）旨在提高学生对美属维尔京群岛和全国少数民族社区生物医学研究需求的理解的活动，（3）在校园和伙伴机构进行研究培训，并在会议上介绍成果，（4）访问科学家提供榜样和网络，（5）特别研讨会，旨在提供明确的连续性，以下一个教育步骤，和（6）支持网络，包括UVI教师，上升的工作人员，和夏季研究导师。外部评估人员将采用混合方法设计，提供严格的形成性和总结性评估，旨在将学生的发展与对照组进行比较。总体愿景是促进整个大学对研究的日益承诺。 公共卫生关系：维尔京群岛大学的MBRS-RISE计划与公共卫生有关，因为它将培养一批训练有素，有竞争力的学生，他们具有在高度选择性的博士课程和生物医学研究职业中取得成功所需的智力能力，动力和承诺。这些维尔京群岛大学的学生将开发拯救生命的生物医学突破所需的创新思想。因为这些学生有独特的文化，教育和社会经济背景，他们将提供一个不同的角度从其他研究人员;这种观点可能是理解环境对健康的影响，少数民族健康差异，和许多其他生物医学问题的关键。