University of Puerto Rico at Cayey-RISE Program

波多黎各大学凯伊分校-RISE项目

• 批准号: 9075031
• 负责人: Vibha Bansal
• 金额: $ 26.26万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PR CAYEY UNIVERSITY COLL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-05-01 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9075031
• 关键词: Address; Advisory Committees; Area; Awareness; Bibliography; Biomedical Research; Chemistry; Communication; Communities; Data; Data Analyses; Data Collection; Disease; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Environment; Exposure to; Faculty; Funding; Future; Goals; Graph; Hispanics; Individual; Institution; Internships; Island; Learning; Learning Skill; Literature; Mathematics; Measurable; Mentors; Methodology; Mission; Monitor; Oral; Preparation; Process; Publications; Puerto Rico; Quantitative Chemistry; Reading; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Proposals; Research Technics; Schools; Science; Scientist; Students; Study Skills; Teacher Professional Development; Teaching Method; Techniques; Testing; Thinking; Training; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Visit; Visual; Work; Writing; base; career; career awareness; curriculum development; design; experience; faculty mentor; guided inquiry; health disparity; improved; innovation; inquiry-based learning; laboratory experience; lectures; mathematical theory; meetings; member; posters; programs; public health relevance; publication formats; reading comprehension; role model; scientific literacy; skills; symposium; undergraduate research; undergraduate student

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The RISE program continues to transform the academic environment at UPR-Cayey (UPRC) by focusing on the preparation of students to become scientists. As part of this long term goal of increasing the number of Hispanics studying for the Ph.D., this proposal is concentrating on helping students in four areas; i) their lack of awareness of career opportunities in biomedical research and of their own potential for it; ii) their limited research skills and experience; iii) limited quantitative and analytical skills; and v) inadequate learning skills. These were identified as critical areas needing assistance and individual program components (5) have been designed to address these needs: Research Seminars and Workshops (RSW), Undergraduate Research Experiences (URE), Guided Discovery Chemistry (GDC), Quantitative and Spatial Analysis skills (QSS) and, Freshmen Research Skills (FRS). The implementation of each component will be monitored by an external evaluator working with the activity coordinators, program director, and the RISE Advisory Committee. In the RSW component, the visiting alumni scientists will offer seminars and workshops to improve attendees' awareness of new techniques and discover science careers, and to serve as role models. An improvement in the research skills of motivated students will be accomplished during their first year by having them participate in activities related to research techniques and scientific literacy. RISE students will take Discovery Chemistry (GDC) to enhance their learning skills based on observation, interpretation, and drawing of conclusions, rather than memorization. URE activities for 14 students will be offered during the academic year in Puerto Rico with active investigators at UPRC and four collaborating institutions. Additional research experiences will be offered to over 12 students during summer internships at 20 collaborating institutions in the USA. The students will be able to develop their mathematical and reasoning skills in scientific context by attending the workshops offered under the QSS component. It will also help them improve their visual communication skills. In addition, the activities designed under the program will have a positive impact on curriculum development and faculty training in new teaching methods that have been found to be effective in reducing attrition rates. Each component enables students to develop their potential by interacting with a different group of experts: 1) research skills with faculty mentors; 2) motivational seminars by visiting alumni scientists; 3) inquiry methodology by chemistry faculty; 4) mathematical skills with the activity coordinator; and 5) research lab experience with either on-island research mentors or with off-island scientists located in the USA. Each of these activities will provide the students with an appropriate environment and interaction with experts in order to develop scientifically and become future biomedical researchers. During the last 5 years (2010-14), 32 RISE alumni completed Ph.D.'s from major research universities, a 100% increase over the previous five-year period. By doubling the number of Ph.D. alumni, RISE will impact the community. These UPRC scientists will serve to meet the health disparity needs of the Hispanic population in Puerto Rico and the nation by working to discover the causes and remedies of diseases.

 描述(由申请者提供)：RISE项目继续改变UPR-Cayey(UPRC)的学术环境，专注于为学生成为科学家做准备。作为增加拉美裔美国人攻读博士学位这一长期目标的一部分，这项提议集中在四个方面帮助学生：i)他们缺乏对生物医学研究的职业机会和自身潜力的认识；ii)他们有限的研究技能和经验；iii)有限的定量和分析技能；以及v)学习技能不足。这些被确定为需要援助的关键领域，个别方案组成部分(5)已被设计来满足这些需求：研究研讨会和研讨会(RSW)、本科生研究体验(URE)、指导发现化学(GDC)、定量和空间分析技能(QSS)以及新生研究技能(FRS)。每个组成部分的执行情况将由一名外部评估员与活动协调员、方案主任和RISE咨询委员会共同监督。在RSW部分，来访的校友科学家将举办研讨会和工作坊，以提高与会者对新技术的认识，发现科学职业，并充当榜样。通过让学生参加与研究技术和科学素养有关的活动，将在第一年提高受激励学生的研究技能。RISE学生将学习发现化学(GDC)，以提高他们在观察、解释和得出结论的基础上的学习技能，而不是背诵。14名学生的URE活动将在波多黎各的学年期间与UPRC和四个合作机构的积极调查人员一起提供。在美国20个合作机构的暑期实习期间，将为超过12名学生提供额外的研究经验。学生将能够通过参加QSS组成部分下提供的研讨会，在科学的背景下发展他们的数学和推理技能。它还将帮助他们提高视觉交流技能。此外，根据该方案设计的活动将对课程开发和教师培训产生积极影响，新的教学方法已被证明有效地减少了流失率。每个部分都使学生能够通过与不同的专家小组互动来开发他们的潜力：1)与教师导师的研究技能；2)来访的校友科学家的激励性研讨会；3)化学教师的探究方法；4)与活动协调员的数学技能；以及5)与岛上或美国岛外科学家的研究实验室经验。每一项活动都将提供 为学生提供合适的环境，并与专家互动，以便科学发展，成为未来的生物医学研究人员。在过去五年(2010年至2014年)，32名RISE校友完成了主要研究型大学的博士学位S，比前五年增加了一倍。通过将博士生数量翻一番，RISE将对社区产生影响。这些UPRC科学家将通过努力发现疾病的原因和治疗方法，满足波多黎各和美国拉美裔人口的健康差距需求。