RISE at Claflin University through Collaborative Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Biomedical Sciences

 描述(由申请人提供)：克莱夫林大学(CU)位于南卡罗来纳州奥兰治堡，是一所独立的、四年制男女同校、寄宿、以职业为导向的文科大学，隶属于联合卫理公会教会。CU成立于1869年，是该州历史上最古老的黑人学院/大学(HBCU)。超过90%的学生是非裔美国人，39%是第一代大学生，这使得克莱夫林成为地方、地区和国家努力招收少数民族和女性学生进入科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的高级学位和研究型职业的重要组成部分。学生群体是多样化的，大约有2000名学生，其中40%是男性，60%是女性。CU的留校率和毕业率分别为77%和40%。2010年《美国新闻与世界报道》《美国最佳学院和大学指南》将加州大学列为全美80所学校中的第一名，在全美80所学校中排名第一，在全美77所学校中排名第二，被评为最有前途的学校。拟议的CU RISE本科课程(UP)由48名基于高学术成就招募和挑选的RISE学者组成的跨学科研究项目，将在CU总共12名研究人员的监督下进行，并与拥有研究密集型环境的机构合作，重点放在国家卫生研究院的培训项目上，为期五年。在CU，该项目将是 在自然科学和数学学院(SNSM)的各个实验室(生物、化学、数学--计算机科学和工程)开展了一些项目，选定的项目与以社区为基础的参与性公共卫生研究相结合，利用最新的生物技术、医学成像数据集的计算机辅助诊断和与人文学院合作的地理信息系统，帮助解决相关的健康差距问题。此外，学生将接受负责任的研究行为培训，并将参加期刊俱乐部和写作实验室。该项目将提高学生的研究热情，促进职业发展，使更多代表不足的学生进入并完成生物医学/行为科学的博士课程。因此，我们的目标是在第二年之后每年将50%的参与者(6/12)安排到博士项目中，在五年结束时安排24%的参与者；将完成学位(B.S./B.A.或M.S.)的高素质学生的记录从48%提高到63%。在克拉夫林大学攻读SNSM，并在具有研究密集型环境的机构攻读研究生或专业学位，从而使攻读博士学位的人数从研究生/专业学位学生的14.5%增加到25%。我们将利用CU Rise Up结构合理的评估计划，培养来自内部和外部咨询委员会的经验丰富的建议。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Claflin University (CU), an independent, four year, co-educational, residential, career-oriented liberal arts university, is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1869, CU is the oldest historically black college/university (HBCU) in the state. Over 90% of the student body is African American and 39% are first generation college students, making Claflin a vital part of local, regional, and national efforts to recruit minority and female students into advanced degrees and research-oriented careers in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The student body is diverse and consists of approximately 2,000 students of which 40% are male and 60% are female. CU's retention and graduation rates are 77% and 40%, respectively. The 2010 U.S. News & World Report, "Guidebook to America's Best Colleges and Universities" ranked CU #1 in the South among 80 schools nationally for its "Strong Commitment to Teaching" and #2 in the South among 77 schools nationally as a "Top Up-and-Coming School." The proposed CU RISE Undergraduate Program (UP) consists of interdisciplinary research projects that 48 RISE Scholars, recruited and selected based on high scholarly achievements, will conduct under the supervision of a total of 12 researchers at CU and in collaboration with institutions that have research-intensive environments focusing on National Institutes of Health Training Programs over a five year period. At CU, the project will be conducted in various laboratories (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics-Computer Science and Engineering) in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (SNSM), with selected projects integrated with community-based participatory public health research to help address pertinent health disparities using latest bio-techniques, computer-aided diagnosis in medical imaging datasets and Geographic Information Systems in collaboration with the School of Humanities. In addition, students will be trained in Responsible Conduct of Research, and will participate in journal clubs and writing laboratories. This project will enhance students' enthusiasm in research and promote career development with an increased number of underrepresented students entering and completing PhD programs in biomedical/behavioral sciences. As a result, we aim to place 50% of participants (6/12) into PhD programs each year after the second, 24 at the end of 5 years; improve from 48% to 63% the track record of highly-qualified students who complete a degree (B.S./B.A. or M.S.) in SNSM at Claflin University and pursue a graduate or professional degree at institutions with research-intensive environments, thus increasing Ph.D. degree-seekers from 14.5% to 25% of those in graduate/professional degrees. We will foster experienced advising from an internal and external advisory committee using the well-structured Evaluation Plan of CU RISE UP.