University of MD Aging, Diversity, and Professional Training (ADAPT) Program

马里兰大学老龄化、多元化和专业培训 (ADAPT) 项目

• 批准号: 8551053
• 负责人: JAMES M HAGBERG
• 金额: $ 22.95万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-01 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8551053
• 关键词: Address; Admission activity; African American; Age; Aging; American; American Indians; Area; Awareness; Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Benchmarking; Biomedical Research; Commit; Communities; Data; Dimensions; Discipline; District of Columbia; Doctor' s Degree; Education; Education Projects; Elderly; Environment; Ethics; Ethnic Origin; Ethnic group; Faculty; Feedback; Funding; Future; Gender; Goals; Grant; Health; Healthcare; Healthy People 2020; Hispanics; Housing; Individual; Knowledge; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Latino; Lead; Life Experience; Maryland; Medical; Medicine; Mentors; Minority; Minority Groups; Mission; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Oral; Outcome; Population; Process; Production; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Public Health Schools; Qualifying; Race; Recommendation; Recruitment Activity; Relative (related person); Reporting; Research; Research Ethics; Research Personnel; Research Training; Running; Scholarship; Schools; Science; Strategic Planning; Students; Time; Training; Training Programs; Trust; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; age related; base; career; career development; community based participatory research; design; didactic education; experience; health disparity; improved; insight; low socioeconomic status; meetings; peer; posters; pre-doctoral; programs; research and development; skills; social; success; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to implement an Aging, Diversity and Professional Training (UM ADAPT) Program to provide underrepresented undergraduates with 2 yrs. of research, ethics, and career development training. Our overall aim is to increase diversity in individuals who choose careers in biomedical/behavioral research related to aging. Our specific objectives will be to: increase knowledge of landmark research on aging, enhance research skills and experience necessary to be competitive graduate school applicants in aging research, enhance awareness of the process, practice, and ethics of scientific research, prepare Trainees for graduate school and a research career, and provide quality mentoring. The program will extend over 2 consecutive yrs., including 2 academic yrs. and 2 concentrated summer experiences, with distinct activities each yr. Applicants will be recruited across the UM campus via numerous avenues. An Admissions Committee, including the Program Director, Co-Director and Coordinator, will select Trainees and match them with Mentors. Trainees will be provided with housing and remunerated during the Summer Concentrated Research Training Experience. Trainees will primarily focus on research closely integrated with that of their Mentor. Mentors will be selected from School of Public Health faculty with research programs in content areas highly relevant to NIA. The mix of Mentor expertise ranges from laboratory-based bench research to applied community-based and community participatory research. In addition to direct research experience, Trainees and the Directors will also meet frequently to discuss research-related issues, set research goals, interact with various academic professionals for dynamic exchanges about graduate school issues, and discuss classic research articles relevant to aging. During the summers, weekly sessions on either Ethics- (1st Yr. Trainees) or Research-Related (2nd Yr. Trainees) Training will be included. A 2nd Yr. /1st Yr. Peer Mentoring Program will also be implemented. Trainees will present their research in oral and poster formats at the end of each academic year and at the end of the summer session. Scientific, social, and cultural activities in the Washington, DC area will be planned. Extensive program evaluation will assess how well the program achieves pre-determined Benchmarks. Internal and External Advisory Boards will meet to review outcome data and make recommendations to improve and maintain program quality. In a similar but exclusively summer program run for the last 5 yrs. by the Program Director (UM STAR - Summer Training And Research), we met virtually all of our Benchmarks in our first 5 yrs. and made substantive changes to improve the Program based on the feedback from the Trainees, Mentors, and Internal and External Advisory Boards. We also had a substantial number of highly-diverse and highly- qualified individuals apply to UM STAR. Therefore, we very firmly believe we will be able to offer a unique and very beneficial 2 yr.-long research training and career development program to UM ADAPT Trainees.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议实施老龄化，多样性和专业培训（UM ADAPT）计划，为未被充分代表的本科生提供2年的培训。研究，道德和职业发展培训。我们的总体目标是增加选择与衰老相关的生物医学/行为研究职业的个人的多样性。我们的具体目标将是：增加对具有里程碑意义的老龄化研究的了解，提高研究技能和经验，使之成为具有竞争力的老龄研究研究生，提高对科学研究过程、实践和伦理的认识，为研究生学习和研究生涯做好准备，并提供优质的指导。该计划将持续两年以上。，包括2个学年。每年有两次集中的暑期体验，有不同的活动。申请者将通过多种途径在澳大校园招募。招生委员会，包括项目主任，联合主任和协调员，将选择学员，并将他们与导师匹配。实习生在暑期集中研究培训期间将获得住房和报酬。受训者将主要集中于与其导师密切结合的研究。