Short-term Research Training Program for Minority Students

 描述（由申请人提供）：西奈山医学院预防医学系建议继续和扩大现有的少数民族学生短期研究培训计划。该方案的目标是培养少数民族学生对科学和医学的兴趣，提高他们的研究能力，支持多学科教育和长期与导师接触。拟议的计划将继续建立在现有计划的基础上，这些计划已经非常成功地提供了研究培训，提供了职业指导，并指导了许多参与学生实现他们的职业目标。它将使少数民族学生的人数从每年4人大幅增加到平均每年10人，其中大多数人将接受24周的培训，是以前培训时间的两倍。目前的建议是建立在该方案最有效的特点之上的。首先，该计划是多学科的。该计划不是在特定的科学学科中选择导师和项目，而是从一个非常多样化的导师库中抽取。该计划包括具有社区研究、流行病学、公共卫生、全球卫生、职业卫生等方面专业知识的导师。这使得学生的兴趣范围从分子生物学到人口健康被列入该计划。二是方案有强有力的制度支撑。它最初成立于1995年，并已从那时起不断资助（首先由NIEHS，然后由NHLBI），证明了参与教师和项目主任的奉献精神和承诺，谁已经指导了19年的计划。第三，该计划坐落在西奈山的其他教育计划的投资组合，使学生接触到丰富的机会和职业选择。最后，该方案为学生参与者提供了长期的后续行动，在受过训练的少数民族学生中创造了一种社区意识，这是学生在职业道路上继续成长的重要联系。这种连续性是令人放心的，因为学生在一个专业的环境中发展，在这个环境中，有色人种的代表性仍然大大不足。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）挑选、培训和培养一批代表性不足的少数民族学生，并激励和支持他们的专业发展。2)为参加该计划的学生提供长期的指导和指导，贯穿其职业生涯的始终。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， 该项目校友总数达到119人。将继续纳入长期后续行动计划和强有力的评估战略，以便在其职业发展的各个阶段支持代表性不足的少数群体科学家。 (End摘要）

 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)