Integrated Partnership for Education Training and Mentoring to the Doctorate

描述(由申请者提供)：德克萨斯AandM大学-Corpus Christi将与四家研究密集型机构合作，制定战略，帮助未被充分代表的学生完成学士学位并进入生物医学和行为学博士课程。长期目标是满足增加科学工作者多样性的迫切需要，从而拓宽确定研究需要的视角，并促进当前研究范式的变化，特别是在健康差距方面。短期目标是 建立合作伙伴关系以开发具有竞争力的构建应用程序。这些目标解决了生物医学和行为研究中的一个关键障碍：科学工作者缺乏多样性。 实现这些目标支持NIH的使命，包括代表不足的研究人员的观点和经验，以改善基础知识，将这些知识应用于健康，并减少疾病负担。该项目的具体目标是：扩大现有的合作伙伴关系，包括其他机构，合作制定侧重于招募和留住未被充分代表的学生进入生物医学和行为职业的战略，并通过11个多学科调查人员的定期双月会议，将这些战略组织到BUILD奖的竞争性申请中。合作伙伴将评估和设计投资于学生和教师的计划。将在调查和焦点小组中评估现有学生、教师和拥有博士学位的毕业生的观点、需求和需求，以确定使生物医学和行为劳动力多样化的最佳实践。这些计划将开发有效和高效的指导、充实和研究活动，以吸引、鼓励和定位学生进入研究生院学习。这些计划将加强机构伙伴关系，加强基础设施，并提高教师指导技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Texas AandM University-Corpus Christi will partner with four research-intense institutions to develop strategies enabling underrepresented students to complete bachelor's degrees and matriculate into biomedical and behavioral PhD programs. The long-term goal is to address the compelling need to increase diversity in the scientific workforce, thus broadening perspectives in identifying research needs and effecting a catalytic change in the current research paradigm, particularly in health disparities. The short-term goal is building a partnership to develop a competitive BUILD application. These goals address a key roadblock in biomedical and behavioral research: the lack of diversity in the scientific workforce. Achieving these goals supports the NIH mission by including the perspectives and experiences of underrepresented researchers to improve fundamental knowledge, apply that knowledge to health and reduce the burden of illness. The Specific Aim of the project is to: Expand existing partnerships to include other institutions, collaborate to develop strategies focused on the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students into biomedical and behavioral careers and organize these strategies into a competitive application for a BUILD award Through regular bimonthly meeting of the 11 multi-disciplinary investigators, the partners will evaluate and design programs to invest in both students and faculty. The perspectives, wants and needs of current students, faculty and graduates who hold PhD degrees will be assessed in surveys and focus groups to determine best practices for diversifying the biomedical and behavioral workforce. These programs will develop effective and efficient mentoring, enrichment and research activities to engage, encourage and position students for graduate school. These programs will strengthen institutional partnerships, bolster infrastructure and enhance faculty mentoring skills.