NAU RISE for Native American Students

摘要 美洲原住民和阿拉斯加原住民的大学入学率和毕业率是 这一趋势也适用于那些对STEM领域感兴趣的人。此外，原住民 生活在部落土地上的美国人经历了许多与环境有关的健康问题 例如癌症、中风、肥胖症和糖尿病。因此，NAU上升计划将以环境为目标 关于部落土地的问题作为我们教育计划和研究经验的重点。这一焦点是 特别合适，因为北亚利桑那大学的教职员工是全国公认的这方面的专家 在这个领域，环境健康是NAU印第安人学生广泛表达的兴趣领域， 亚利桑那州的部落(以及全国各地的其他部落)希望他们自己社区的成员能够提供这项服务 专业知识；最后，部落支持对美洲原住民学生的成功至关重要。 我们计划确定一个由4名本科生和4名硕士美国原住民学生(或其他 代表不足的人群)参加这些学生将参与的特定于RISE的活动 两年来关于环境健康问题的研究经验 国家、霍皮人保留地和/或雅瓦派阿帕奇民族。将启动一项暑期计划，将 强调与文化相一致的指导、社区联系、科学认同的形成和价值 对齐。本学年将开设一门名为“成功研究研讨会”的特别课程 对于上升的队列。本课程将继续纳入与文化相一致的指导和支持 并强调负责任地进行研究、研究设计和方法方面的培训， 科学的职业选择，研究生院的申请程序，以及研究生院的生存。作为 学生进入支持的第二年，他们将掌握对研究结果的分析，阅读和 翻译文献，科学写作技巧，并在专业会议上展示成果。这些 学生们还将为新的队列提供同行支持。所有学生都将被引导到以下课程 统计、应用土著研究、环境和/或健康科学以及计算机科学。 因此，北卡罗来纳大学的RISE计划将提供教育活动，以增强 生物医学、行为和临床研究人员通过加强留任和成功毕业 美洲原住民学生的学生体验。

Abstract Native Americans and Native Alaskans have the lowest university enrollment and graduation rates of any group in the United States and this trend holds true for those interested in STEM fields. In addition, the Native American populations living on tribal land experience a multitude of environmentally associated health issues such as cancer, stroke, obesity and diabetes. Therefore, the NAU RISE program will target environmental issues on tribal land as the focus for our educational program and research experiences. This focus is particularly appropriate because Northern Arizona University faculty are nationally recognized as experts in this field, environmental health is a widely-expressed area of interest for NAU Native American students, the Arizona tribes (and others throughout the country) want the members of their own community to provide this expertise; and, lastly, tribal support is imperative to the success of Native American students. We plan to identify a cohort of 4 undergraduate and 4 Master's Native American students (or from other underrepresented populations) to participate in RISE-specific activities These students will be involved in research experiences over the period of two years on issues addressing environmental health the Navajo Nation, the Hopi reservation and/or the Yavapai Apache Nation. A summer program will be initiated that will emphasize culturally-aligned mentorship, community connections, scientific identify formation and value alignment. During the academic year a special course entitled Success in Research Seminar will be provided for the RISE cohort. This course will continue to incorporate the culturally aligned mentorship and support of the summer and also emphasize training in responsible conduct of research, research design and methods, scientific career choices, the graduate school application process, and surviving graduate school. As the students progress into the second year of support they will master the analysis of research results, reading and interpreting the literature, scientific writing skills and presentation of results at professional conferences. These students will also provide peer-support to the new cohort. All students will be directed to courses offerings in statistics, applied indigenous studies, environmental and/or health sciences and computer science. As a result, the RISE program at NAU will provide educational activities that will enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce through enhanced retention and successful graduate student experiences for Native American students.