Michigan State University PREP: Increasing Underrepresented Minority Representation in Biomedical Sciences

密歇根州立大学 PREP：增加生物医学科学中代表性不足的少数群体的代表性

• 批准号: 9405030
• 负责人: William D Atchison
• 金额: $ 23.78万
• 依托单位: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9405030
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A postbaccalaureate research experience program (PREP) will be developed at Michigan State University (MSU) that builds on existing relationships developed between MSU and minority serving institutions (MSIs) both on the US mainland and in Puerto Rico. The goal of this PREP is to increase the number of under-represented minority, disabled or disadvantaged (URMDD) Ph.D.s trained in the biomedical/behavioral sciences by facilitating entry of students into high quality and highly competitive mainland Ph.D. or dual degree (M.D./Ph.D., D.O./Ph.D., D.V.M./Ph.D) programs and enhancing their likeliness of success in those programs. The program is based on five years of successful pilot data demonstrating our ability to identify qualified URMDD students and effectively move them into competitive Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs. Annual support is sought for 7 “post-bac” students who will be placed in productive research laboratories which are actively funded by federal grants. Institutional support will provide an additional position annually. A broad recruiting strategy will be employed with expanded recruiting both in Puerto Rico, and on the US mainland. Several MSIs have agreed to partner with the proposed PREP, providing a cadre of well qualified URMDD students from a range of racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as financially disadvantaged students. An individual development program will be created for each PREP student which will aim to identify courses and a research mentor best suited for each student. Students will undertake a individualized hypothesis-directed research project. Each PREP student will also be assigned a grad student mentor who will be a Ph.D. student in the same, or closely aligned area of scientific interest. In most cases, the mentor will themselves be of a URMDD class. PREP student progress in both course work and research will be closely monitored. In addition, all students will take a semester-long course (2 credits) stressing translational and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the etiology of human disease, which will entail significant practice in writing, as well as an integral journal club. All students will take a biostatistics course during the summer, and will prepare a one-aim, 10 pp paper simulating a preliminary exam format. Planned additional enrichment activities include help with writing personal statements for graduate applications; mock interviews; assistance in completing graduate applications; GRE preparation; and travel to scientific meetings. Improvement of communication skills will involve both informal and more formalized settings (research presentations, participation in class, journal club participation and paper writing). Through these combined activities, the student will become more confident in the application process, present a more competitive application and make valuable contacts (network) with researchers at MSU and elsewhere. The net result should be an increased the number of URMDD students accepted into highly competitive Ph.D. programs in the biomedical/behavioral sciences, and a more effective progression of these students to completion of their degree.

密歇根州立大学(MSU)将在密歇根州立大学(MSU)开发一个毕业后研究体验项目(PREP)，该项目建立在密歇根州立大学与美国本土和波多黎各的少数族裔服务机构(MSI)之间现有关系的基础上。这项准备的目标是通过促进学生进入高质量和竞争激烈的大陆博士或双学位(医学/博士、博士/博士、博士/博士/博士)项目并提高他们在这些项目中成功的可能性，增加在生物医学/行为科学方面接受培训的未被充分代表的少数族裔、残疾人或弱势群体(URMDD)博士的数量。该项目基于五年成功的试点数据，证明了我们有能力识别合格的URMDD学生，并有效地将他们转移到有竞争力的博士或医学博士/博士项目。每年为7名“毕业后”学生寻求支持，这些学生将被安置在由联邦拨款积极资助的生产性研究实验室。机构支助每年将提供一个额外的职位。将采用广泛的招聘战略，在波多黎各和美国本土扩大招聘。几家MSI已经同意与拟议的Prep合作，提供一批来自不同种族和民族背景的合格的URMDD学生，以及经济困难的学生。将为每个预科学生创建一个个人发展计划，旨在确定最适合每个学生的课程和研究导师。学生们将进行一项以假设为导向的个性化研究项目。每个预科学生还将被分配一名研究生导师，该导师将是同一或密切相关科学兴趣领域的博士生。在大多数情况下，导师本身就属于URMDD类。预科学生在课程作业和研究方面的进展都将受到密切关注。此外，所有学生将学习为期一学期的课程(两个学分)，重点强调翻译和跨学科方法来理解人类疾病的病因，这将需要大量的写作练习，以及一个完整的期刊俱乐部。所有学生都将在暑期学习一门生物统计学课程，并准备一份单目的、10页的试卷，模拟初试形式。计划的其他充实活动包括帮助撰写研究生申请的个人陈述；模拟面试；帮助完成研究生申请；GRE准备；以及参加科学会议。交流技能的提高将包括非正式和更正式的环境(研究报告、课堂参与、期刊俱乐部 参与和论文写作)。通过这些结合的活动，学生将变得更有信心 申请流程，提供更具竞争力的申请，并与密歇根州立大学和其他地方的研究人员建立有价值的联系(网络)。最终的结果应该是更多的URMDD学生被竞争激烈的生物医学/行为科学博士项目录取，并使这些学生更有效地完成他们的学位。