University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching

项目摘要 宾夕法尼亚大学的博士后研究和教学机会（PENN- PORT）计划旨在提供一个传统的指导博士后研究经验的结合， 宾夕法尼亚大学和博士后任命的机会，以发展教学技能在一个 三个合作的少数民族服务机构。Penn-Port计划的双重目标是：1） 培养一批训练有素的生物医学和行为科学家，他们都是杰出的 研究人员和高素质的本科教育工作者，2）加强本科科学 教育在我们的合作学校，并鼓励本科生，特别是那些从下- 代表团体，追求进一步的教育，导致在科学事业。日三年 培训计划，研究员进行尖端，独立的研究下，宾夕法尼亚大学教师的方向 研究导师，他们代表了广泛的NIGMS相关研究领域和部门， 宾夕法尼亚大学医学院、兽医学院、牙科学院、护理学院、艺术与科学学院，或 工程，或附属机构，包括费城儿童医院和Wistar 院研究导师的选择是因为他们出色的培训记录，资金充足的实验室， 致力于IRACDA计划的目标。除了研究之外，还为宾州港口研究员提供培训 包括一个正式的为期一个学期的课程，从教育研究生院在教育方法， 宾夕法尼亚州以及指导教学经验，由杰出的教学教师在一个或多个监督 我们的合作机构。我们的三所合作学校涵盖了本科教育环境的范围， 并包括特拉华州县社区学院（一所副学士学位机构， 课程），林肯大学（4年文科学院和历史上最古老的黑人大学， 美国）和罗格斯大学-卡姆登（一个研究生机构与合作研究的机会）。后 在完成宾夕法尼亚大学的正式教学课程后，宾州港口博士后在合作学校旁听一门课程， 然后在该机构的教学导师的监督下教授该课程。在他们 在教学的第二个学期，研究员指导他们自己设计的课程，通常是在他们的研究领域 专业知识为了补充他们在研究和教学方面的培训，宾夕法尼亚港口研究员开发了其他 专业技能，通过专门为博士后设计的计划，由PENN的生物医学博士后 程序.对于合作学校，宾夕法尼亚州港口计划提供了新的，令人兴奋的，以研究为导向的 课程宾夕法尼亚州港口研究员作为重要的导师和榜样，本科生在我们的合作伙伴 学校，提供职业规划和机会，在宾夕法尼亚大学实验室从事研究，并培养 宾夕法尼亚大学与其三所合作学校之间的研究和教学合作。

Project Summary The University of Pennsylvania's Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching (PENN- PORT) Program aims to provide a combination of a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience at the University of Pennsylvania and an opportunity for postdoctoral appointees to develop teaching skills at one of three partnering minority serving institutions. The dual objectives of the Penn-PORT program are: 1) to develop a diverse group of highly trained biomedical and behavioral scientists who are both outstanding researchers and highly qualified undergraduate educators, and 2) to strengthen undergraduate science education at our partner schools and encourage undergraduate students, particularly those from under- represented groups, to pursue further education leading to a career in the sciences. During the three-year training program, fellows conduct cutting-edge, independent research under the direction of a PENN faculty research mentors, who represent a broad array of NIGMS-related research areas and departments within PENN's Schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, Arts and Sciences, or Engineering, or affiliated institutions including the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Wistar Institute. Research mentors are selected for their outstanding training records, well-funded laboratories, and commitment to the goals of the IRACDA program. In addition to research, training for PENN-PORT fellows includes a formal semester-long course in pedagogical methods from the Graduate School of Education at PENN as well as a mentored teaching experience, supervised by distinguished teaching faculty at one or more of our partner institutions. Our three partner schools span the range of undergraduate education environments, and include Delaware County Community College (an Associate degree institution with a constrained curriculum), Lincoln University (a 4 year liberal arts college and the oldest Historically Black University in the US), and Rutgers University - Camden (a graduate institution with collaborative research opportunities). After completing the formal teaching course at Penn, PENN-PORT postdocs audit a course at the partner school, and subsequently teach that course under the supervision of their teaching mentor at that institution. In their second semester of teaching, fellows direct a course of their own design, typically in the area of their research expertise. To supplement their training in research and teaching, Penn-PORT fellows develop other professional skills through programs especially designed for postdocs by PENN's Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs. For the partner schools, the Penn-PORT program provides new, exciting, research-oriented courses. Penn-PORT fellows serve as important mentors and role models to undergraduates at our partner schools, providing career programming and opportunities to engage in research in Penn labs, and fostering collaboration in research and teaching between the Penn and its three partner schools.