Western New York Genetics in Research and Health Care Partnership

纽约西部遗传学研究和医疗保健合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 8857329
• 负责人: Shannon M Carlin-Menter
• 金额: $ 24.51万
• 依托单位: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8857329
• 关键词: Active Learning; Area Health Education Centers; Bioinformatics; Biology; Buffaloes; Career Choice; Clinical; Collaborations; County; Department of Energy; Disadvantaged; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Faculty; Family Practice; Genes; Genetic; Genome; Genomics; Goals; Health; Health Occupations; Health Sciences; Health Services Research; Healthcare; Individual; Institutes; Internships; Intervention; Joints; Knowledge; Laboratories; Lead; Link; Medical; Mentorship; New York; Participant; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Scholarship; Schools; Science; Students; Support System; System; Systems Analysis; Teacher Professional Development; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Work; base; career; college; design; experience; falls; genome annotation; high school; interest; medical schools; member; microbial genome; programs; rural area; symposium; teacher; tool

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Western New York Genetics in Research and Health Care Partnership will develop an ongoing partnership with disadvantaged schools across a 14-county region that will serve as a pipeline for teacher and student recruitment, training and mentorship in bioscience, with a particular focus on genetics. It is designed to support career paths for students in both scientific research and the health professions, emphasizing assistance to those from underrepresented and disadvantaged groups, as well as to familiarize teachers with basic bioinformatics concepts that they can introduce into their classrooms. The Partnership will be led by the PIs, representing the University at Buffalo Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences (BCLS) and the NYS Area Health Education Center System, which has its Statewide Office based in the University at Buffalo Department of Family Medicine. Members will include the Erie Niagara AHEC and WNY Rural AHEC, along with the 15 to 25 school districts that will be invited to join over the 5-year project period. At project start, AHEC analysis will identify disadvantaged school districts serving underrepresented populations. Each year, 3 to 5 districts will be invited to join the Partnership, making them eligible for teacher training (total 20 teachers per year) and technical support for advanced experiential learning projects and a Capstone Symposium (total 100 students per year). Twenty biology teachers annually from the partnering schools will attend a two-week summer workshop at the University at Buffalo where they will receive training in use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes Annotation Collaboration Toolkit (IMG-ACT) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute. During the fall semester of each school year, AHEC will organize 4-5 health/science college and career exploration sessions to familiarize students with the gene annotation project and to give it some "real world" context. Students will develop career plans by the last of these sessions as well as indicate their interest in doing gene annotation during the spring semester. Each teacher will then work with at least 5 students (100 total per year) to participate in genome annotation using the IMG-ACT during the school year. Each spring, the Capstone Symposium will be held at UB, bringing participating students and teachers together to present their projects and network with researchers and employers. AHEC will track and offer support (e.g., scholarship and career information, new internship opportunities) to participating students as they enter and progress through college, supporting entry to and retention in research and health careers in the region.

描述（由申请人提供）：纽约西部遗传学研究和医疗保健合作伙伴关系将与 14 个县地区的弱势学校建立持续的合作伙伴关系，作为生物科学领域教师和学生招聘、培训和指导的渠道，特别关注遗传学。它旨在支持科学研究和健康专业学生的职业道路，强调为代表性不足和弱势群体的学生提供帮助，并让教师熟悉可以引入课堂的基本生物信息学概念。该合作伙伴关系将由代表布法罗大学生物技术和临床实验室科学系 (BCLS) 和纽约州地区健康教育中心系统的 PI 领导，该系统的全州办事处设在布法罗大学家庭医学系。成员将包括伊利尼亚加拉 AHEC 和 WNY Rural AHEC，以及将受邀在 5 年项目期间加入的 15 至 25 个学区。在项目开始时，美国阔叶木外销委员会的分析将确定为弱势群体提供服务的弱势学区。每年，将邀请 3 至 5 个学区加入该合作伙伴关系，使其有资格接受教师培训（每年总计 20 名教师）以及高级体验式学习项目和 Capstone 研讨会的技术支持（每年总计 100 名学生）。每年来自合作学校的 20 名生物学教师将参加在布法罗大学举行的为期两周的夏季研讨会，在那里他们将接受使用美国能源部联合基因组研究所的综合微生物基因组注释协作工具包 (IMG-ACT) 的培训。在每个学年的秋季学期，AHEC 将组织 4-5 场健康/科学学院和职业探索课程，让学生熟悉基因注释项目并为其提供一些“现实世界”背景。学生将在最后一节课程之前制定职业计划，并表明他们对在春季学期进行基因注释的兴趣。然后，每位教师将与至少 5 名学生（每年总共 100 名）一起在学年期间使用 IMG-ACT 参与基因组注释。每年春天，Capstone 研讨会都会在布法罗大学举行，让参与的学生和教师聚集在一起，展示他们的项目并与研究人员和雇主建立联系。 AHEC 将在参与学生进入大学并在大学升学时对其进行跟踪并提供支持（例如奖学金和职业信息、新的实习机会），支持他们进入并保留在该地区的研究和健康职业。