NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY MBRS RISE TO EXCELLENCE PROGRAM

新墨西哥州立大学 MBRS 卓越计划

• 批准号: 8114181
• 负责人: ELBA E SERRANO
• 金额: $ 107.28万
• 依托单位: NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LAS CRUCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8114181
• 关键词: Benchmarking; Biomedical Research; Communication; Communities; Community Health; Development; Disease; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational workshop; Electronics; Elements; Enrollment; Ensure; Evaluation; Experimental Designs; Faculty; Fellowship; Fostering; Genome; Genomics; Goals; Grant; Hispanics; Human; Institution; Internships; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Lead; Leadership; Learning; Life; Medicinal Plants; Mentors; Minority; Monitor; New Mexico; Oral; Outcome; Participant; Pathway interactions; Personal Satisfaction; Population; Positioning Attribute; Preparation; Productivity; Program Evaluation; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Role; Science; Scientist; Series; Solutions; Staging; Students; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Work; Writing; base; biobehavior; career; college; design; experience; global environment; graduate student; health disparity; innovation; member; oral communication; pre-doctoral; programs; public health relevance; skills

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of the New Mexico State University RISE to Excellence Program is to diversify the community of health scientists by furthering the completion of Ph.D. degrees by students who are members of groups underrepresented in biomedical and biobehavioral research. NMSU is uniquely positioned to achieve this goal because of the institution's status as a doctoral, research-intensive, land grant, minority (Hispanic) serving university with a diverse student population and a cadre of accomplished mentors. The NMSU RISE program aspires to provide research opportunities for students, especially those who have faced barriers or obstacles in pursuit of a research career, and to aid students in discovering and fulfilling their scientific potential. Three student development activities are proposed. Activity 1, RISE to the Doctorate, will provide individually mentored laboratory research experiences and professional skills development for RISE Undergraduate Scholars. A1 will enable the entry of 50% of the undergraduate participants to a Ph.D. program, and another 25% to postbaccalaureate or MS programs. Activity 2, RISE to the Postdoctorate, will provide individually mentored laboratory research experiences and professional skills development for RISE Graduate Scholars who are matriculated into Ph.D. programs. A2 will facilitate the completion of a Ph.D. by 90% of the predoctoral Scholars and their subsequent entry to postdoctoral research positions. Activity 3, RISE Team Discovery Workshops, will provide three inquiry-based team research experiences during the summer for undergraduate and graduate students: Medicinal Plants of the Southwest, will recruit non-majors to biomedical research; Genomics Discovery, will retain science students in research who are near graduation and have not had a mentored laboratory experience; Health Disparities, will motivate and inspire RISE students by emphasizing the relevance of research for the well-being of their communities. Students in the NMSU RISE Program are prepared for the next step of their career through laboratory experiences, seminars, professional skills workshops, and courses in research dynamics and experimental design. Students also receive formal education in responsible conduct in research that is reinforced by a seminar series. Special emphasis is placed on the development of strong written and oral communication skills, on the preparation of an electronic professional portfolio that is reviewed yearly by a faculty committee, and on submission of fellowship and internship applications by all students, as appropriate for their career stage. Assessment and evaluation of program activities are integrated into the design and continual refinement of programmatic elements. A distinguishing feature of the NMSU RISE program is the commitment of RISE mentors to work collaboratively to identify mentoring practices that promote recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students to the Ph.D.. A yearly Leadership Retreat will provide a forum for students and mentors to discuss issues of identity, community, and the role of scientists, especially those from underrepresented groups, as biomedical researchers and leaders in a challenging global environment. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Fostering excellence in a diverse research workforce can lead to more innovative solutions to challenging biomedical problems. Increasing the numbers of highly trained Ph.D. recipients from traditionally underrepresented groups ensures that the scientific community has the broadest capacity and most robust potential to find treatments for diseases and disorders that impair the quality of human life, such as those that are associated with health disparities between populations.

描述(由申请者提供)：新墨西哥州立大学卓越崛起计划的长期目标是通过促进在生物医学和生物行为研究中代表性不足的学生完成博士学位来使健康科学家社区多样化。NMSU在实现这一目标方面具有得天独厚的优势，因为该校是一所博士生、研究密集型、土地赠款、少数族裔(西班牙裔)服务的大学，拥有多样化的学生人口和一批出色的导师。NMSU Rise计划致力于为学生提供研究机会，特别是那些在追求研究职业生涯中面临障碍或障碍的学生，并帮助学生发现和实现他们的科学潜力。提出了三项学生发展活动。活动1，上升为博士学位，将为RISE本科生学者提供个人指导的实验室研究经验和专业技能发展。A1将允许50%的本科生参与者进入博士课程，另外25%的人进入学士学位后或硕士课程。活动2，上升到博士后，将为RISE研究生学者提供个别指导的实验室研究经验和专业技能发展，这些学者被录取到博士项目。A2将促进90%的博士后学者完成博士学位并随后进入博士后研究岗位。活动3，RISE团队发现讲习班，将在暑期为本科生和研究生提供三个以探究为基础的团队研究体验：西南药用植物将招募非主修生物医学研究的学生；基因组学发现，将留住即将毕业且没有指导实验室经验的理科学生进行研究；健康差异，将通过强调研究与其社区福祉的相关性，激励和激励RISE学生。NMSU RISE计划的学生通过实验室经验、研讨会、专业技能研讨会和研究动力学和实验设计课程为下一步的职业生涯做好准备。学生们还接受在研究中负责任的行为的正式教育，并通过一系列研讨会得到加强。课程特别强调发展良好的书面和口头沟通能力，编制电子专业档案，每年由一个教员委员会审查，并根据学生的职业发展阶段，向所有学生提交奖学金和实习申请。方案活动的评估和评价纳入了方案要素的设计和持续改进。NMSU RISE项目的一个显著特点是，RISE导师承诺合作确定指导实践，以促进招收和保留未被充分代表的少数族裔学生攻读博士学位。一年一度的领导力务虚会将为学生和导师提供一个论坛，讨论身份、社区和科学家的角色等问题，特别是那些来自代表不足的群体的科学家，作为具有挑战性的全球环境中的生物医学研究人员和领导者。 与公共卫生相关：在多样化的研究队伍中培养优秀人才可以带来更具创新性的解决方案，以应对具有挑战性的生物医学问题。增加来自传统代表性不足群体的训练有素的博士获得者人数，确保科学界拥有最广泛的能力和最强大的潜力，找到损害人类生活质量的疾病和障碍的治疗方法，例如与人口之间健康差距有关的疾病和障碍。