Achieving diversity in genomics: Research education for URM scientists

布罗德研究所的DAP创建于2003年，目的是准备和激励来自代表性不足群体的实习生 投身于科学研究事业，致力于并取得成功。我们培训的四个主要组成部分 模式是：1)获得科学知识；2)发展沟通技能；3)职业 准备；以及4)科学社会化，借此我们揭开科学习俗和科学文化的神秘面纱。我们的 该计划重点关注受训者致力于研究生培训的学术进步点，以及 使他们做好准备，在他们进入研究生院和研究的每一个关头成功过渡 事业。我们计划继续我们成功的夏季本科生培训计划，并与 通过广泛的癌症计划，启动一个新的，为期两年的学士学位后计划，重点是研究 癌症基因组学。我们的本科生和博士后实习生将发展广度和深度的知识 新兴科学领域，并通过开展尖端技术获得实验设计和分析方面的技能 研究。学员将提高他们以清晰和令人信服的方式展示他们的科学工作的能力， 并参加会议，揭开成功科学事业的许多方面和道路。这两个项目 将保持我们对少数受训人员进行深度投资的传统，培养合作的同行队列， 提供领域领导者的指导，提供培训后的职业支持，并利用广泛的 社区对这项工作的深切承诺。我们的DAP还将建立和主办一年一度的夏季会议 向人数较少的本科生提供高强度的技能培养活动 参加波士顿地区的暑期研究项目。其中规模较大的会议将提供深入的 关于职业发展的关键主题的会议，这些主题通常在暑期项目中得到粗略的对待。 这次会议代表着一种合作的努力，将利用地区大学的集体经验 目前正在培训代表人数不足的学生。我们的第二次会议将提供实践培训 STEM计算幼稚本科生的分析方法。这两个会议都会有所帮助 推动更多代表不足的学生在STEM取得成功的研究生职业生涯，提供 许多人无法通过本国机构获得的专业知识和资源。布罗德学院提供了一个 多学科、高度协作的环境，在这种环境中，新的基因组技术和遗传、化学 计算方法被应用于疾病的研究。布罗德的DAP将招募和识别 来自不同来源的有才华的参与者，包括非研究密集型和为少数群体服务的大学和 大学，包括来自弱势背景的实习生。我们将评估我们的计划和结果， 根据明确的指标跟踪参与者。我们的建议建立在成功培训URM科学家的基础上 结果表明，包括受训人员在科学、出版物和国家 公认的成就。

The Broad Institute's DAP was created in 2003 to prepare and inspire trainees from under represented groups to pursue, commit to, and succeed in, careers in scientific research. The four major components of our training model are: 1) acquisition of scientific knowledge; 2) development of communication skills; 3) career preparation; and, 4) science socialization, whereby we demystify the customs and culture of science. Our program focuses on points in trainees' academic progression at which they commit to graduate training, and prepares them to transition successfully at each juncture as they advance to graduate school and into research careers. We propose to continue our successful summer undergraduate training program and, in partnership with the Broad Cancer Program, launch a new, two-year post baccalaureate program focused on research in cancer genomics. Our undergraduate and postbac trainees will develop a breadth and depth of knowledge in emerging areas of science, and acquire skills in experimental design and analysis by carrying out cutting-edge research. Trainees will sharpen their ability to present their scientific work in a clear and compelling manner, and engage in sessions that unpack the many facets and paths of successful scientific careers. Both programs will maintain our tradition of investing deeply in small numbers of trainees, fostering collaborative peer cohorts, offering mentoring from leaders in the field, offering post training career support and leveraging the Broad community's deep commitment to this work. Our DAP will also establish and host annual summer conferences that deliver high-intensity skill-building activities to the large population of underrepresented undergraduates participating in Boston-area summer research programs. The larger of these conferences will offer in-depth sessions on key topics in career development that are typically given cursory treatment by summer programs. This conference represents a collaborative effort and will harness the collective experience of area universities currently training underrepresented students. Our second conference will provide hands-on training in analytical methods for computationally naïve undergraduate students in STEM. Both conferences will help propel larger numbers of under represented students toward successful graduate careers in STEM, providing expertise and resources that many cannot access through their home institutions. The Broad Institute offers a multidisciplinary, highly collaborative environment in which new genomic technologies and genetic, chemical and computational approaches are applied to the study of disease. The Broad's DAP will recruit and identify talented participants from diverse sources, including non-research-intensive and minority-serving colleges and universities, including trainees from disadvantaged backgrounds. We will evaluate our program and outcomes, tracking the participants with respect to clear metrics. Our proposal builds on success training URM scientists as demonstrated by outcomes, including trainees' persistence in science, publications, and nationally recognized achievements.