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LA’s Biostatistics Education Summer Training Program (LA’s BEST @USC)

洛杉矶生物统计教育暑期培训计划（洛杉矶 BEST @USC）

基本信息

批准号：
9894852
负责人：
Juan Pablo Lewinger
金额：
$ 24.92万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-03-15 至 2022-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9894852
关键词：
Acute Address African Alaska Alaskan Automobile Driving Bachelor&apos s Degree Bioinformatics Biomedical Research Biometry California Clinical Clinical Trials Collaborations Computers Computing Methodologies Conscious Data Development Diagnostic Diverse Workforce Education Educational Curriculum Educational Status Educational workshop Employment Epidemiologic Methods Epidemiology Faculty Family Felis catus Funding Genomics Goals Growth Health Heart Diseases Historically Black Colleges and Universities Individual Interdisciplinary Study Japanese American Latino Lead Leadership Learning Life Location Lung diseases Mentors Mentorship National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Oral Play Population Population Heterogeneity Positioning Attribute Prevention Preventive Medicine Probability Research Research Design Research Project Grants Role Schools Scientist Statistical Methods Students Talents Teaching Method Testing Time Training Training Programs Underrepresented Groups Underrepresented Students United States National Institutes of Health Universities Woman Writing built environment career college ethnic diversity experience faculty mentor follow-up graduate school preparation graduate student hands on research health data health disparity holistic approach job market lectures mindfulness multidisciplinary novel postgraduate education professional atmosphere programs prospective recruit skills statistics student mentoring success summer research unconscious bias undergraduate student working group

项目摘要

ABSTRACT Health disparities in our nation are acute and a multi-faceted approach is needed to properly tackle this growing problem. Increasing the diversity of biomedical research scientists is one key strategy to address this crisis. With the current deluge of health-related data and a projected 34% growth in the job market for statisticians from 2014 to 2024 (Bureau of Labor Statistics), now is the time to diversify our biostatistics workforce. Herein, we plan to expand the pool of students from underrepresented groups in biostatistics by introducing a new curriculum for teaching methodologies in biostatistics, LA’s Biostatistics Education Summer Training Program at the University of Southern California (LA’s BEST @USC), with a focus on current research challenges in the study of heart and lung disease. The Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Preventive Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) is uniquely positioned to attract talented prospective biostatisticians from underrepresented groups into the field due to its success in graduate level training since 1976, location in the ethnically diverse LA Basin, multi-disciplinary research in diverse populations, and real-life oriented approach to biostatistical research. The faculty has expertise in epidemiological methods, spatial statistics and clinical trials, and has an NIH-funded P01 to develop novel statistical methods for integrative genomics. Training a diverse workforce of scientists requires a diverse faculty. A team of faculty from backgrounds including women, African, Latino, Japanese-American, and first in their family to attain a college education, who all share a tradition of individual hands-on research mentorship and extensive portfolios of research grant support in biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical trials, is amassed and available to trainees. With this team, we propose following specific aims: 1) To identify and recruit high-quality and highly-motivated college undergraduate students from underrepresented groups. 2) To provide the trainees with courses and hands-on training in biostatistics. 3) To provide mentoring and professional development training. 4) To track LA’s BEST trainees through completion of their undergraduate degree, post-graduate education, and to their first employment.

摘要