Minority Program for Society of Toxicology Meeting

毒理学会会议少数派计划

• 批准号: 8257403
• 负责人: Jose E Manautou
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-05 至 2013-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8257403
• 关键词: Academia; Access to Information; Adverse effects; Area; Awareness; Biological Products; Career Choice; Case Study; Chemicals; Discipline; Ecosystem; Education; Employment; Environment; Environmental Health; Evaluation; Exercise; Exposure to; Faculty; Future; Government; Health; Hearing; Industry; Institution; Internships; Laboratory Research; Learning; Life; Mentors; Methods; Minority; Organism; Participant; Population; Problem-Based Learning; Public Health; Recording of previous events; Research; Resources; Risk; San Francisco; Schools; Science; Societies; Students; Talents; Toxicology; Training; Travel; Work; base; career; experience; follow-up; graduate student; interest; lectures; meetings; parity; peer; posters; prevent; programs; science education; undergraduate education; undergraduate student; web site

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Society of Toxicology's Undergraduate Education Program for Minority Students will include 30 undergraduate students and 5 faculty advisors from groups that are underrepresented in the sciences. The number of minority students pursuing graduate school in the sciences is far from parity with their proportion among the US population, and the Society of Toxicology strongly supports efforts to increase the diversity of the scientific workforce. Selected from a national pool of applicants, these students and advisors will receive travel support and participate in a 2.5-day program March 10-12, 2012, in San Francisco, CA, in conjunction with the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting. The aims of this program are to 1) increase awareness of undergraduate students majoring in science and science advisors at undergraduate institutions about career choices and opportunities in toxicology and 2) increase interest of undergraduate students in graduate biomedical education and motivate students to obtain research experience especially that pertinent to toxicology. Participants will hear specially selected lectures from toxicologists whose work exemplifies high profile diverse research interests, participate in research poster sessions, and meet with academic program directors and internship sponsors. Participants are assigned to small groups, composed of graduate student peer mentors and toxicologist host-mentors who provide informal interaction and mentoring. Potential career choices are examined in a panel discussion will featuring toxicologists who share experiences in different employment sectors (academia, government, and industry). The program is based on the experience from, and evaluation and refinement of, activities across the 22-year history of the Undergraduate Education Program. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Toxicology is a discipline and profession that is dedicated to identifying the adverse effects of chemical, physical and biological agents on living organisms and the ecosystem, and to prevent and ameliorate such adverse effects. The SOT Undergraduate Education Program for Minority Students supports a critical need during the undergraduate years to encourage students to apply to graduate school in the biomedical sciences and strengthen the pipeline of future toxicologists. Apart from further developing the talent pool, this program benefits public and environmental health by advancing research to protect society and the environment from adverse health risks resulting from exposures to hazardous agents.

描述（由申请人提供）：毒理学协会针对少数族裔学生的本科教育计划将包括30名本科生和5位科学中代表性不足的团体的教师顾问。在科学中攻读研究生院的少数族裔学生的人数与美国人口中的比例差异很大，毒理学协会强烈支持努力增加科学劳动力的多样性。这些学生和顾问从全国申请人池中选出，将获得旅行支持，并参加2012年3月10日至12日在加利福尼亚州旧金山的计划，并与毒理学协会（SOT）年会一起参加。该计划的目的是1）提高对本科机构科学和科学顾问专业的本科生的认识，并在毒理学中对职业选择和机会以及2）增加本科生在研究生生物医学教育中的兴趣，并激励学生获得与毒理学有关的研究经验。参与者将听取毒理学家的特殊讲座，这些讲座的工作体现了备受瞩目的多样化研究兴趣，参加研究海报会议，并与学术计划主管和实习赞助商会面。参与者被分配到小组，由研究生的同伴导师和毒理学家主持人组成，他们提供非正式的互动和指导。在小组讨论中检查了潜在的职业选择，这些讨论将以分享不同就业领域（学术界，政府和工业）经验的毒理学家的特征。该计划基于本科教育计划22年历史上的活动的经验，评估和改进。 公共卫生相关性：毒理学是一项学科和专业，致力于确定化学，物理和生物学因子对生物体和生态系统的不利影响，并预防和改善这种不利影响。在本科生中，针对少数族裔学生的SOT本科教育计划支持至关重要的需求，以鼓励学生申请生物医学科学的研究生院，并加强未来毒理学家的管道。除了进一步发展人才库外，该计划还通过推进研究来保护社会和环境免受暴露于危险代理而导致的不利健康风险，从而使公众和环境健康受益。