Short-term Research Training Program for Minority Students

 描述(申请人提供)：西奈山医学院预防医学系建议继续并扩大现有的针对少数民族学生的短期研究培训计划。该计划的目标是通过增强少数族裔学生的研究能力，支持多学科教育和与导师的长期接触，培养他们对科学和医学的兴趣。拟议的计划将继续建立在现有计划的经验基础上，这些计划在提供研究培训、提供职业指导并指导许多参与计划的学生实现他们的职业目标方面已经非常成功。这将大大增加少数民族学生的数量，从每年4人增加到平均每年10人，其中大多数人将接受24周的培训，比之前的培训期间翻了一番。目前的提议建立在该计划最有效的特点之上。首先，该项目是多学科的。该项目不是在特定的科学学科中选择导师和项目，而是从非常多样化的导师池中挑选。该计划包括具有社区研究、流行病学、公共卫生、全球卫生、职业健康等方面专业知识的导师。这使得从分子生物学到人口健康的兴趣范围的学生都可以包括在该项目中。第二，该计划有强有力的制度支持。它最初成立于1995年，此后一直得到持续的资助(首先由NIEHS，然后由NHLBI)，证明了参与项目的教职员工和项目主任的奉献和承诺，他们已经指导了该项目19年。第三，该项目位于西奈山的其他教育项目组合中，为学生提供丰富的机会和职业选择。最后，该计划为学生参与者提供了长期跟踪，在训练有素的少数民族学生中创造了一种社区感，这是学生在职业道路上继续成长的重要纽带。这种连续性是令人放心的，因为学生们在职业环境中发展，在这个环境中，有色人种的代表性仍然很低。该计划自成立以来一直在不断发展。为了扩大和发展，它制定了以下具体目标：1)选拔、培养和培养一支代表性不足的少数民族学生干部队伍，并激励和支持他们的专业发展。2)为参加该项目的学生在其职业生涯的整个过程中提供长期的指导和指导。预计在本资助周期结束时，至少有50名学生将接受研究培训，带来 该项目的校友总数达到119人。将继续纳入长期后续行动计划和强有力的评价战略，以支持任职人数不足的少数族裔科学家在其职业发展的所有阶段。(摘要结束)

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Department of Preventive Medicine of Mount Sinai School of Medicine proposes to continue and expand the existing Short-term Research Training Program for Minority Students. The goal of the Program is to nurture minority students' interests in science and medicine by enhancing their research capacity in a way that supports multidisciplinary education and long-term engagement with mentors. The proposed program will continue to build on experience gained with existing programs that have already been very successful in providing research training, offered career mentoring and guided many participating students towards achieving their professional goals. It will significantly increase te number of minority students from four per year to an average of ten per year, most of whom will receive 24 weeks of training, double the previous training period. The current proposal builds on the most effective features of the program. First, the program is multidisciplinary. Rather than selecting mentors and projects within a particular scientific discipline, the program draws from a very diverse mentor pool. The program includes mentors with expertise in community- based research, epidemiology, public health, global health, occupational health and others. This allows for students with interests ranging from molecular biology to population health to be included in the program. Second, the program has strong institutional support. It was originally founded in 1995 and has been continuously funded since then (first by NIEHS, then by NHLBI), a testament to the dedication and commitment of the participating faculty and the program director, who has directed the program for 19 years. Third, the program sits within a portfolio of other educational programs at Mount Sinai that exposes students to a wealth of opportunities and career options. Finally, the program has provided long-term follow-up of student participants, creating a sense of community among trained minority students, an important connection as students continue to grow in their career paths. This continuity is reassuring as students develop in a professional environment in which people of color are still vastly underrepresented. The program has continued to evolve since its inception. In order to expand and grow, it has developed the following Specific Aims: 1) To select, train and nurture a cadre of underrepresented minority students and to motivate and support them in their professional development. 2) To provide students who participate in the program with long-term mentoring and guidance throughout the length of their careers. It is expected that a minimum of 50 students will have received research training at the completion of this funding cycle, bringing the total number of alumni of the program to 119. A plan for long-term follow-up and strong evaluation strategies will continue to be incorporated in order to support underrepresented minority scientists at all stages in their career development. (End of Abstract)