Biology of Human: Understanding Ourselves through the Lens of Current Biomedical

人类生物学：通过当前生物医学的视角了解我们自己

• 批准号: 8699290
• 负责人: Judy Diamond
• 金额: $ 25.9万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8699290
• 关键词: Adult; Awareness; Behavior; Biodiversity; Biological Process; Biology; Biomedical Research; Books; Cells; Centers of Research Excellence; Communicable Diseases; Communities; Community Health; Complement; Critiques; Development; Diagnosis; Disease; Education and Outreach; Educational Materials; Environment; Funding; General Population; Goals; Health; Health Sciences; Human; Human Biology; Individual; Learning; Librarians; Life; Literature; Museums; National Center for Research Resources; Nebraska; Parents; Personal Satisfaction; Process; Program Development; Request for Applications; Research; Research Personnel; Research Support; Resources; Science; Shapes; Social Psychology; Students; Surveys; Tablets; Teacher Professional Development; Techniques; Training; Trees; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Virus; Work; Youth; aged; base; design; empowered; essays; experience; human disease; innovation; interest; lens; microorganism; prevent; programs; research and development; response; science education; teacher; tool; virology; web site; young adult

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The pace of change at which youth and the general public are educated about new biomedical perspectives, strategies, and tools is glacial. Health classes, the primary means for introducing youth to the biology of infectious disease, have changed little during the past half century, often focusing on training youth to behave in less personally destructive ways. Decades of research support the long-term benefits of educating youth and adults about basic human biology and its relationship to health and disease - so they may become equipped and empowered to make educated decisions to guide their behavior. Thus, this application requests SEPA program support to enable a consortium of experienced science educators, biomedical and sociological researchers, and science journalists to develop Biology of Human - Understanding Ourselves through the Lens of Current Biomedical Research. This innovative, learning research-based science education program is strategically designed to increase awareness of and understanding about new biomedical research developments pertaining to human biology. Biology of Human will provide a sophisticated science education outreach package for students aged 11 to 15 and adults, including parents, teachers, and librarians. The project's goal is to leverage the latest biomedical information and innovations, a dynamic suite of educational and dissemination strategies, and research-driven approach grounded in social psychology to broadly educate youth and adults about human biology. A team led by the University of Nebraska State Museum, the Bureau of Sociological Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the NIH/NCRR-funded Nebraska Center for Virology (a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence) will work with science writer Carl Zimmer and others to complete three specific aims: 1) stimulate interest in and understanding of biomedical research's importance to diverse individuals' health, communities, and environments; 2) establish partnerships among science educators, biomedical researchers, science journalists, and others to create dynamic educational resources focused on biomedical research developments and human biology; and 3) increase youths' interest in biomedical science. Biology of Human will provide adults and youth with several simultaneous, complementary options for learning about how biomedical research has helped us understand human biology. Associated learning objects include essays, books and blogs; entertaining and scientifically accurate mobile and tablet apps; activities and graphic stories; and a Web site oriented to the public and educators with sections that complement and support the project's professional development programs. More than 175,000 youth and adults are expected to be directly impacted through this effort.

描述（由申请人提供）：年轻人和公众接受新的生物医学观点、策略和工具的教育的变化速度非常缓慢。健康课程是向年轻人介绍传染病生物学的主要手段，在过去的半个世纪中几乎没有变化，通常侧重于训练年轻人以较少的个人破坏性方式行事。数十年的研究表明，对青少年和成年人进行基础人类生物学及其与健康和疾病的关系的教育具有长期效益，因此他们可能有能力并有权做出明智的决定来指导他们的行为。因此，本申请请求 SEPA 计划支持，以使经验丰富的科学教育者、生物医学和社会学研究人员以及科学记者组成的联盟能够开发人类生物学 - 通过当前生物医学研究的视角了解我们自己。这一创新的、以学习研究为基础的科学教育计划的战略目的是提高人们对与人类生物学有关的新生物医学研究进展的认识和理解。人类生物学将为 11 至 15 岁的学生和成年人（包括家长、教师和图书馆员）提供复杂的科学教育推广方案。该项目的目标是利用最新的生物医学信息和创新、一套动态的教育和传播策略以及基于社会心理学的研究驱动方法，广泛教育年轻人和成年人有关人类生物学的知识。由内布拉斯加州大学博物馆、内布拉斯加大学林肯分校社会学研究局和 NIH/NCRR 资助的内布拉斯加州病毒学中心（生物医学研究卓越中心）领导的团队将与科普作家 Carl Zimmer 等人合作，以完成三个具体目标：1）激发人们对生物医学研究对不同个人的健康、社区和环境的重要性的兴趣和理解； 2) 在科学教育者、生物医学研究人员、科学记者和其他人员之间建立伙伴关系，创建专注于生物医学研究发展和人类生物学的动态教育资源； 3）提高青少年对生物医学的兴趣。 《人类生物学》将为成人和青少年提供多种同步、互补的选择，让他们了解生物医学研究如何帮助我们了解人类生物学。相关学习对象包括论文、书籍和博客；有趣且科学准确的移动和平板电脑应用程序；活动和图画故事；一个面向公众和教育工作者的网站，其中包含补充和支持该项目的专业发展计划的部分。预计超过 175,000 名青少年和成年人将通过这一努力受到直接影响。