Society of Toxicology Undergraduate Diversity Program

项目摘要 毒物学会的本科生多样性项目将包括大约30名本科生 来自科学界代表性不足的团体的学生和5名教职员工顾问 鼓励这些群体的学生在生物医学领域追求职业道路的强大潜力 科学。来自某些人口群体的学生正在攻读研究生的人数 理科学校与他们在美国人口中的比例相去甚远，而且 毒理学学会大力支持增加科学工作者多样性的努力。 这些学生和顾问是从全国范围内的申请者中挑选出来的，他们将获得旅行补贴 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，与 毒物学会(SOT)年会3月12-16日。本计划的目标是1) 提高理科本科生和理科导师的认识 关于毒理学职业选择和机会的本科院校和2)增加 本科生对研究生生物医学教育的兴趣及激励 获得研究经验，尤其是与毒物学相关的研究经验。参会者将特别听到 来自毒物学家的精选讲座，他们的工作体现了高调和多样化的研究 兴趣，参加研究海报会议，并会见学术项目主任和 实习赞助商。参与者被分配到由研究生同伴组成的小组中 提供非正式互动和指导的毒物学家和东道主导师 演讲，科学和海报会议探索，以及其他会议。潜在的职业选择 之后，毒物学家在圆桌讨论中对博士进行了检查，他们分享了他们的 在不同就业部门(学术界、政府和行业)的经验。该计划是 根据27年来各项活动的经验以及对这些活动的评估和改进 SOT本科生课程历史。

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.