Gerontology Enriching MSTEM (GEMSTEM) to Enhance Diversity in Aging

老年学丰富 MSTEM (GEMSTEM) 以增强老龄化的多样性 该计划将应对美国老年人口规模和多样性不断增加的挑战 通过吸引、鼓励和支持来自不同背景的本科生—— 尤其是种族和族裔少数群体以及其他健康差异人群——进入以下领域的职业 衰老研究。我们将为这些学员提供追求高级的技能和经验 通过提供研究培训、教育、职业，获得 MSTEM 学位和老龄化研究职业 发展、指导和同伴社交活动，强调相互之间的整合 老年科学和健康差异研究。我们的计划旨在克服长期存在的问题 财务、社会支持和文化障碍限制了多元化的机会 老龄化研究的本科生。 GEMSTEM 计划是一项付费研究和 整个四年本科经历的专业化机会。我们将瞄准 从南加州大学学生群体中招收代表性不足的少数族裔学生， 服务于两年制和四年制大学以及当地 K-12 学校的少数族裔 LAUSD 越大。 GEMSTEM 将创建一个以本科生为中心的老年科学研究 社区模型通过持续评估来持续增强项目 由学生、老年科学专家和专业人员组成的计划组成部分。 GEMSTEM 计划的目标是 (1) 将研究范围扩大到新兴领域 来自少数种族和族裔以及其他健康差异人群的本科研究人员 (2) 增加进行老年学研究的研究人员数量，以降低健康水平 老年人口的差异。 GEMSTEM 的目标包括：(1) 招募多元化的团队 南加州大学老年学和其他 MSTEM 学位课程的本科生 整个本科经历，参加GEMSTEM； (2)激发学生参与 积极参与老龄化研究，并通过社会化向他们介绍老龄化研究的多样性 和参与活动，这些活动将激发人们对差异知情的热情和承诺 老年科学； (3) 促进老龄化方面的结构化教育和研究培训机会； 提供持续的指导；并为项目参与者在研究生的未来取得成功做好准备 以及医学院的研究培训和职业； (4) 创建社区 GEMSTEM 学生和校友在他们踏入 MSTEM 职业生涯时提供持续的支持。 重要的是，南加州大学 GEMSTEM 项目将帮助 NIA 实现促进多样性的使命 科学队伍中的佼佼者，并保持其在老年科学发现和创新方面的领导地位。

The Gerontology Enriching MSTEM (GEMSTEM) to Enhance Diversity in Aging program will meet the challenges of the increasing size and diversity of the U.S. older population by attracting, encouraging, and supporting undergraduates from diverse backgrounds – especially racial and ethnic minorities and other health disparities populations – into careers in aging research. We will provide these trainees with the skills and experience to pursue advanced MSTEM degrees and research careers in aging by providing research training, education, career development, mentoring, and peer socialization activities that emphasize integration between geroscience and health disparities research. Our program is designed to overcome longstanding financial, social support, and cultural barriers that have limited opportunities for diverse undergraduates in aging research. The GEMSTEM program is a paid research and professionalization opportunity over the entire four-year undergraduate experience. We will target recruitment of underrepresented minority students from the USC student population, from underrepresented minority serving 2-year and 4-year colleges, and from the local K-12 schools in the greater LAUSD. GEMSTEM will create an undergraduate-centered geroscience research community modeled for sustained program enhancement by the continuous assessment of programmatic components by students, expert geroscience faculty, and professional staff. The goals of the GEMSTEM program are to (1) expand research access to emerging undergraduate researchers from racial and ethnic minority and other health disparity populations and (2) increase the number of researchers conducting gerontological research to reduce health disparities in older adult populations. GEMSTEM aims include: (1) recruit a diverse group of USC undergraduate students from Gerontology and other MSTEM degree programs, over the entire undergraduate experience, to participate in GEMSTEM; (2) engage student participation in active research on aging and introduce them to diversity in aging research through socialization and engagement activities that will build passion for and commitment to a disparities-informed geroscience; (3) facilitate structured education and research training opportunities in aging; provide sustained mentorship; and prepare program participants for future success in graduate and medical school research training and careers; and (4) create a community GEMSTEM students and alumni to provide ongoing support as they embark into careers in MSTEM. Importantly, The USC GEMSTEM Program will help NIA achieve its mission to promote diversity in the scientific workforce and maintain its leadership in geroscience discovery and innovation.