Society of Toxicology Undergraduate Diversity Program

项目摘要 毒理学学会的本科生多样性计划将包括大约30名本科生 来自科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生和5名具有 强大的潜力，鼓励学生从这些群体追求的职业道路，在生物医学 以理工科为重一些人口统计群体中正在攻读研究生的学生人数 科学学校远远不能与他们在美国人口中的比例相提并论， 毒理学学会强烈支持增加科学工作者多样性的努力。 这些学生和顾问将从全国范围内的申请者中挑选出来， 并参加2017年3月11日至13日在马里兰州巴尔的摩举行的为期3天的项目， 毒理学学会（SOT）年会3月12日至16日。该计划的目标是：（1） 提高科学专业本科生和科学顾问的认识， 本科院校关于职业选择和机会毒理学和2）增加 本科生对研究生生物医学教育的兴趣，并激励学生 获得研究经验，特别是与毒理学相关的经验。与会者将特别听取 毒理学家的精选讲座，他们的工作体现了高姿态和多样化的研究 兴趣，参加研究海报会议，并会见学术项目主任， 实习赞助商参与者被分配到由研究生同行组成的小组中 导师和毒理学家主持导师，他们在 演讲，科学和海报会议探索，以及其他会议。潜在的职业选择 博士在圆桌讨论中接受检查后，毒理学家分享了他们的 在不同的就业部门（学术界，政府和行业）的经验。该计划是 根据27年来开展的活动的经验以及对这些活动的评价和改进， SOT本科课程的历史。

Project Summary The Society of Toxicology’s Undergraduate Diversity Program will include about 30 undergraduate students from groups that are under-represented in the sciences and 5 faculty advisors who have strong potential to encourage students from these groups to pursue career paths in the biomedical sciences. The number of students from some demographic groups who are pursuing graduate school in the sciences is far from parity with their proportion among the US population, and the Society of Toxicology strongly supports efforts to increase the diversity of the scientific workforce. Selected from a national pool of applicants, these students and advisors will receive travel support and participate in a 3-day program March 11-13, 2017, in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting March 12-16. The aims of this program are to 1) increase awareness of undergraduate students majoring in science and science advisors at undergraduate institutions about career choices and opportunities in toxicology and 2) increase interest of undergraduate students in graduate biomedical education and motivate students to obtain research experience especially that pertinent to toxicology. Participants will hear specially selected lectures from toxicologists whose work exemplifies high profile and diverse research interests, participate in research poster sessions, and meet with academic program directors and internship sponsors. Participants are assigned to small groups composed of graduate student peer mentors and toxicologist host-mentors who provide informal interaction and mentoring during the presentations, scientific and poster session exploration, and other sessions. Potential career choices after the PhD are examined in roundtable discussions featuring toxicologists who share their experiences in different employment sectors (academia, government, and industry). The program is based on the experience from, and evaluation and refinement of, activities across the 27-year history of the SOT Undergraduate Program.