Enabling Access to Cutting-Edge Biomedical and Behavioral Science

我们在布法罗大学（UB）的目标是增加生物医学和行为科学领域代表性不足群体的博士生数量。布法罗大学的IMSD在这一战略中发挥了至关重要的作用，通过招聘、提供一流的研究机会，并通过协作学习和综合指导为学生提供支持。自2012年以来，共有29名来自代表性不足背景的学生参加了IMSD的活动，其中14人由IMSD资助，预计2016年秋季将有4人参加。为期两年的IMSD计划专业发展活动和研讨会促进学生的成功和进入科学队伍。在这一成功的基础上，IMSD与来自布法罗大学6所学院21个部门的教师以及罗斯威尔公园癌症研究所（RPCI）一起，继续推动布法罗大学转型为培训多元化劳动力的领先机构。下一个预算期的具体目标是：1)将布法罗大学未被充分代表的生物医学和行为学科的博士生人数每年增加4人，在5年资助期内总共增加20人。这将通过有针对性的招聘和全面审查来实现，从代表性不足的群体中录取有才华和上进的学生，以提高教育成果。2)为成功完成博士学位提供综合指导和必要的学术支持，并确保有竞争力的奖学金和奖励。该计划将通过IDP指导学生完成博士培训，以定制他们的研究兴趣，专业发展活动，通过学生咨询小组提供综合指导支持。3)通过促进科学和领导职位的职业发展，讲座和研讨会以及与学术，联邦和行业领导者互动的机会，为学生成功过渡到有竞争力的博士后职位做好准备。为了发展专业网络和培养导师关系，IMSD学生将完成研究和/或专业发展实习，并探索潜在的未来职业道路。4)最后，我们将致力于通过提供丰富多样的智力环境，促进UB转型为适应学生教学需求的领先机构之一。这一目标将通过将布法罗大学和纽约州立大学的师生发展项目与IMSD项目相结合来实现。与UB副办公室的合作伙伴关系

Our goal at the University at Buffalo (UB) is to increase the number of PhD students from underrepresented groups in biomedical and behavioral science. The IMSD at UB has had an essential role in this strategy by recruiting, providing access to first-class research, and supporting students through collaborative learning and integrated mentoring. Since 2012, a total of 29 students from underrepresented backgrounds has participated in IMSD activities with fourteen (14) funded by the IMSD and four more expected in Fall 2016. The two-year IMSD programmatic professional development activities and workshops promote student success and entry into the scientific workforce. The IMSD is building upon this success, together with faculty from 21 departments spanning 6 UB schools, and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), to continue to catalyze the transformation of UB into a leading institution for training a diverse workforce. The specific aims for the next budget period are: 1) To increase the number of underrepresented PhD students in biomedical and behavioral disciplines at UB by four per year amounting to a total increase of 20 during the 5 year funding period. This will be accomplished by targeted recruiting and holistic review to admit talented and motivated students from underrepresented groups that enhance educational outcomes. 2) To provide integrated mentoring and essential academic support for successful completion of the PhD degree and to secure competitive fellowships and awards. The program will guide students through their PhD training using an IDP to tailor their research interests, professional development activities, integrated mentoring support through their student advisory group, 3) To prepare students to successfully transition into competitive postdoctoral positions by facilitating access to careers in science and leadership positions, lectures and workshops and opportunities to interact with academic, federal, and industry leaders. To grow professional networks and foster mentor relationships, IMSD students will complete a research and/or professional development internships and explore potential future career paths. 4) Finally we will work towards catalyzing UB’s transformation into one of the leading institutions to adapt to student teaching and learning needs by providing a rich, intellectually diverse environment. This aim will be accomplished through integrating the student to faculty development programs at UB and SUNY wide with the IMSD programming. Collaborative partnerships with the office of the UB Vice- provost for equity and inclusion, the Office of Inclusion and Cultural Enhancement, and UB senior administration are aimed to develop specific activities including workshops catered to UB graduate program directors and admissions committees, administrators and faculty search committees. The success of the IMSD program will be realized by: a) increasing diversity of applicant pools for graduate, and professional students and faculty, b) students’ scientific productivity and entry into the workforce, c) improved faculty mentoring and support, and d) building a more inclusive climate at UB.