Enhancing Successful Post-Baccalaureate Intervention to Promote Research Careers

描述(由申请人提供)：建议的研究测试因素被假设为增加被生物医学博士培训所吸引的代表不足的少数族裔(URM)大学毕业生“走完全程”并发展独立研究职业的可能性。潜在的假设来自西奈山大学毕业后研究教育计划(PREP)的初步结果数据。具体目标1假设：对研究事业的成功至关重要的个人品质是通过参加高中和/或大学活动(如管弦乐队、舞蹈团或大学体育比赛)来培养的；我们的数据来自体育运动。在拟议的工作中，将招募更大的“运动员”队列来进行扩大的准备工作。我们将跟踪运动员和普通学生进入博士和MD/博士项目的入学数据。对于来自每个队列的所有进入博士课程的预科学者，我们将监测自然减员-完成数据以及：(I)一系列业绩衡量标准；(Ii)将保留研究生涯作为目标。高绩效和持续的动力预计将与未来建立独立的研究生涯相关。我们进一步假设，参与高强度、受过良好指导的长期研究项目可以建立类似于田径运动的素质，而多项、不那么激烈和严格的经历则不同；相关数据将从所有研究参与者中收集。具体目标2假设：URM学生发展成为独立研究人员的数量令人失望，即使在特殊的大学项目之后，一个主要原因是仍然存在差距或障碍。如果在博士培训之前没有得到充分的解决，就像西奈山研究所所做的那样，这些差距和障碍阻碍了博士工作的高水平表现，从而支持了随后从博士到独立研究职业的道路。到目前为止，进入西奈山大学博士项目的预科学者的总保留率为92%，而在同一时期进入西奈山大学博士项目的URM队列学生的总保留率为54%。我们的博士项目将部署预备型干预措施，以评估这一差距是否缩小。这项研究解决了完成生物医学博士培训并继续建立独立研究职业生涯的URM学生的匮乏问题。这项研究测试了作为成功博士工作的预测者/建设者的假设因素，并测试了成功的预科干预对博士项目设置的适应性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed research tests factors hypothesized to increase the likelihood that an underrepresented minority (URM) college graduate, who is attracted to biomedical PhD training, will "go the distance" and develop an independent research career. The underlying hypotheses emerged from preliminary outcomes data from the Mount Sinai Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP). Specific Aim #1 hypothesis: individual qualities that are crucial to success in a research career are fostered by participation in high school and/or college activities such as orchestra or dance troupe or varsity athletics; our data derive from athletics. In the proposed work a larger "athlete" cohort will be recruited to an expanded PREP. We will track entry data of the athlete and student-at-large PREP cohorts into PhD and MD/PhD programs. For all PREP scholars from each cohort who enter doctoral programs, we will monitor attrition- completion data as well as: (i) a series of performance measures; (ii) retention of a research career as a goal. High performance and continued motivation are expected to correlate with future establishment of an independent research career. We further hypothesize that participation in long-term research projects of an intense, well-mentored nature build similar qualities to athletics whereas multiple, less intense and rigorous experiences do not; relevant data will be collected from all study participants. Specific Aim #2 hypothesis: a major reason for the disappointing numbers of URM students who develop into independent researchers, even after special college programs, is that gaps or impediments remain. If not adequately addressed before PhD training, as done by Mount Sinai PREP, these gaps and impediments preclude the high level of performance in PhD work that supports subsequent pursuit of the path from PhD to an independent research career. Aggregate retention-to-date of PREP scholars in the PhD programs entered is 92% while that of URM cohorts who entered Mount Sinai's PhD program during the same period is 54%. PREP-type interventions will be deployed in our PhD program to assess whether that gap narrows. The research addresses the paucity of URM students who complete biomedical PhD training and go on to establish independent research careers. The studies test hypothesized factors as predictors/builders of successful PhD work and test the adaptability of successful PREP interventions to a doctoral program setting.