Minority Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Re

少数族裔获得研究职业的机会 本科生学术研究培训

• 批准号: 9274984
• 负责人: AZEEZ A AILERU
• 金额: $ 15.45万
• 依托单位: WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9274984
• 关键词: Admission activity; Advisory Committees; Appointment; Arts; Basic Science; Behavioral; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biological; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Career Choice; Chemistry; Clinical; Critical Thinking; Degree program; Dental Schools; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Eligibility Determination; Enrollment; Evaluation Reports; Exposure to; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Goals; Graduate Degree; Graduate Education; Health Sciences; Institution; Internet; Investigation; Journals; Medical Education; Mentors; Minority Access; NCI Scholars Program; Participant; Peer Review; Pharmacy facility; Postdoctoral Fellow; Productivity; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Publications; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Science; Scientific Evaluation; Students; Techniques; Training Programs; Universities; Writing; base; career; clinically relevant; cohort; college; experience; faculty research; falls; forest; member; posters; pre-doctoral; programs; student training; success; tool; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This program will continue to provide biomedical/behavioral research training of underrepresented minority (URM) students. In the current cycle, all 16 (100%) senior upperclassmen trainees graduated with BS/BA degrees, with honors. Eight of 16 (50%) enrolled in PhD programs directly at various T32 pre-doctoral program institutions and 3 (19%) enrolled in MS degree programs, one enrolled in a Pharmacy program and 1 enrolled in a Medical Education Development (MED) program with the intent to attend dental school in Fall 2013. The remaining 2 recent graduates are research associates with the intent to pursue graduate degree programs within 3 years of graduation. More importantly, 100% of graduates are now in the biomedical/behavioral science career pipeline. While in the MARC program, these trainees co-authored a total of 6 peer reviewed publications, attesting to the impact of this program on the productivity of faculty and students at WSSU. Moreover, trainees overwhelmingly regard the experience as a positive influence on their career choices in science, as outlined in the independent program evaluation report. The objective of this renewal is to contribute to the institutional goal of increasing the numbers of graduating UR students who gain admission into PhD programs from the current baseline of 15 over the last 5 years (8 from MARC) to at least 25 over the next 5 years (13 MARC Scholars). This will involve a cohort of 8 upperclassmen (4 juniors and 4 seniors) per year with a goal to matriculate 80% of MARC Scholar graduates into competitive PhD within 3 years of graduation (i.e. ~13 of 16 MARC Scholar graduates). We will leverage funding to include a parallel cohort of MARC Affiliates (4 juniors and 4 seniors) per year. The Affiliates will participate in activities withou direct support but benefit from placement in funded research labs, mentors, and placement in research programs at our T32 partner institutions with an expected success rate of 60% matriculating into PhD programs within 3 years of graduation. We propose to increase the number of MARC-eligible students by 10 per year via the pre-MARC activities with the freshmen and sophomores who will successfully complete program activities and 7 of 10 (70%) trainees become eligible for MARC Scholars' program or other programs on campus and/or pursue a graduate degree in sciences. We aim to 1) introduce students to biomedical research through hands-on participation; 2) introduce students to critical scientific evaluation by journal club papr presentations; 3) provide experience in scientific writing and speaking through presentation of their research projects as a poster; 4) provide exposure to research faculty, both basic science and clinical; and 5) foster a career commitment to the biomedical and behavioral sciences through an experience that exemplifies the excitement and challenges of clinically relevant investigations. Our new aims are to 6) teach critical thinking associated with biological/behavioral techniques and enhance the students' understanding of basic research and graduate education in the new 3-part Investigation & Research course as a supplement to a rigorous curriculum specific for MARC students; and 7) establish an Internet-based tracking tool to help maintain contact with prior participants-including eight currently enrolled in PhD programs- whose success can inspire others. The training program has over 20 mentors who have primary academic appointments in ten different Departments, Centers and Programs at WSSU and Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS) and will draw trainees from three WSSU participating departments in the College of Arts and Sciences: life sciences, chemistry, and behavioral sciences. The MARC program will be guided by an advisory committee consisting of both internal and external members and reviewed by an independent program evaluator.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目将继续为代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生提供生物医学/行为研究培训。在本周期中，16名（100%）高年级学员均以优异的成绩获得学士/学士学位。16人中有8人（50%）直接在各个T32博士预科课程机构注册了博士课程，3人（19%）注册了硕士学位课程，1人注册了药学课程，1人注册了医学教育发展（MED）课程，并打算在2013年秋季进入牙科学校。其余两名近期毕业生是研究助理，打算在毕业后三年内攻读研究生学位。更重要的是，100%的毕业生现在都进入了生物医学/行为科学领域。在MARC项目中，这些学员共同撰写了6篇同行评审的出版物，证明了该项目对WSSU教师和学生生产力的影响。此外，正如独立项目评估报告所述，绝大多数受训者认为，这一经历对他们在科学领域的职业选择产生了积极影响。此次更新的目的是为了实现大学的目标，即在未来5年内，将获得博士学位的毕业生人数从目前的过去5年的15人（MARC学者8人）增加到至少25人（MARC学者13人）。这将涉及每年8名高年级学生（4名大三学生和4名大四学生），目标是在毕业后3年内将80%的MARC Scholar毕业生录取为有竞争力的博士（即16名MARC Scholar毕业生中的13名）。我们将利用资金，每年招收一批MARC附属机构（4名大三学生和4名大四学生）。附属机构将在没有直接支持的情况下参与活动，但受益于在资助的研究实验室、导师和在T32合作机构的研究项目中的安置，预计毕业后3年内进入博士课程的成功率为60%。我们建议每年通过pre-MARC活动增加10名符合MARC资格的学生，其中大一和大二的学生将成功完成项目活动，10名学员中有7名（70%）有资格参加MARC学者项目或其他校园项目和/或攻读科学研究生学位。我们的目标是1)通过亲身参与，让学生了解生物医学研究；2)通过期刊俱乐部的论文介绍，向学生介绍批判性的科学评价；3)以海报形式展示他们的研究项目，提供科学写作和演讲的经验；4)为基础科学和临床研究人员提供机会；5)通过体验临床相关研究的兴奋和挑战，培养对生物医学和行为科学的职业承诺。我们的新目标是6)教授与生物/行为技术相关的批判性思维，并通过新的三部分调查与研究课程提高学生对基础研究和研究生教育的理解，作为对MARC学生严格课程的补充；7)建立一个基于互联网的跟踪工具，以帮助与以前的参与者保持联系，其中包括八位目前正在攻读博士学位的人，他们的成功可以激励其他人。该培训项目有20多名导师，他们在WSSU和维克森林大学健康科学（WFUHS）的10个不同部门、中心和项目中担任主要学术职务，并将从WSSU文理学院的三个参与部门：生命科学、化学和行为科学中招募学员。MARC项目将由一个由内部和外部成员组成的咨询委员会指导，并由一个独立的项目评估员进行审查。