UW Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)

华盛顿大学学士后研究教育计划 (PREP)

• 批准号: 8228011
• 负责人: Gabriele Varani
• 金额: $ 33.95万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-02-14 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8228011
• 关键词: Address; Admission activity; Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; Clinical; Commit; Communication; Complex; Development; Disabled Persons; Doctor of Medicine; Doctor of Philosophy; Economically Deprived Population; Education; Enrollment; Ensure; Evaluation; Evaluation Research; Faculty; Failure; Fostering; Foundations; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Funding; Goals; Institution; Journals; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Literature; Measures; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority; Minority Groups; Modification; Monitor; Oral; Paper; Population; Postdoctoral Fellow; Preparation; Program Effectiveness; Qualifying; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resolution; Schools; Science; Scientist; Students; Supervision; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; United States; Universities; Washington; Writing; career; college; doctoral student; experience; health disparity; instrument; interdisciplinary approach; interest; meetings; posters; programs; public health relevance; skills; social; success

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The scientific workforce in biomedical research is chronically underrepresented in certain populations. While the reasons for this failure are many and complex, major research universities have also failed to recruit and retain enough underrepresented minority (URM) students, particularly at the doctoral level. This proposal aims to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups in biomedical graduate programs by introducing a one year program that will provide research experiences and mentorship to recent graduates with baccalaureate degrees in the sciences and from underrepresented populations The basic hypothesis underlying this proposal is that an intense experience in research is the best preparation for successful application to graduate school and then for a successful graduate career. Therefore, the foundation of this training plan is a group of highly accomplished and well-funded research laboratories at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; all participating scientists have shown past commitment to mentor underrepresented undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students. Existing highly successful Ph.D. training programs in biomedical research, combined with several successful recent efforts aimed at recruiting underrepresented groups at the University of Washington, provide a strong foundation for this PREP program. The training will consist of one year in an academic research laboratory under the supervision of two mentors with related but not identical research interests. The trainees will pursue a hypothesis-driven research project through an interdisciplinary approach enabled by the dual mentorship. This core research experience will be supplemented with training to increase scientific skills in writing, oral presentations and in the interpretation of the scientific literature. Additionally, the trainees will receive supplemental didactic training to fill any outstanding gap in their scientific preparation. Self-confidence and scientific identity will be fostered through a variety of scientific and social forums within the group of trainees and with existing URM groups at the University of Washington. A set of rigorous evaluation instruments will be created to objectively measure their progress and to guide improvements in the program. The central goals of the program are to ensure that all of the trainees apply for graduate school admission, that at least 75% of them enter graduate school, and to ensure that they are optimally prepared for success in a Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. program at a research-intensive institution. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The goal of the UW PREP is to annually recruit eight students from an underrepresented background to a post- baccalaureate program that will prepare them for success in graduate school in the biomedical sciences. The trainees will engage in a one-year intensive research project in a field of interest, under the supervision of two faculty mentors with complementary expertise. The students will also receive training in scientific writing and communication. We anticipate that all of the trainees will apply for admission into graduate school, during their tenure in the program and at least 75% of them will be accepted. A rigorous set of indicators will be employed to evaluate the long-term success of the program.

描述(由申请人提供)：生物医学研究中的科学劳动力在某些人群中长期代表性不足。虽然这一失败的原因是多方面的和复杂的，但主要的研究型大学也未能招收和留住足够多的代表不足的少数族裔(URM)学生，特别是博士生。这项建议旨在通过引入一年制课程来增加生物医学研究生课程中来自未被充分代表群体的学生的数量，该计划将为获得科学学士学位的应届毕业生和来自未被充分代表群体的学生提供研究经验和指导。该建议背后的基本假设是，强烈的研究经验是成功申请研究生院和成功毕业生涯的最佳准备。因此，这一培训计划的基础是华盛顿大学和弗雷德·哈钦森癌症研究中心的一批高成就和资金充足的研究实验室；所有参与培训的科学家过去都承诺指导代表不足的本科生、研究生和博士后。现有非常成功的生物医学研究博士培训计划，再加上最近几次成功的努力，旨在招募华盛顿大学代表不足的群体，为这一预备计划提供了坚实的基础。培训将包括在学术研究实验室进行一年的培训，由两名具有相关但不相同的研究兴趣的导师监督。受训者将通过双重指导下的跨学科方法进行假设驱动的研究项目。这一核心研究经验将辅以培训，以提高写作、口头陈述和解释科学文献的科学技能。此外，受训者将接受补充的教学培训，以填补他们在科学准备方面的任何突出差距。自信心和科学认同感将通过受训者群体内的各种科学和社会论坛以及与华盛顿大学现有的URM小组进行培养。将创建一套严格的评估工具，客观地衡量它们的进展情况，并指导方案的改进。该计划的中心目标是确保所有学员都申请研究生院入学，其中至少75%进入研究生院，并确保他们为在研究密集型机构攻读博士或医学博士/博士课程做好最佳准备。 与公共健康相关：威斯康星州大学预科项目的目标是每年招收8名来自代表性较低背景的学生参加学士学位后项目，为他们在生物医学科学研究生院取得成功做好准备。学员将在两名具有互补专业知识的教师导师的指导下，在感兴趣的领域进行为期一年的密集研究项目。这些学生还将接受科学写作和交流方面的培训。我们预计，所有学员将在他们的任期内申请进入研究生院，其中至少75%将被录取。将使用一套严格的指标来评估该计划的长期成功。