Enabling Access to Cutting-Edge Biomedical and Behavioral Science

我们在布法罗大学（UB）的目标是增加来自生物医学和行为科学代表性不足群体的博士生数量。UB的IMSD在这一战略中发挥了重要作用，招聘，提供一流的研究，并通过协作学习和综合辅导来支持学生。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活动，其中14人由IMSD资助，预计2016年秋季还有4人。为期两年的IMSD方案专业发展活动和研讨会促进学生的成功和进入科学劳动力。IMSD是建立在这一成功的基础上，与来自21个部门跨越6 UB学校，和罗斯韦尔公园癌症研究所（RPCI）的教师一起，继续促进UB的转变为培训多元化的劳动力的领先机构。下一个预算期的具体目标是：1）在UB生物医学和行为学科中，每年增加4名代表性不足的博士生，在5年的资助期内总共增加20名。这将通过有针对性的招聘和全面审查来实现，以录取来自代表性不足群体的有才华和有动力的学生，从而提高教育成果。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项。该计划将指导学生通过他们的博士培训使用IDP来定制他们的研究兴趣，专业发展活动，通过他们的学生咨询小组提供综合指导支持，3）通过促进获得科学和领导职位，讲座和研讨会以及与学术，联邦和行业领导者互动的机会，帮助学生成功过渡到具有竞争力的博士后职位。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，我们将努力促进UB转变为领先的机构之一，以适应学生的教学和学习需求，提供一个丰富的，智力多样化的环境。这一目标将通过整合学生教师发展计划在UB和纽约州立大学与IMSD编程。与联合王国副秘书长办公室建立合作伙伴关系， 公平和包容的教务长，包容和文化增强办公室和UB高级管理人员旨在开展具体活动，包括为UB研究生课程主任和招生委员会，管理人员和教师搜索委员会举办的研讨会。IMSD计划的成功将通过以下方式实现：a）增加研究生，专业学生和教师的申请人池的多样性，B）学生的科学生产力和进入劳动力市场，c）改善教师的指导和支持，以及d）在UB建立更具包容性的氛围。

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.