Purdue PREP for Translational Biomedical Sciences

普渡大学转化生物医学科学准备

• 批准号: 10685292
• 负责人: HARM HOGENESCH
• 金额: $ 30.99万
• 依托单位: PURDUE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-15 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10685292
• 关键词: Address; Admission activity; Adopted; Advocate; Aptitude; Area; Awareness; Behavior; Biomedical Research; Caliber; Climate; Cognitive; Communication; Communities; Competence; Complement; Complex; Degree program; Development; Development Plans; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor' s Degree; Education; Educational Curriculum; Emotional Intelligence; Environment; Ethnic Population; Evaluation; Faculty; Fostering; Future; Goals; Growth; Health; Human; Individual; Institution; Knowledge; Laboratories; Laboratory Personnel; Learning; Life Experience; Measures; Mentors; Mentorship; Modernization; Outcome; Persons; Positioning Attribute; Postbaccalaureate; Postdoctoral Fellow; Prevention strategy; Process; Psychosocial Assessment and Care; Published Comment; Research; Scholars Program; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Scientist; Self Efficacy; Self Perception; Social intelligence; Time; Training; Underrepresented Populations; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Work; biomedical scientist; career; career awareness; cognitive enhancement; college; cultural competence; diagnostic tool; disability; diversity and inclusion; doctoral student; education research; experience; faculty mentor; graduate school; improved; innovation; interest; member; novel therapeutics; organizational climate; peer coaching; physically handicapped; pre-clinical; programs; racial population; resilience; school environment; skills; socioeconomics; success; translational pipeline; translational study; undergraduate student

PROJECT SUMMARY The creation of highly innovative solutions to complex problems impacting human health requires research teams that are rich in cognitive diversity. Cognitive diversity represents the bringing together of people with different backgrounds, viewpoints, and life experiences and is a hallmark of highly innovative teams. Cognitive diversity correlates with identity diversity; it is thus imperative that the translational biomedical sciences workforce includes strong representation of Ph.D. scientists from diverse backgrounds that may imbue new ideas and perspectives to maximize scientific innovation. Unfortunately, cognitive diversity in research teams is currently limited because individuals from specific racial and ethnic groups, those with disabilities, and individuals with low socioeconomic backgrounds, remain significantly underrepresented (UR) in the biomedical sciences. Here, we propose to develop, apply, and evaluate a Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) that will help prepare recent college graduates from UR backgrounds to enter and successfully complete a Ph.D. or dual- doctoral degree program in translational biomedical sciences. At Purdue University, PREP Scholars will have the opportunity to enhance their skill set in four main areas: research aptitude; academics; professional development and career planning; and community and resiliency. Scholars will engage in a yearlong, mentored research experience with an emphasis on preclinical translational studies. The Purdue PREP curriculum is adaptive; Scholars will use an Individual Development Plan (IDP) as a framework and will participate in the educational, professional development, and career planning activities that prepare them for admission to high caliber graduate programs and are aligned with their future career goals. Scholars will be introduced to the breadth of biomedical research and research- related careers along the translational pipeline available to a Ph.D. scientist. The Purdue PREP will adopt a multi-layered, hierarchical approach to mentoring in which each Scholar will work with a network of faculty and near-peer mentors with complementary skills that will provide a broad range of expertise and psychosocial support to enhance Scholars' success. PREP faculty mentors and Scholars will undergo parallel cultural competency training focused on issues of diversity and inclusion as they relate to the academic research environment in order to improve cross-cultural communication and enhance UR student experience. Success will be measured by > 75% of Scholars entering a high quality Ph.D. or dual-doctoral (e.g. DVM-Ph.D.; MD-Ph.D.) degree program upon completion of the one-year Purdue PREP. Formative and summative evaluations will be used to assess Scholars' persistence and progression to a Ph.D. and also the impact of the PREP on fostering an institutional climate of diversity that may enhance UR retention.

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