Enhancing the success of underrepresented students in the biomedical sciences

提高生物医学领域代表性不足的学生的成功

• 批准号: 8844171
• 负责人: BRIAN C LEWIS
• 金额: $ 33.28万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8844171
• 关键词: Address; Area; Behavioral Sciences; Biotechnology; Capital; Career Choice; Communication; Country; Critical Thinking; Degree Completion; Development; Development Plans; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Background; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Ensure; Ethnic Origin; Ethnic group; Event; Faculty; Fellowship; Gender; Goals; Grant; Health; Human; Individual; Institutes; Institution; Interest Group; Knowledge; Left; Massachusetts; Mentors; Minority-Serving Institution; Modeling; Outcome; Participant; Phase; Population; Preparation; Productivity; Public Health; Qualifying; Race; Regimen; Regulatory Affairs; Relative (related person); Research; Role; STEM field; Schools; Science; Series; Students; Talents; Teacher Professional Development; Time; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Students; United States; Universities; Visit; Work; Writing; career; career development; clinical care; graduate student; health disparity; human disease; innovation; interest; medical schools; peer; post-doctoral training; programs; public health relevance; racial and ethnic; skills; socioeconomics; success; symposium; tool; trend; underrepresented minority student

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite great advances in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, and major advances in clinical care, major health challenges remain that negatively impact public health. Addressing these challenges requires that the biomedical field draw from the broadest talent pool available. Yet, analysis of the trends in the biomedical sciences workforce and trainee pool consistently demonstrate that specific racial and ethnic groups remain underrepresented in this arena relative to their representation within the population of the United States. Therefore, programs that address the discrepancy in participation rates between different racial, ethnic, gender and/or socioeconomic groups, and promote the engagement of the maximum number of talented individuals are needed. In this application, we propose the development of a research education program to alleviate this discrepancy at our institution, the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. The goals of the proposed program are: to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups, to enhance the retention and progression to candidacy of students from traditionally underrepresented groups, and to enhance the career development of participating students so that they successfully transition to their desired role within the biomedical sciences workforce. To achieve the desired goals, we will employ a multi-faceted approach that includes: 1) Increased involvement of UMMS at national conferences targeted towards trainees from traditionally underrepresented groups as well as the development and enhancement of relationships with undergraduate institutions and training programs that promote the training of students in STEM fields; 2) The implementation of onboarding courses that provide preparation and guidance for the first-year graduate school curriculum; the implementation of a series of workshops that equip students with the tools to successfully navigate the path to PhD candidacy; as well as the establishment of an enhanced advising program that provides one-on-one advising interactions between students and faculty; and 3) The implementation of a series of career development and networking events, including the development and annual revision of an Individual Development Plan, that promote clarity surrounding career goals, the development of a career path, and the acquisition of the scientific communication skills and professional network that facilitate the successful transition to the next phase of the chosen career. The proposed approaches are expected to increase the number of underrepresented students attaining PhD degrees in the biomedical sciences from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. If successful, the proposed approaches may serve as models that can be implemented broadly at institutions around the country.

 描述(由申请人提供)：尽管生物医学和行为科学取得了巨大进步，临床护理也取得了重大进展，但主要的健康挑战仍然对公众健康产生了负面影响。应对这些挑战需要生物医学领域从可用的最广泛的人才库中吸取教训。然而，对生物医学劳动力和受训者群体趋势的分析始终表明，与美国人口中的特定种族和民族群体相比，这一领域中的特定种族和民族群体的代表性仍然不足。因此，需要解决不同种族、族裔、性别和/或社会经济群体之间参与率差异的方案，并促进最大数量的人才参与。在这份申请中，我们建议在我们的机构--马萨诸塞州伍斯特市的马萨诸塞大学医学院开发一个研究教育项目来缓解这种差异。拟议计划的目标是：增加来自代表性不足群体的学生数量，加强来自传统代表性不足群体的学生的保留和晋升为候选人，并加强参与计划的学生的职业发展，以便他们成功过渡到他们希望在生物医学劳动力中扮演的角色。为了实现预期的目标，我们将采用多方面的方法，包括：1)增加密歇根大学管理学院对传统上代表性不足的群体的学员的全国性会议的参与，以及发展和加强与本科机构的关系，以及促进STEM领域学生培训的培训计划；2)实施为研究生院第一年课程提供准备和指导的入学课程；实施一系列研讨会，使学生掌握成功获得博士候选人资格的工具；以及建立一个增强的咨询计划，提供学生和教师之间的一对一建议互动；以及3)实施一系列职业发展和联网活动，包括制定和每年修订个人发展计划，以促进围绕职业目标的明确性，发展职业道路，并获得有助于成功过渡到下一个职业的科学沟通技能和专业网络 所选择的职业生涯的阶段。预计拟议的方法将增加从马萨诸塞大学医学院获得生物医学博士学位的人数。如果成功，拟议的方法可能会成为可在全国各地的机构广泛实施的模式。