U-RISE at St. Mary's University

圣玛丽大学 U-RISE

• 批准号: 10629956
• 负责人: Veronica E Contreras-Shannon
• 金额: $ 27.15万
• 依托单位: ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2028-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10629956
• 关键词: Bachelor' s Degree; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Degree program; Development; Doctor of Medicine; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Exposure to; Faculty; High School Student; Hispanic-serving Institution; Mentors; Recording of previous events; Research; STEM research; Schools; Science; Students; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Students; Universities; biomedical scientist; career; cohort; community college; design; high school; interest; next generation; outreach; programs; recruit; skills; transfer student; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

Project Summary/Abstract St. Mary’s University is a Hispanic-serving institution in San Antonio, TX, with a long history of successfully preparing underrepresented minority students to enter professional schools. For nearly 40 years, St. Mary’s has been committed to training the next generation of biomedical scientists through the MARC U*STAR Program. To continue and extend our 40-year efforts to train the next generation of biomedical scientists, the URISE program at St. Mary’s will build the pool of students interested in research by involving and exposing high school students to STEM research, providing interested St. Mary’s students opportunities to participate in biomedical research with faculty specifically trained to mentor undergraduates underrepresented in STEM, and providing individualized development training to a cohort of students intent on pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences. Specifically, our URISE program will provide 16 (8 junior and 8 senior) students a two-year training program designed to give them the technical, operational, and professional skills necessary to transition into research-focused higher degree programs and the biomedical workforce. We propose the following specific aims: 1) To build the interest of underrepresented students in research careers in the biomedical sciences and pursuing a Ph.D. degree in biomedical sciences through early outreach and interactions with local high schools; 2)To implement a research track curriculum designed to mentor, train, and engage underrepresented students in biomedical research (including community college transfer students) and increase the number of students interested in research careers. 3) To recruit and prepare a diverse pool of URISE scholars who complete their baccalaureate degree, and transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs (e.g., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.) and pursue biomedical research careers. The URISE program is expected to advance the research culture at St. Mary’s, increase the number of students interested in pursuing research careers and Ph.D.s in the biomedical sciences, and produce responsible biomedical scientists. Equally important, is that the broad exposure to biomedical science research will be beneficial to students who are not seeking higher degrees in STEM but, as a result, stay in STEM and join the biomedical workforce.

项目总结/摘要 圣玛丽的大学是在圣安东尼奥，得克萨斯州的西班牙裔服务机构，具有悠久的历史， 成功地帮助代表性不足的少数民族学生进入专业学校。近40 多年来，圣玛丽一直致力于培养下一代生物医学科学家，通过 MARC U * 星星计划。继续并延续我们40年的努力，培养下一代 玛丽的URISE计划将建立一个学生感兴趣的池， 通过让高中生参与并接触STEM研究，为感兴趣的学生提供研究。 玛丽的学生有机会参加生物医学研究与教师专门培训， 指导在STEM中代表性不足的本科生，并提供个性化的发展培训， 一群打算攻读博士学位的学生在生物医学科学中。具体来说，我们的URISE计划 将为16名（8名初级和8名高级）学生提供为期两年的培训计划，旨在让他们 过渡到以研究为重点的高等学位所需的技术，操作和专业技能 计划和生物医学劳动力。我们提出了以下具体目标：1）建立利益的 在生物医学科学和攻读博士学位的研究生涯中，学位 生物医学科学，通过早期推广和与当地高中的互动; 2）实施一项 研究跟踪课程，旨在指导，培训和从事生物医学代表性不足的学生 研究（包括社区学院转学生），增加感兴趣的学生人数 在研究生涯中。3)招募和准备一个多样化的URISE学者谁完成他们的 学士学位，并过渡到和完成生物医学，研究为重点的高等学位 程序（例如，博士或医学博士/博士）并从事生物医学研究事业。URISE计划是 预计将推进研究文化在圣玛丽的，增加感兴趣的学生人数 追求研究事业和博士学位在生物医学科学，并产生负责任的生物医学 科学家同样重要的是，广泛接触生物医学科学研究将是有益的 对于那些不寻求STEM更高学位，但因此留在STEM并加入 生物医学劳动力。