The BS/MS Program in Neuroscience at the Atlanta University Consortium

亚特兰大大学联盟神经科学学士/硕士学位课程

• 批准号: 10633249
• 负责人: Morris J. Benveniste
• 金额: $ 16.54万
• 依托单位: MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10633249
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Diversification of the workforce of the biomedical sciences is of high strategic importance to the United States. Diversity of the workforce has been shown to increase diversity of thought, improve creativity and hasten progress. In addition, with the increase in diversity within the population of the United States in the next 30 years, we will need a diversified workforce to keep up with the demand for jobs in the health and biomedical sciences. The BS/MS Program in Neuroscience of the Atlanta University Consortium has a long-term goal of increasing the proportion of and success of under-represented minorities in the field of Neuroscience. The underlying hypothesis of this grant application is that exposure of students early in their collegiate academic career to neuroscience research will lead to more of these students choosing a career related to neuroscience research. In addition, this exposure will fortify their background in neuroscience, and give them valuable experience in critical and quantitative thinking as well as experimental design. Under-represented minority students are recruited to the dual degree program near the end of their sophomore year. As Juniors and Seniors, students take a rigorous, graduate level neuroscience core curriculum at Morehouse School of Medicine, while still attending their undergraduate institution. The close proximity to Morehouse School of Medicine of the participating institutions of the Atlanta University Consortium (Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University) allows students to walk to their graduate classes and laboratories on a daily basis. In this way, students can concurrently fulfill requirements for both the Bachelor of Science degree at their home institution and the master’s degree in Neuroscience granted by Morehouse School of Medicine. In the summer between Junior and Senior years, students start mentored laboratory work that contributes toward their master’s thesis. After graduating from their undergraduate institution, these students will continue to spend 10 – 11 more months almost exclusively devoted to bench research. During the Master year, BS/MS students also participate in an intensive MATLAB bootcamp with beginning Ph.D. students in the Program in Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School. In addition to sharpening quantitative skills, the Harvard experience is a great networking opportunity. Career counseling of BS/MS students is given throughout the three-year program. The Master year ends with a public thesis defense leading to the earned master’s degree. In order to attract top tier students from the Atlanta University Consortium, tuition is paid by the program and students also receive a stipend for their time working in the laboratory. This experience will hopefully increase the probability of under-represented minority students to become successful in career tracts as Ph.D. scientists, M.D., Ph.D. physician scientists, or physicians interested in neurology, neurosurgery or other fields where they can participate in research or easily collaborate with researchers.

生物医学科学劳动力的多元化对美国具有很高的战略意义。劳动力的多样化已被证明可以增加思想的多样性，提高创造力并加快进步。此外，随着未来30年美国人口内多样性的增加，我们将需要多元化的劳动力来满足健康和生物医学科学工作的需求。亚特兰大大学联盟神经科学的BS/MS计划的长期目标是增加神经科学领域中代表性不足的少数民族的比例和成功。该赠款申请的基本假设是，在大学学术职业早期，学生对神经科学研究的接触将导致更多这些学生选择与神经科学研究有关的职业。此外，这种接触将使他们在神经科学方面的背景增强，并在批判性和定量思维以及实验设计中为他们提供价值的经验。在大二年底结束后，代表性不足的少数民族学生被招募到双学位课程。作为大三学生和大三学生，学生在莫尔豪斯医学院（Morehouse Medicine）参加了严格的研究生级别的神经科学核心课程，同时仍在就读本科机构。亚特兰大大学财团（Morehouse College，Spelman College和Clark Atlanta University）的参与机构的Morehouse医学院近距离接近，允许学生每天步行参加研究生课程和实验室。这样，学生可以同时满足其家庭机构理学学士学位和Morehouse医学院授予的神经科学硕士学位的要求。在大三和高年级之间的夏天，学生们开始指导实验室工作，这为硕士论文做出了贡献。从本科机构毕业后，这些学生将继续花费10到11个月，几乎只专门用于卧里研究。在硕士年中，BS/MS学生还参加了一项著名的MATLAB训练营，并获得了博士学位。哈佛医学院神经科学计划的学生。除了提高定量技能外，哈佛大学的体验还是一个很好的网络机会。在整个三年计划中，都提供了BS/MS学生的职业咨询。硕士年以公开论文的辩护结束，导致获得硕士学位。为了吸引来自亚特兰大大学财团的顶级学生，该课程支付学费，学生还为他们在实验室工作的时间感到压力。希望这种经历将增加代表性不足的少数群体学生在职业领域取得成功的可能性。科学家，医学博士，博士物理科学家或对神经病学，神经外科或其他可以参与研究或轻松与研究人员合作的医生。