Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (D/HH) Students (RB2D).

在拥有博士学位的生物医学科学家中，聋人和重听人的比例明显偏低。 罗切斯特桥梁博士学位（RB 2D）的聋人和重听学生的长期目标 该计划旨在增加进入生物医学科学领域博士课程的聋人学生人数， 成功获得生物医学博士学位的聋哑学生人数。两个机构， 罗切斯特大学（UofR）和罗切斯特理工学院致力于这一目标的跟踪记录 (RIT)一起参与RB 2D项目。RIT是一个主要的科学硕士（MS）学位授予 国家聋人技术研究所（NTID）是最重要的高等教育机构， 聋哑学生机构。UofR授予生物医学研究博士学位，拥有研究密集型学术医学 中心，是国家聋人健康研究中心（NCDHR）的所在地，NCDHR是UofR临床研究中心的一个组成部分。 翻译科学研究所。这两个机构在培训方面有着成功的合作历史 为生物医学科学的聋哑学生提供的课程，包括10年的RB 2D（R25），罗切斯特 合作伙伴关系，以推进聋人学者的研究和学术生涯，重点是聋人博士后 学者和新的聋人中心这种新的RB 2D将推进聋人生物医学科学，推进正式和 为罗切斯特语言和文化多样的聋人社区提供非正式学习环境， 扩大公众对聋人生物医学研究科学家可以做什么的认识。此外，将有 增加与聋人学员有效合作的教师和实验室的数量。这些目标 根据目前R25 RB 2D计划的成功率，并且由于普遍存在的小数量， 这表明聋人生物医学科学家的人数显著增加。该计划将举办共5个 每年受训，预期任用2年。为了实现目标和长期目标， RB 2D的目标，该计划将提供四个学期和一个夏天的研究经验，通常与 在RIT和UofR实验室的经验，在学员的学位领域以及专业课程的课程作业 在科学写作等主题中，这些主题是专门为聋哑学生开发的。此外，本发明还 学员将参加课程活动，如专业发展，其中包括战略， 克服聋人学生和生物医学科学家遇到的障碍，并融入全新的 RIT/NTID的聋人中心在聋人社区和生物医学的交叉点提供了一个强大的网络 research.该计划将促进聋人科学家的成功，主要是通过支持RB 2D培训生， 准备生物医学研究博士课程和生物医学研究的职业生涯，但也通过支持RB 2D 导师有效地与聋人学员合作，这将提高聋人科学家在一个 机构一级和超越，并反过来引导更多的聋哑学生进入生物医学科学研究 程序.

Deaf and hard-of-hearing (deaf) people are starkly underrepresented among PhD-holding biomedical scientists. The long-term goal of the Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate (RB2D) for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students program is to increase the number of deaf students who enter PhD programs in biomedical science fields, and the number of deaf students who successfully earn their PhDs in biomedical sciences. Two institutions with a track record of commitment to this goal, the University of Rochester (UofR) and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), partnered together for the RB2D program. RIT is a major Master of Science (MS) degree granting institution and home of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), the foremost higher education institution of deaf students. UofR awards biomedical research PhDs, has a research-intensive academic medical center, and is home to the National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR), a component of the UofR Clinical & Translational Science Institute. The two institutions have a successful history of partnering together on training programs for deaf students in biomedical sciences, including for 10 years on RB2D (R25), on the Rochester Partnership to Advance Research and Academic Careers of Deaf Scholars that focuses on deaf postdoctoral scholars, and the new Deaf Hub. This new RB2D will advance deaf biomedical science, advance formal and informal learning environments for the linguistically and culturally diverse deaf community in Rochester, and broaden the public’s awareness of what deaf biomedical research scientists can do. Additionally, there will be an increase in the number of faculty and labs who work effectively with deaf Trainees. These objectives are based on success rates from the current R25 RB2D program, and because of pervasive small numbers, would represent significant increases in the population of deaf biomedical scientists. The program will host a total of 5 Trainees each year, with expected appointments of 2 years. To accomplish the objectives and the long-term goal of RB2D, the program will provide four semesters and one summer of research experiences, typically with experiences at both RIT and UofR labs, coursework both in Trainees’ degree fields as well as specialized courses in topics such as scientific writing that have been specifically developed with deaf students in mind. Additionally, Trainees will participate in curricular activities such as professional development that incorporates strategies to overcome barriers that deaf students and biomedical scientists encounter, and be integrated into the brand new Deaf Hub at RIT/NTID to provide a robust network at the intersection of the deaf community and biomedical research. The program will facilitate the success of deaf scientists, primarily by supporting RB2D Trainees in preparing for biomedical research PhD programs and biomedical research careers, but also by supporting RB2D mentors in effectively working with deaf Trainees, which will increase the visibility of deaf scientists at an institutional level and beyond, and in turn lead more deaf students to enter biomedical science research programs.