Biomedical Science Education Postdoctoral Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：这份机构研究和学术职业发展奖(IRACDA)的申请涉及两个相关问题：生物医学研究中代表性不足的少数群体(URM)的代表性不足，以及缺乏发展计划来为大学培训的博士科学家在本科学院担任科学家教育工作者做准备。为了解决这些问题，我们提议在新泽西州医学与牙科大学罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊医学院(UMDNJ-RWJMS)设立生物医学科学教育博士后培训计划(UMDNJ-RWJMS)，该计划将培训博士后研究员成为研究人员和教育工作者，并让他们有机会在附近的三所少数族裔服务机构(MSI)教授和指导本科生：新泽西城市大学、长岛大学布鲁克林校区和纽约城市大学梅德加·埃弗斯学院。该提案有两个具体目标：1)为新近获得博士学位的学生做好从事教育和生物医学科学家职业的准备；2)提高3所MSI合作学校的本科生对生物医学科学职业的兴趣。拟议的方案将是一个为期3年的结构化博士后培训方案，每年为5名学员提供培训，即在3-5年内总共培训15名学员。学员将参加NIH资助的实验室的指导性研究、结构化的职业发展计划，以及合作伙伴MSI的指导式教学和课程发展计划。每个MSI的指导教师将与博士后实习生和UMDNJ-RWJMS的教师密切合作。MSI教职员工与研究密集型大学教师的互动，以及博士后实习生积极参与教学和指导学生，将增强学生的科学发展和对科学职业道路的认识。该计划将通过以下几个方面进行评估：MSI学生进入和保留STEM专业，增加学生申请和进入有指导的本科生研究项目，以及通过参加GRE和申请和进入研究生教育来衡量对研究职业的兴趣；还将评估RWJMS受训人员进入教育/研究职业的增加。 相关性(见说明)：这项建议是在新泽西州JW约翰逊医学院的医学和牙科大学设立生物医学科学教育博士后培训计划。该计划将为新近获得博士学位的学生在本科院校从事教育/科学家职业生涯做好准备，并将增加3所合作少数民族服务机构中未被充分代表的少数族裔学生进入研究职业生涯。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application for an Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) addresses two related problems: The inadequate representation of underrepresented minorities (URM's) in biomedical science research and the lack of developmental programs to prepare university-trained Ph.D. scientists for careers as scientist educators in undergraduate colleges. To address these problems, we propose to create a Biomedical Science Education Postdoctoral Training Program at University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ-RWJMS), which will train postdoctoral fellows to be researchers and educators, and will give them the opportunity to teach and mentor undergraduate trainees at 3 nearby Minority Serving Institutions (MSI's): New Jersey City University, Long Island University -Brooklyn Campus and Medgar Evers College of the City University of NY. The proposal has two Specific Aims: 1) To prepare recent Ph.D. recipients for careers as educators and biomedical scientists, and 2) To increase the interest of undergraduates at the 3 MSI partner schools in careers in the biomedical sciences. The proposed program will be a structured 3-year postdoctoral training program for 5 trainees per year, i.e., reaching a total of 15 in years 3-5. The trainees will participate in mentored research in NIH-funded laboratories, a structured career development program, and a mentored teaching and course development program at a partner MSI. The mentoring faculty at each MSI will work closely with the postdoctoral trainees and the faculty at UMDNJ-RWJMS. Interaction of MSI faculty with faculty at a research-intensive university and active participation of the postdoctoral trainees in teaching and mentoring students will enhance the students' scientific development and awareness of scientific career pathways. This program will be evaluated by increased entry and retention of MSI students into STEM majors, increased student application and entry into mentored undergraduate research programs, and increased interest in research careers, as measured by taking the GRE and applying to and entering graduate education; increased entry of RWJMS trainees into education/ research careers will also be evaluated. RELEVANCE (See instructions): This proposal is to establish a Biomedical Science Education Postdoctoral Training Program at University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ-JW Johnson Medical School. This program will prepare recent Ph.D. recipients for careers as educator/scientists at undergraduate colleges, and will increase the entry of underrepresented minority students at 3 partner Minority Serving Institutions into research careers.