The University of Iowa IMSD: Iowa Biosciences Advantage

描述(由申请人提供)：爱荷华州生物科学优势(IBA)计划由爱荷华大学(UI)最大化学生发展(IMSD)拨款倡议支持下运作。它的使命是识别和有竞争力地培养有学术天赋的未被充分代表的少数民族(URM)本科生，他们渴望在生物医学、行为和生物物理科学领域从事研究工作。对于这些学生，IBA项目通过以下方式促进进入博士项目：1)为每个学生量身定做学习计划，以最大限度地提高学术成绩；2)在伊利诺伊大学巨大的生物科学研究机会中提供具有竞争力和相关性的研究培训体验；3)确保进入专注于专业发展的综合四年路径。在上一个资助期间，IBA毕业生进入博士项目的比例从11%增加到15%。最初，我们的主要困难在于，如何辨别有志于从事研究工作的本科生和有志于从事医疗工作的本科生。尽管有指导的研究一直被学生们列为项目中最有回报的方面，但在研究生院学习的时间长，以及无法进行基于患者的研究，阻碍了他们追求博士学位。在拟议的项目期间，我们的目标是在IBA计划中现有的成功倡议的基础上进行扩展，并进一步增加由IBA计划发起但将是制度性的翻译科学博士和证书计划的快车道。I具体目标1，IBA将通过培养学生对研究生教育和学术/研究职业的认识和兴趣，并通过关注学术和研究发展，提高每个学生申请生物科学博士项目的成功率，确保博士前培训的成功准备。具体目标2将开发和实施博士项目快速通道试点，以促进生物医学、行为或生物物理科学博士项目的及早录取和完成。这将需要允许竞争激烈的IBA学者在本科学习第三年后进入微生物学或生物化学博士课程，同时完成本科学位和研究生学位第一年。具体目标3将开发一个本科翻译科学证书课程，为学生从本科研究过渡到CTSA资助的机构或其他进行翻译研究的机构专注于临床和翻译研究的博士课程做好准备。IBA将利用教职员工在外展、选拔、本科生发展理论和研究、博士培训、基于T32的研究资助、职业发展、翻译研究、负责任的研究行为、指导和项目评估方面的专业知识，将至少60%的IBA毕业生直接进入博士课程作为成功的基准。 与公共健康相关：爱荷华大学学生发展最大化倡议(IMSD)是一个本科项目，旨在帮助全国努力增加从事生物医学、行为和生物物理研究的少数族裔教师、研究人员和学生的数量。该计划让参与者在大学一年级就开始研究，并与教师导师配对，让他们在整个本科任期内进行研究，并为选定的学生开始博士学习提供提前录取部分。该计划提供持续和密集的学术和研究支持，以努力提高少数族裔进入博士研究计划的可能性和录取率。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Iowa Biosciences Advantage (IBA) program operates under the aegis of The University of Iowa (UI) Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) grant. Its mission is to identify and competitively train academically talented underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduates who have aspirations for research careers in the biomedical, behavioral, and biophysical sciences. For these students, the IBA program facilitates entry into doctoral programs by: 1) tailoring the plan of study for each studen to maximize academic performance, 2) providing a competitive and relevant research training experience from among the vast bioscience research opportunities at the UI, and 3) assuring access to a comprehensive four-year path focused on professional development. In the last funding period, the percentage of IBA graduates matriculating into doctorate programs has increased from 11% to 15%. Initially, our main difficulty was in the identification of undergraduate students with aspirations for careers in research versus the health professions. Despite the fact the mentored research is consistently ranked by the students as the most rewarding aspect of the program, the length of time in graduate school and the inability to perform patient based research hindered their pursuit of doctoral degrees. In the proposed project period, our goal is to expand on the successful initiatives currently in place in the IBA program, and to further add a fast-track path to the doctorate and a Certificate program in Translational Sciences that are initiated by the IBA program but will be institutional in nature. I Specific Aim 1, IBA will ensure successful preparation for pre-doctoral training, by fostering students' awareness of and interest in graduate education and academic/research careers, and enhancing the success of each student's application to doctoral programs in the biosciences by focusing on both academic and research development. Specific Aim 2 will develop and implement a pilot for a fast track to the doctorate program that would facilitate early admission into and completion of a doctoral program in the biomedical, behavioral, or biophysical sciences at UI. This will entail allowing highly competitive IBA Scholars to enter a doctoral program in Microbiology or Biochemistry after their third year of undergraduate study, simultaneously completing the undergraduate degree and the first year of a graduate degree. Specific Aim 3 will develop an undergraduate Translational Sciences Certificate program that would prepare students to transition from undergraduate research into doctoral programs focused on clinical and translational studies at CTSA-funded institutions, or other institutions that conduct translational studies. Utilizing faculty and staff expertise in outreach, selection, undergraduate student development theory and research, doctoral training, T32-based and other research funding, career development, translational research, responsible conduct in research, mentoring, and program evaluation, the IBA will benchmark success with at least 60% of IBA graduates going directly into doctoral programs. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The University of Iowa Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) is an undergraduate program that contributes to the national effort of increasing the numbers of underrepresented minority faculty, investigators and students engaged in biomedical and behavioral and biophysical research. The program introduces participants to research as early as their first year of college and matches them with faculty mentors to conduct research throughout their undergraduate tenure, and offers an early admission component for select students to begin doctoral studies. This program provides ongoing and intense academic and research support in an effort to increase the likelihood and rate of matriculation among underrepresented minorities to doctoral research programs.