Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity in Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences

最大限度地提高生物医学和行为科学学生多样性的倡议

• 批准号: 7595032
• 负责人: TRUDY F. MACKAY
• 金额: $ 52.49万
• 依托单位: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-04-01 至 2012-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7595032
• 关键词: Address; Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; Chemicals; Complement; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Engineering; Enrollment; Ensure; Environment; Faculty; Fellowship; Financial Support; Fostering; Funding; Future; Genetic; Goals; Graduate Education; Hand; Healthcare; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Individual; Institution; Knowledge; Master of Science; Medical; Mentors; Minority; Minority Groups; Molecular Toxicology; Movement; North Carolina; Population; Postdoctoral Fellow; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Schools; Services; Students; Sum; Talents; Technology; Time; Training; Training Programs; Training Support; Underrepresented Minority; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Ursidae Family; base; career; college; design; experience; graduate student; innovative technologies; next generation; programs; role model; skills; social; statistics; success; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Achieving a diverse biomedical research workforce is important to effectively advance knowledge and create innovative technologies and treatments. To reduce health care disparities and to bring critical social and cultural perspectives to bear on issues related to biomedical research among groups who are typically underrepresented in the research arena, diversity among research professionals is crucial. A new Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity (IMSD) will use a two-tier approach to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students who receive Ph.D. degrees and engage in research in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The first tier will support and train 35 undergraduate students by: (1) providing courses and seminars to introduce students to explore potential careers in biomedical and behavioral sciences; (2) substantially enhancing our current educational and professional development activities; (3) expanding support for mentored research opportunities; and (4) training and preparing them to enroll in and complete a Ph.D. program in biomedical or behavioral research. The second tier will create 9 new graduate student assistantships in biomedical and behavioral research for students from underrepresented groups. Students will receive two years of financial support from IMSD, with subsequent support coming from their respective departments, external funding, or individual research fellowships. Our proposed NIH IMSD project will complement existing and highly successful NSF-funded AGEP and NIH-supported Bridges and T32 training programs, creating a unified plan through the education continuum. We will foster a positive exploratory environment with supportive programming, guidance and recognition for URM students to complete Ph.D. degrees in biomedical and behavioral science research, to ultimately become the faculty researchers and role models for the next generation. Achieving a diverse biomedical research workforce is important to effectively advance knowledge and create innovative technologies and treatments. To reduce health care disparities and to bring critical social and cultural perspectives to bear on issues related to biomedical research among groups who are typically underrepresented in the research arena, diversity among research professionals is crucial. Realizing this goal of workforce diversity in the United States continues to be a challenge, one which this IMSD proposal will address.

描述（由申请人提供）：实现多样化的生物医学研究队伍对于有效地推进知识和创造创新技术和治疗方法非常重要。为了减少卫生保健方面的差距，并使关键的社会和文化观点，以承担与生物医学研究的群体谁通常是在研究竞技场代表性不足的问题，研究专业人员之间的多样性是至关重要的。一个新的倡议，以最大限度地提高学生的多样性（IMSD）将使用两层的方法，以增加代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的学生谁获得博士学位的数量。学位，并从事生物医学和行为科学的研究。第一层将通过以下方式支持和培训35名本科生：（1）提供课程和研讨会，介绍学生探索生物医学和行为科学的潜在职业;（2）大幅提高我们目前的教育和专业发展活动;（3）扩大对指导研究机会的支持;（4）培训和准备他们注册并完成博士学位。在生物医学或行为研究计划。第二层将为来自代表性不足群体的学生创建9个生物医学和行为研究方面的新研究生助学金。学生将获得IMSD两年的财政支持，随后的支持来自各自的部门，外部资金或个人研究奖学金。我们提出的NIH IMSD项目将补充现有的和非常成功的NSF资助的AGEP和NIH支持的桥梁和T32培训计划，通过教育连续体创建一个统一的计划。我们将培养一个积极的探索性环境，为URM学生完成博士学位提供支持性编程，指导和认可。生物医学和行为科学研究学位，最终成为下一代的教师研究人员和榜样。 实现多样化的生物医学研究队伍对于有效地推进知识和创造创新技术和治疗方法非常重要。为了减少卫生保健方面的差距，并使关键的社会和文化观点，以承担与生物医学研究的群体谁通常是在研究竞技场代表性不足的问题，研究专业人员之间的多样性是至关重要的。在美国实现劳动力多样性的目标仍然是一个挑战，这是IMSD提案将解决的问题。