Biomedical Science Education Postdoctoral Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请机构研究和学术职业发展奖（IRACDA）解决了两个相关问题：在生物医学科学研究中代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的代表性不足，以及缺乏发展计划来准备大学培养的博士学位。科学家在本科院校的职业生涯作为科学家教育家。为了解决这些问题，我们建议在新泽西州医学与牙科大学-罗伯特伍德约翰逊医学院建立一个生物医学科学教育博士后培养计划（UMDNJ-RWJMS），这将培养博士后研究员成为研究人员和教育工作者，并将使他们有机会在附近的3个少数民族服务机构（MSI）教授和指导本科学员：泽西城大学、长岛大学-布鲁克林校区和纽约城市大学的Medgar Evers学院。该提案有两个具体目标：1）准备最近的博士学位。获奖者的职业生涯作为教育工作者和生物医学科学家，和2）提高本科生的兴趣在3个MSI合作学校的职业生涯在生物医学科学。拟议的计划将是一个结构化的3年博士后培训计划，每年5名学员，即，在第3-5年达到15个。学员将参加NIH资助的实验室的指导研究，结构化的职业发展计划，以及合作伙伴MSI的指导教学和课程开发计划。每个MSI的指导教师将与博士后学员和UMDNJ-RWJMS的教师密切合作。MSI教师与研究密集型大学教师的互动以及博士后学员积极参与教学和指导学生将提高学生的科学发展和对科学职业途径的认识。该计划将通过增加MSI学生进入STEM专业，增加学生申请和进入辅导本科研究项目，以及增加对研究职业的兴趣来评估，通过GRE考试和申请并进入研究生教育来衡量; RWJMS学员进入教育/研究职业的增加也将进行评估。 相关性（参见说明）：本项目拟在新泽西州医学与牙科大学约翰逊医学院设立生物医学教育博士后培养项目。该计划将准备最近的博士学位。在本科院校的教育工作者/科学家的职业生涯的收件人，并将增加在3个合作伙伴少数民族服务机构的代表性不足的少数民族学生进入研究生涯。

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.