The Medical District UTSW-D FIRST Program

总体：摘要 这份达拉斯医疗区UTSW-D FIRST提案由德克萨斯大学西南分校联合提交， 恩医学中心（UTSW）和德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校（UTD）。我们的机构有互补性 科学优势和富有成效的合作记录。我们的综合FIRST方法将联合 招募一批优秀和多样化的初级教师到生物医学三个集群区域的医疗区， 医学工程（BME），脑科学和癌症。我们的第一个项目将催化一个文化transfor- 信息和增加多样性，公平，包容性，可访问性（DEIA）和我们的教师的活力。总目标 改善DEI文化，加强从URG招聘人才成为FIRST学者， 通过严格的职业发展方法培养他们，帮助他们建立职业生涯， 从长远来看。这些在多样化的卓越成就将进一步增加DEI文化和长期 长期影响。目标1将建立一个创新的联合第一队列计划，使用负责任的，evi- 基于dence的方法，将在我们独特的环境中进行严格的测试。我们会利用我们的前- 从现有的机构队列发展计划，如UTSW的捐赠学者（ES）临经验， Gram和UTD的优势。长期的ES计划有95%的晋升率副教授 与任期，并产生了2 HHMI调查员，部门。主席和中心主任。UTD的NSF ADVANCE：或者- STEM学术课程中性别平等的组织变革计划是较新的，但具有很大的潜力， tial。我们将从这些计划中学习，以创建我们独特的联合FIRST计划，明确关注共同 为卓越的多样性霍特。我们还将发展科学、技术、工程、数学， 医学（STEMM）途径，以增加未来的URG教师。这一目标将侧重于招聘人才 URG教师，并在行政核心描述。目标2将确保我们的第一学者茁壮成长 并在我们的机构取得长期成功。我们将积极主动地为第一学者提供服务， 提供指导和研究支持。我们将提供，执行教练，管理和领导 培训、职业发展、盟友关系和赞助。这些方法在学院中描述 发展核心。目标3将使用严格的基于证据的定量和定性方法来评估 评估我们的第一个项目。我们将评估队列模型的影响，我们的干预措施，以及背景 多层次的因素。这一目标在评价核心中有说明。我们的评估将指导我们的未来 培养可持续机构文化的方法，以增加UTSW和UTD教师的多样性 和领导力。FIRST的遗产将使用数据驱动的战略来指导机构和非政府组织， 部门领导采用最佳做法，克服DEI文化的结构和体制障碍， 真正的，并加强和深化科学劳动力的途径和学术界的伙伴关系。

OVERALL: ABSTRACT This Dallas Medical District UTSW-D FIRST proposal is submitted jointly by the University of Texas Southwest- ern Medical Center (UTSW) and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Our institutions have complementary scientific strengths and a track record of productive collaboration. Our integrated FIRST approach will jointly recruit a cohort of exceptional and diverse junior faculty to the Medical District in the three cluster areas of Bio- medical Engineering (BME), Brain Science, and Cancer. Our FIRST Programs will catalyze a cultural transfor- mation and increase diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility (DEIA) and vitality of our faculty. The overall goal is to improve DEI culture that will enhance recruitment of talents from URGs to become FIRST Scholars, and to nurture them through rigorous career development approaches to help them build their career and retain them in the long run. These achievements in diverse excellence will further increase DEI culture and have long term impact. Aim 1 will establish an innovative joint FIRST cohort program using fiscally responsible, evi- dence-based approaches that will be rigorously tested within our unique environment. We will leverage our ex- periences from existing institutional cohort development programs such UTSW’s Endowed Scholars (ES) Pro- gram and UTD’s ADVANCE. The longstanding ES program has a 95% promotion rate to Associate Professor with tenure and produced 2 HHMI Investigators, dept. chairs and center directors. UTD’s NSF ADVANCE: Or- ganizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions program is newer but has great poten- tial. We will learn from these programs to create our unique joint FIRST program with an explicit focus on co- hort hiring for diversity excellence. We will also grow the science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) pathways to increase future URG faculty. This aim will focus on recruitment of talented URG faculty and is described in the ADMINISTRATIVE core. Aim 2 will ensure that our FIRST Scholars thrive and succeed at our institutions for the long-term. We will proactively onboard FIRST Scholars and provide cus- tomized mentorship and research support. We will offer, executive coaching, management and leadership training, career development, allyship and sponsorship. These approaches are described in the FACULTY DEVELOPMENT core. Aim 3 will use rigorous evidence-based quantitative and qualitative approaches to eval- uate our FIRST program. We will assess the impacts of the cohort model, our interventions, and contextual factors at multiple levels. This aim is described in the EVALUATION Core. Our evaluation will inform our future approaches to foster a sustainable institutional culture to increase the diversity of the UTSW and UTD faculty and leadership. The FIRST legacy will be sustained using data-driven strategies to guide institutional and de- partmental leaders to incorporate best practices to overcome structural and institutional barriers for DEI cul- ture, and to enhance and deepen the science workforce pathways and academic-community partnerships.