CD-Cavs: Cross-Disciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences Training Program to Diversify the STEM workforce

克利夫兰州立大学(CSU)和克利夫兰诊所的勒纳研究所(LRI)是 提交《CD-CAVS：跨学科心血管科学培训计划》，使STEM多样化 劳动力“。它的目的是培养来自不同背景的博士生。 减少劳动力，从而帮助解决这些人口在STEM职业生涯中参与率低得令人无法接受的问题。 科罗拉多州立大学是一所城市大学，其愿景是成为一所以学生为中心的优秀学术中心，为学生提供 向所有人提供可获得的、积极参与的特殊教育“。在加州州立大学的本科生中，39.6%的人符合佩尔的条件， 有22%的少数族裔代表不足(URM)。加州州立大学为最多元化的学生群体提供服务 历史悠久的俄亥俄州黑人大学。克利夫兰，拥有丰富的生物医学和学术健康 对于对STEM感兴趣的学生来说，这是一个有吸引力的目的地 医疗保健。在医疗保健领域，CSU与LRI的合作提供了丰富的培训环境： 凭借LRI由NIH资助的卓越心血管研究和强大的指导历史，以及 CSU的卓越中心，如GRHD，健康和疾病基因调控中心，以及 人机系统中心。CD-Cavs将通过以下方式扩大与LRI的这种牢固的伙伴关系 CSU：LRI的3个联合博士项目：调节生物学、临床和生物分析 科学与健康专业学院化学(COSHP)和应用生物医学工程 在沃什克维茨工程学院(WCOE)。代表不足的学生，将专门招收 通过三人麦克奈尔学者计划，通过在全国性会议上与LRI联合营销，例如 少数民族学生年度生物医学研究会议(ABRCMS)，并通过CSU学生 科学家协会、全国黑人工程师协会和女性工程师协会等组织。 来自CSU的19名教员和LRI的18名教员将担任导师，每个CD-Cavs学员都得到了 一名CSU和一名LRI导师。CD-Cavs将成为克利夫兰第一个致力于T32培训的项目 专为人数不足的博士生提供支持。我们请求支持5名博士后 在CD-Cavs资助的5年中的每一年的学生，在通过后将得到2-2.5年的支持 他们的候选人资格考试。研究培训的广度包括对基因表达的翻译控制， 复杂疾病的易感基因，衰老和生物钟，凝血障碍， 动脉粥样硬化和哮喘、肺动脉高压、人类-机器人系统中的炎症机制 康复、微柱芯片上的3D生物打印、远程患者监护和组织基质工程。 这一独特的跨学科培训将通过在克利夫兰的临床沉浸体验而丰富 诊所，由学生导师讨论小组，心血管科学系列研讨会，心脏病学大奖 轮次，外加来自CSU研究生资源中心的多种支持机制。 好了！

Cleveland State University (CSU), together with the Lerner Research Institute (LRI) of the Cleveland Clinic, are submitting “CD-Cavs: Cross-Disciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences Training Program to Diversify the STEM workforce”. Its purpose is to train pre-doctoral students from all backgrounds under-represented in the STEM workforce, thus helping address unacceptably low participation of these populations in STEM careers. CSU is an urban university with a vision to be “a student-focused center of scholarly excellence that provides an accessible, engaged and exceptional education to all”. Of CSU’s undergraduates, 39.6% are Pell eligible, with 22% under-represented minorities (URM). CSU serves the most diverse student body of any non- historically black university in Ohio. Cleveland, with its abundance of biomedical and academic health institutions along the Health-Tech Corridor, is an attractive destination for students interested in STEM and healthcare. Within this healthcare landscape, CSU’s partnership with LRI provides a rich training environment: with LRI’s exceptional NIH-funded cardiovascular research and strong mentoring history, complemented by centers of excellence at CSU, such as GRHD, the Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, and CHMS, the Center for Human Machine Systems. CD-Cavs will expand upon this robust partnership with LRI by bringing under its umbrella, the 3 joint CSU:LRI Ph.D. programs: Regulatory Biology, Clinical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, in the College of Sciences and Health Professions, (COSHP) and Applied Biomedical Engineering in the Washkewicz College of Engineering (WCOE). Underrepresented students, exclusively, will be recruited through TRIO McNair Scholar programs, through joint marketing with LRI at national conferences, such as Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), and through CSU student organizations such as Scientista, National Society of Black Engineers, and Society of Women Engineers. Nineteen faculty from CSU, plus 18 from LRI will serve as mentors, with each CD-Cavs trainee supported by one CSU and one LRI mentor. CD-Cavs will be the first T32 Training Program in Cleveland devoted exclusively to support of under-represented pre-doctoral students. We request support for 5 pre-doctoral students in each of the 5 years of CD-Cavs funding, to be supported for 2-2.5 years subsequent to passing their candidacy exam.The breadth of research training encompasses translational control of gene expression, susceptibility genes in complex diseases, aging and the circadian clock, blood coagulation disorders, inflammatory mechanisms in atherosclerosis and asthma, pulmonary hypertension, human-robot systems in rehabilitation, 3D-bioprinting on micro-pillar chips, remote patient monitoring, and tissue matrix engineering. This unique cross-disciplinary training will be enriched by a clinical immersion experience at the Cleveland Clinic, by Student-Mentor Discussion Groups, a Cardiovascular Sciences Seminar series, Cardiology Grand Rounds, plus multiple support mechanisms from CSU’s Graduate Student Resource Center. !