Houston Education and Research Training Program for Post-docs

描述(由申请人提供)：HART(休斯顿教育和研究培训)项目IRACDA将是一种可移植的博士后培训模式，将前沿水平的生物医学研究和培训结合在少数族裔服务机构(MSI)任教。心脏将增加未来教员的供应，他们可以激励和培训明天的生物医学研究人员。该项目将在可能的情况下包括UR博士后研究员，为本科生提供榜样。通过该项目开发的材料将可供其他机构使用。NIH的资助将允许博士后将美国顶尖生物医学机构之一贝勒医学院(BCM)的研究与休斯顿地区的MSI、Prairie View A&M大学、圣托马斯大学和休斯顿市中心大学的教学相结合。 心脏学者将在整个为期4年的项目中从事研究。在该计划的头几年，他们将建立他们的实验室研究项目；参加关于有效教学策略、少数族裔健康差距以及如何与本科生互动并指导他们进入生物医学博士项目的研讨会。他们将在整个项目期间参加道德和职业发展研讨会。在第二年，学者们将选择一个班级在项目的第三年授课。在第二年的后半年，学者们将在他们将要教授的班级或相关班级中观察老师，并开始计划结合尖端技术和知识的讲座。他们将保留一本观察日志，以帮助他们确定成功和不成功的教学方法。在项目的第三年，研究员将教授或联合教授一个班级/学期，将尖端技术和知识引入班级，为本科生在生物医学领域的职业生涯做好更好的准备。他们将接受教学导师的评估，以评估他们的有效性，并接受指导，以加强他们的教学。在第四年，学者们将继续研究并完成手稿。PI每年将在一个或多个校区举办申请研究生院的研讨会，每期向所有校区的学生开放，并为对生物医学博士学习感兴趣的学生担任外部顾问。 心脏IRACDA将为美国顶尖生物医学机构之一的博士后研究员提供宝贵的研究和大学水平的教学经验，以便他们能够激励和更好地为少数族裔服务机构的学生进入生物医学博士、项目和职业生涯做准备，通过这些他们可能致力于研究对服务不足的人群造成不成比例影响的疾病，并促进向少数族裔社区提供健康信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The HEART (Houston Education And Research Training) Program IRACDA will be a transportable model for postdoctoral training that combines frontier level biomedical research and training to teach in minority serving institutions (MSI). The HEART will increase the supply of future faculty who can inspire and train the biomedical researchers of tomorrow. The project will include UR post-doctoral fellows when possible, providing role models for undergraduates. Materials developed through this project will be available to other institutions. Funding from NIH will allow postdocs to combine research at one of the nation's top biomedical institutions, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) with teaching at MSIs in the Houston area; Prairie View A& M University, St Thomas University and the University of Houston Downtown. HEART Scholars will be engaged in research throughout the 4-year program. During the first VA years of the program, they will establish their laboratory research project; attend workshops on effective teaching strategies, minority health disparities and how to interact with and mentor undergraduates to enter biomedical Ph.D. programs. They will attend ethics and career development workshops throughout the program. In the second year, Scholars will select a class to teach during the third year of the program. In the last half of the second year, the Scholars will observe the teacher in the class they will teach or a related class and begin planning their lectures with incorporation of leading edge technology and knowledge. They will keep a journal of observations to help them identify successful and less successful approaches to teaching. During the third year of the program, the fellows will teach or co-teach one class/semester, introducing cutting-edge technology and knowledge into classes to better prepare undergraduates for careers in biomedicine. They will be evaluated by the teaching mentor to assess their effectiveness and receive mentoring to enhance their teaching. During the fourth year the Scholars will continue research and complete manuscripts. The Pi will conduct workshops on applying to graduate school at one or more campuses each year, with each session open to students from all campuses and serve as an external advisor to students interested in biomedical Ph.D. study. The HEART IRACDA will provide valuable research and college level teaching experience to postdoctoral fellows at one of the nation's top biomedical institutions so that they can inspire and better prepare students from minority serving institutions to enter biomedical Ph.D., programs and careers through which they may work on diseases that disproportionately affect under-served populations and foster delivery of health information to minority communities.