Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity in Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences

描述(由申请者提供)：实现多样化的生物医学研究队伍对于有效地推进知识和创造创新的技术和治疗方法非常重要。为了减少医疗保健方面的差距，并将关键的社会和文化观点应用于与生物医学研究有关的问题，而这些群体在研究领域中的代表性通常较低，研究专业人员之间的多样性至关重要。一项新的最大化学生多样性倡议(IMSD)将使用两级方法来增加获得博士学位并从事生物医学和行为科学研究的未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)学生的数量。第一级将通过以下方式支持和培训35名本科生：(1)提供课程和研讨会，介绍学生探索生物医学和行为科学的潜在职业；(2)大幅加强我们目前的教育和专业发展活动；(3)扩大对有指导的研究机会的支持；以及(4)培训和准备他们注册并完成生物医学或行为研究的博士课程。第二层将为来自代表性不足群体的学生设立9个新的生物医学和行为研究研究生助学金。学生将获得IMSD两年的经济资助，随后的资助来自各自的系、外部资金或个人研究奖学金。我们提议的NIH IMSD项目将补充现有的非常成功的NSF资助的AGEP和NIH支持的桥梁和T32培训计划，通过教育连续统创建一个统一的计划。我们将为URM学生创造一个积极的探索环境，通过支持性的编程、指导和认可来完成生物医学和行为科学研究的博士学位，最终成为下一代的教员研究人员和榜样。 实现多样化的生物医学研究队伍对于有效地推进知识和创造创新的技术和治疗方法非常重要。为了减少医疗保健方面的差距，并将关键的社会和文化观点应用于与生物医学研究有关的问题，而这些群体在研究领域中的代表性通常较低，研究专业人员之间的多样性至关重要。在美国实现这一劳动力多样化的目标仍然是一项挑战，这项IMSD提案将解决这一问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Achieving a diverse biomedical research workforce is important to effectively advance knowledge and create innovative technologies and treatments. To reduce health care disparities and to bring critical social and cultural perspectives to bear on issues related to biomedical research among groups who are typically underrepresented in the research arena, diversity among research professionals is crucial. A new Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity (IMSD) will use a two-tier approach to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students who receive Ph.D. degrees and engage in research in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The first tier will support and train 35 undergraduate students by: (1) providing courses and seminars to introduce students to explore potential careers in biomedical and behavioral sciences; (2) substantially enhancing our current educational and professional development activities; (3) expanding support for mentored research opportunities; and (4) training and preparing them to enroll in and complete a Ph.D. program in biomedical or behavioral research. The second tier will create 9 new graduate student assistantships in biomedical and behavioral research for students from underrepresented groups. Students will receive two years of financial support from IMSD, with subsequent support coming from their respective departments, external funding, or individual research fellowships. Our proposed NIH IMSD project will complement existing and highly successful NSF-funded AGEP and NIH-supported Bridges and T32 training programs, creating a unified plan through the education continuum. We will foster a positive exploratory environment with supportive programming, guidance and recognition for URM students to complete Ph.D. degrees in biomedical and behavioral science research, to ultimately become the faculty researchers and role models for the next generation. Achieving a diverse biomedical research workforce is important to effectively advance knowledge and create innovative technologies and treatments. To reduce health care disparities and to bring critical social and cultural perspectives to bear on issues related to biomedical research among groups who are typically underrepresented in the research arena, diversity among research professionals is crucial. Realizing this goal of workforce diversity in the United States continues to be a challenge, one which this IMSD proposal will address.