Minority Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Re

少数族裔获得研究职业的机会 本科生学术研究培训

• 批准号: 8688677
• 负责人: AZEEZ A AILERU
• 金额: $ 15.14万
• 依托单位: WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8688677
• 关键词: Admission activity; Advisory Committees; Appointment; Arts; Basic Science; Behavioral; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biological; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Career Choice; Chemistry; Clinical; Critical Thinking; Dental Schools; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Enrollment; Evaluation Reports; Exposure to; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Goals; Graduate Degree; Graduate Education; Health Sciences; Institution; Internet; Investigation; Journals; Medical Education; Mentors; Minority; NCI Scholars Program; Participant; Peer Review; Pharmacy facility; Postdoctoral Fellow; Productivity; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Publications; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Science; Scientific Evaluation; Students; Techniques; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Writing; base; career; clinically relevant; cohort; college; experience; falls; forest; member; posters; pre-doctoral; programs; success; tool; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This program will continue to provide biomedical/behavioral research training of underrepresented minority (URM) students. In the current cycle, all 16 (100%) senior upperclassmen trainees graduated with BS/BA degrees, with honors. Eight of 16 (50%) enrolled in PhD programs directly at various T32 pre-doctoral program institutions and 3 (19%) enrolled in MS degree programs, one enrolled in a Pharmacy program and 1 enrolled in a Medical Education Development (MED) program with the intent to attend dental school in Fall 2013. The remaining 2 recent graduates are research associates with the intent to pursue graduate degree programs within 3 years of graduation. More importantly, 100% of graduates are now in the biomedical/behavioral science career pipeline. While in the MARC program, these trainees co-authored a total of 6 peer reviewed publications, attesting to the impact of this program on the productivity of faculty and students at WSSU. Moreover, trainees overwhelmingly regard the experience as a positive influence on their career choices in science, as outlined in the independent program evaluation report. The objective of this renewal is to contribute to the institutional goal of increasing the numbers of graduating UR students who gain admission into PhD programs from the current baseline of 15 over the last 5 years (8 from MARC) to at least 25 over the next 5 years (13 MARC Scholars). This will involve a cohort of 8 upperclassmen (4 juniors and 4 seniors) per year with a goal to matriculate 80% of MARC Scholar graduates into competitive PhD within 3 years of graduation (i.e. ~13 of 16 MARC Scholar graduates). We will leverage funding to include a parallel cohort of MARC Affiliates (4 juniors and 4 seniors) per year. The Affiliates will participate in activities withou direct support but benefit from placement in funded research labs, mentors, and placement in research programs at our T32 partner institutions with an expected success rate of 60% matriculating into PhD programs within 3 years of graduation. We propose to increase the number of MARC-eligible students by 10 per year via the pre-MARC activities with the freshmen and sophomores who will successfully complete program activities and 7 of 10 (70%) trainees become eligible for MARC Scholars' program or other programs on campus and/or pursue a graduate degree in sciences. We aim to 1) introduce students to biomedical research through hands-on participation; 2) introduce students to critical scientific evaluation by journal club papr presentations; 3) provide experience in scientific writing and speaking through presentation of their research projects as a poster; 4) provide exposure to research faculty, both basic science and clinical; and 5) foster a career commitment to the biomedical and behavioral sciences through an experience that exemplifies the excitement and challenges of clinically relevant investigations. Our new aims are to 6) teach critical thinking associated with biological/behavioral techniques and enhance the students' understanding of basic research and graduate education in the new 3-part Investigation & Research course as a supplement to a rigorous curriculum specific for MARC students; and 7) establish an Internet-based tracking tool to help maintain contact with prior participants-including eight currently enrolled in PhD programs- whose success can inspire others. The training program has over 20 mentors who have primary academic appointments in ten different Departments, Centers and Programs at WSSU and Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS) and will draw trainees from three WSSU participating departments in the College of Arts and Sciences: life sciences, chemistry, and behavioral sciences. The MARC program will be guided by an advisory committee consisting of both internal and external members and reviewed by an independent program evaluator.

描述（由申请人提供）：该计划将继续提供代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生的生物医学/行为研究培训。在本周期中，所有16名（100%）高年级学员毕业于BS/BA学位，荣誉。16人中有8人（50%）直接就读于各种T32博士预科课程机构的博士课程，3人（19%）就读于MS学位课程，1人就读于药学课程，1人就读于医学教育发展（MED）课程，打算在2013年秋季参加牙科学校。其余2名应届毕业生是研究助理，打算在毕业后3年内攻读研究生学位课程。更重要的是，100%的毕业生现在都在生物医学/行为科学的职业管道。而在MARC计划，这些学员共同撰写了共6同行评审的出版物，证明了该计划对教师和学生在WSSU的生产力的影响。此外，绝大多数学员认为，经验作为一个积极的影响，他们在科学的职业选择，在独立的程序评估报告中概述。本次更新的目的是促进增加谁获得进入博士课程从目前的基线15在过去5年（8从MARC）到至少25在未来5年（13 MARC学者）的毕业UR学生的数量的机构目标。这将涉及每年8名高年级学生（4名大三学生和4名大四学生），目标是在毕业后3年内将80%的MARC学者毕业生录取为具有竞争力的博士（即16名MARC学者毕业生中的13名）。我们将利用资金，包括每年的MARC会员（4名大三学生和4名大四学生）的平行队列。该附属机构将参加活动，没有直接的支持，但受益于在资助的研究实验室，导师，并在我们的T32合作机构的研究项目的安置与预期的成功率60%录取到博士课程在3年内毕业。我们建议每年通过预MARC活动增加10名符合MARC资格的学生，其中新生和新生将成功完成计划活动，10名学员中有7名（70%）有资格参加MARC学者计划或校园内的其他计划和/或攻读科学研究生学位。我们的目标是：1）通过动手参与向学生介绍生物医学研究; 2）通过期刊俱乐部papr演示向学生介绍批判性科学评估; 3）通过展示他们的研究项目作为海报提供科学写作和演讲的经验; 4）提供接触研究人员，包括基础科学和临床;和5）通过体验临床相关研究的兴奋和挑战，培养对生物医学和行为科学的职业承诺。我们的新目标是6）教批判性思维与生物/行为技术，并加强学生的基础研究和研究生教育的理解，在新的3部分调查与研究课程作为一个补充，以严格的课程专门为MARC学生; 7）建立一个基于互联网的跟踪工具，以帮助保持与先前参与者的联系，包括目前正在攻读博士学位的八名参与者，他的成功可以激励他人。该培训计划有超过20名导师，他们在WSSU和维克森林大学健康科学（WFUHS）的十个不同部门，中心和项目中担任主要学术职务，并将从艺术与科学学院的三个WSSU参与部门吸引学员：生命科学，化学和行为科学。MARC计划将由一个由内部和外部成员组成的咨询委员会指导，并由一名独立的计划评估员进行审查。