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35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（SOT）强烈支持增加科学多样性的努力， 劳动力这些学生和顾问将从全国范围内的申请者中挑选出来， 旅行支持，并参加为期3天的计划，与未来三个SOT年度 会议，2018年3月10日至12日，德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥，2019年3月9日至11日，马里兰州巴尔的摩，以及 2020年3月14日至16日，在加州的阿纳海姆。该方案的目的是：1）提高认识， 科学专业的本科生和本科院校的科学顾问 关于职业选择和机会毒理学和2）增加本科生的兴趣 学生在研究生生物医学教育和激励学生获得研究经验 尤其是与毒理学相关的。与会者将听取特别挑选的讲座， 毒理学家的工作体现了高姿态和多样化的研究兴趣，参与 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导师组成的小组， 毒理学家主持人-导师，他们在会议期间提供非正式的互动和指导。 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28年来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 35 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 (SOT) 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 in conjunction with the next three SOT Annual Meetings, March 10-12, 2018, in San Antonio, Texas, March 9-11, 2019, in Baltimore, Maryland, and March 14-16, 2020, in Anaheim, California. 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 28-year history of the SOT Undergraduate Program.