Achieving diversity in genomics: Research education for URM scientists

布罗德研究所的DAP成立于2003年，旨在培养和激励来自代表性不足群体的学员 追求，致力于，并在科学研究事业取得成功。我们培训的四大组成部分 模式是：1）科学知识的获取; 2）沟通技能的发展; 3）职业生涯 科学的社会化，使科学的习俗和文化去神秘化。我们 该计划侧重于学员的学术进展点，他们承诺研究生培训， 准备他们成功地过渡在每一个路口，因为他们提前到研究生院和研究 careers.我们建议继续我们成功的夏季本科生培训计划，并在合作伙伴关系， 与广泛的癌症计划，推出一个新的，为期两年的学士学位后计划，重点研究在 癌症基因组学我们的本科生和postbac学员将发展知识的广度和深度， 新兴的科学领域，并通过开展尖端的实验设计和分析获得技能 research.学员将提高他们以清晰和令人信服的方式展示其科学工作的能力， 并参加会议，解开成功的科学事业的许多方面和路径。两个程序 将保持我们的传统，对少数学员进行深入投资，培养合作的同龄人， 提供来自该领域领导者的指导，提供培训后的职业支持，并利用Broad 社区对这项工作的坚定承诺。我们的民主行动党还将建立和主办年度夏季会议 为大量代表性不足的本科生提供高强度的技能培养活动 参加波士顿地区的夏季研究项目。这些会议中规模较大的会议将提供深入的 关于职业发展中关键主题的课程，通常由暑期课程粗略处理。 这次会议代表了一个合作的努力，并将利用地区大学的集体经验 目前正在培训代表性不足的学生。我们的第二次会议将提供实践培训， 为STEM中的计算幼稚的本科生提供分析方法。这两个会议将有助于 推动更多代表性不足的学生走向成功的STEM研究生职业生涯，提供 许多人无法通过其本国机构获得的专业知识和资源。布罗德研究所提供了一个 多学科，高度合作的环境中，新的基因组技术和遗传，化学 和计算方法应用于疾病的研究。布罗德民主行动党将招募并确定 来自不同来源的有才华的参与者，包括非研究密集型和少数民族服务的大学， 大学，包括来自弱势背景的受训人员。我们将评估我们的计划和结果， 根据明确的指标跟踪参与者。我们的提案建立在成功培训URM科学家的基础上 正如成果所表明的那样，包括受训者对科学的坚持，出版物，以及国家 公认的成就。

The Broad Institute's DAP was created in 2003 to prepare and inspire trainees from under represented groups to pursue, commit to, and succeed in, careers in scientific research. The four major components of our training model are: 1) acquisition of scientific knowledge; 2) development of communication skills; 3) career preparation; and, 4) science socialization, whereby we demystify the customs and culture of science. Our program focuses on points in trainees' academic progression at which they commit to graduate training, and prepares them to transition successfully at each juncture as they advance to graduate school and into research careers. We propose to continue our successful summer undergraduate training program and, in partnership with the Broad Cancer Program, launch a new, two-year post baccalaureate program focused on research in cancer genomics. Our undergraduate and postbac trainees will develop a breadth and depth of knowledge in emerging areas of science, and acquire skills in experimental design and analysis by carrying out cutting-edge research. Trainees will sharpen their ability to present their scientific work in a clear and compelling manner, and engage in sessions that unpack the many facets and paths of successful scientific careers. Both programs will maintain our tradition of investing deeply in small numbers of trainees, fostering collaborative peer cohorts, offering mentoring from leaders in the field, offering post training career support and leveraging the Broad community's deep commitment to this work. Our DAP will also establish and host annual summer conferences that deliver high-intensity skill-building activities to the large population of underrepresented undergraduates participating in Boston-area summer research programs. The larger of these conferences will offer in-depth sessions on key topics in career development that are typically given cursory treatment by summer programs. This conference represents a collaborative effort and will harness the collective experience of area universities currently training underrepresented students. Our second conference will provide hands-on training in analytical methods for computationally naïve undergraduate students in STEM. Both conferences will help propel larger numbers of under represented students toward successful graduate careers in STEM, providing expertise and resources that many cannot access through their home institutions. The Broad Institute offers a multidisciplinary, highly collaborative environment in which new genomic technologies and genetic, chemical and computational approaches are applied to the study of disease. The Broad's DAP will recruit and identify talented participants from diverse sources, including non-research-intensive and minority-serving colleges and universities, including trainees from disadvantaged backgrounds. We will evaluate our program and outcomes, tracking the participants with respect to clear metrics. Our proposal builds on success training URM scientists as demonstrated by outcomes, including trainees' persistence in science, publications, and nationally recognized achievements.