Biomedical Science Education Postdoctoral Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本机构研究和学术职业发展奖 (IRACDA) 申请解决了两个相关问题：生物医学科学研究中代表性不足的少数群体 (URM) 代表性不足，以及缺乏培养大学培养的博士生的发展计划。科学家在本科院校担任科学家教育工作者。为了解决这些问题，我们建议在新泽西医学与牙科大学罗伯特伍德约翰逊医学院 (UMDNJ-RWJMS) 创建生物医学科学教育博士后培训计划，该计划将培训博士后研究员成为研究人员和教育工作者，并使他们有机会在附近 3 个少数族裔服务机构 (MSI) 教授和指导本科生：新泽西城市大学、长岛大学布鲁克林校区和纽约城市大学梅德加埃弗斯学院。纽约。该提案有两个具体目标：1）准备最近的博士学位。教育工作者和生物医学科学家职业的获奖者，以及 2) 提高 3 所 MSI 合作学校的本科生对生物医学科学职业的兴趣。拟议的计划将是一个为期 3 年的结构化博士后培训计划，每年招收 5 名学员，即第 3-5 年培训学员总数达到 15 名。学员将参加 NIH 资助的实验室的指导性研究、结构化职业发展计划以及合作伙伴 MSI 的指导性教学和课程开发计划。每个 MSI 的指导教师将与博士后学员和 UMDNJ-RWJMS 的教师密切合作。 MSI教师与研究型大学教师的互动以及博士后学员积极参与教学和指导学生将增强学生的科学发展和科学职业道路意识。该计划将通过增加 MSI 学生进入 STEM 专业和保留率、增加学生申请和进入指导本科研究项目以及增加对研究职业的兴趣（通过 GRE 考试和申请并进入研究生教育来衡量）来评估；还将评估 RWJMS 学员进入教育/研究职业的增加情况。 相关性（参见说明）：本提案旨在在新泽西州 JW 约翰逊医学院医学与牙科大学建立生物医学科学教育博士后培训项目。该计划将准备最近的博士学位。本科院校教育家/科学家职业的获奖者，并将增加 3 个合作伙伴少数族裔服务机构中代表性不足的少数族裔学生进入研究职业的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application for an Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) addresses two related problems: The inadequate representation of underrepresented minorities (URM's) in biomedical science research and the lack of developmental programs to prepare university-trained Ph.D. scientists for careers as scientist educators in undergraduate colleges. To address these problems, we propose to create a Biomedical Science Education Postdoctoral Training Program at University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ-RWJMS), which will train postdoctoral fellows to be researchers and educators, and will give them the opportunity to teach and mentor undergraduate trainees at 3 nearby Minority Serving Institutions (MSI's): New Jersey City University, Long Island University -Brooklyn Campus and Medgar Evers College of the City University of NY. The proposal has two Specific Aims: 1) To prepare recent Ph.D. recipients for careers as educators and biomedical scientists, and 2) To increase the interest of undergraduates at the 3 MSI partner schools in careers in the biomedical sciences. The proposed program will be a structured 3-year postdoctoral training program for 5 trainees per year, i.e., reaching a total of 15 in years 3-5. The trainees will participate in mentored research in NIH-funded laboratories, a structured career development program, and a mentored teaching and course development program at a partner MSI. The mentoring faculty at each MSI will work closely with the postdoctoral trainees and the faculty at UMDNJ-RWJMS. Interaction of MSI faculty with faculty at a research-intensive university and active participation of the postdoctoral trainees in teaching and mentoring students will enhance the students' scientific development and awareness of scientific career pathways. This program will be evaluated by increased entry and retention of MSI students into STEM majors, increased student application and entry into mentored undergraduate research programs, and increased interest in research careers, as measured by taking the GRE and applying to and entering graduate education; increased entry of RWJMS trainees into education/ research careers will also be evaluated. RELEVANCE (See instructions): This proposal is to establish a Biomedical Science Education Postdoctoral Training Program at University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ-JW Johnson Medical School. This program will prepare recent Ph.D. recipients for careers as educator/scientists at undergraduate colleges, and will increase the entry of underrepresented minority students at 3 partner Minority Serving Institutions into research careers.