Western New York Genetics in Research and Health Care Partnership

描述(由申请者提供)：纽约西部遗传学研究和卫生保健伙伴关系将与14个县地区的贫困学校发展持续的伙伴关系，作为生物科学方面的教师和学生招聘、培训和指导的管道，重点是遗传学。它的目的是支持科研和卫生专业学生的职业道路，重点是帮助那些来自代表性不足和弱势群体的学生，并使教师熟悉他们可以在课堂上介绍的基本生物信息学概念。该伙伴关系将由代表布法罗大学生物技术和临床实验室科学系(BCLS)和纽约地区健康教育中心系统的PI领导，该中心系统的全州办事处设在布法罗大学家庭医学系。成员将包括伊利·尼亚加拉AHEC和纽约州乡村AHEC，以及将在5年项目期间被邀请加入的15至25个学区。在项目开始时，AHEC分析将确定为代表性不足的人群提供服务的弱势学区。每年，将邀请3至5个地区加入伙伴关系，使它们有资格接受教师培训(每年总共20名教师)，并为高级体验式学习项目和Capstone研讨会(每年总共100名学生)提供技术支持。来自合作学校的20名生物教师每年将参加在布法罗大学举行的为期两周的暑期研讨会，在那里他们将接受使用美国能源部联合基因组研究所的集成微生物基因组注释协作工具包(IMG-ACT)的培训。在每个学年的秋季学期，AHEC将组织4-5次健康/科学学院和职业探索课程，让学生熟悉基因注释项目，并为其提供一些“真实世界”的背景。学生将在最后一堂课之前制定职业生涯规划，并在春季学期中表明他们对基因注释的兴趣。然后，每名教师将与至少5名学生(每年总共100名)一起参与学年期间使用IMG-ACT进行的基因组注释。每年春天，卡普斯通研讨会将在亚利桑那大学举行，与会的学生和教师将齐聚一堂，介绍他们的项目，并与研究人员和雇主建立网络。AHEC将跟踪并为参与计划的学生提供支持(例如，奖学金和职业信息、新的实习机会)，帮助他们进入和留住该地区的研究和健康职业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Western New York Genetics in Research and Health Care Partnership will develop an ongoing partnership with disadvantaged schools across a 14-county region that will serve as a pipeline for teacher and student recruitment, training and mentorship in bioscience, with a particular focus on genetics. It is designed to support career paths for students in both scientific research and the health professions, emphasizing assistance to those from underrepresented and disadvantaged groups, as well as to familiarize teachers with basic bioinformatics concepts that they can introduce into their classrooms. The Partnership will be led by the PIs, representing the University at Buffalo Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences (BCLS) and the NYS Area Health Education Center System, which has its Statewide Office based in the University at Buffalo Department of Family Medicine. Members will include the Erie Niagara AHEC and WNY Rural AHEC, along with the 15 to 25 school districts that will be invited to join over the 5-year project period. At project start, AHEC analysis will identify disadvantaged school districts serving underrepresented populations. Each year, 3 to 5 districts will be invited to join the Partnership, making them eligible for teacher training (total 20 teachers per year) and technical support for advanced experiential learning projects and a Capstone Symposium (total 100 students per year). Twenty biology teachers annually from the partnering schools will attend a two-week summer workshop at the University at Buffalo where they will receive training in use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes Annotation Collaboration Toolkit (IMG-ACT) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute. During the fall semester of each school year, AHEC will organize 4-5 health/science college and career exploration sessions to familiarize students with the gene annotation project and to give it some "real world" context. Students will develop career plans by the last of these sessions as well as indicate their interest in doing gene annotation during the spring semester. Each teacher will then work with at least 5 students (100 total per year) to participate in genome annotation using the IMG-ACT during the school year. Each spring, the Capstone Symposium will be held at UB, bringing participating students and teachers together to present their projects and network with researchers and employers. AHEC will track and offer support (e.g., scholarship and career information, new internship opportunities) to participating students as they enter and progress through college, supporting entry to and retention in research and health careers in the region.