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最低的 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口经历了许多与环境相关的健康问题 如癌症、中风、肥胖和糖尿病。因此，NAU RISE计划将针对环境 部落土地问题作为我们教育计划和研究经验的重点。此焦点 特别合适，因为北方亚利桑那大学的教师是全国公认的专家在这方面 领域，环境健康是NAU美洲土著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提供这一点 专业知识;最后，部落的支持是必不可少的美国原住民学生的成功。 我们计划确定一个队列的4个本科生和4个硕士的美洲原住民学生（或从其他 这些学生将参与RISE的具体活动， 在两年期间就纳瓦霍人的环境健康问题进行研究的经验 国家，霍皮保留区和/或亚瓦派阿帕奇国家。将启动一项夏季计划， 强调文化一致的指导，社区联系，科学身份的形成和价值 对齐。在学年期间，将提供一个名为“研究成功研讨会”的特别课程 对于RISE队列。本课程将继续纳入文化一致的指导和支持， 并强调负责任地进行研究，研究设计和方法， 科学的职业选择，研究生院的申请过程，和生存的研究生院。为 学生进入第二年的支持，他们将掌握研究结果的分析，阅读和 解释文献，科学写作技巧和在专业会议上介绍结果。这些 学生还将为新的一批学生提供同伴支持。所有学生将被引导到课程提供在 统计学、应用土著研究、环境和/或健康科学和计算机科学。 因此，NAU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，通过加强保留和成功的毕业生 为美国原住民学生提供的学生体验。

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.