IMSD at UC Davis

加州大学戴维斯分校 IMSD

• 批准号: 10094065
• 负责人: ALDRIN V. GOMES
• 金额: $ 47.45万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10094065
• 关键词: IMSD; UC; Davis

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The overarching goal of our proposed IMSD at UC Davis Training Program is to increase diversity of the biomedical research workforce via increasing the number of diverse students that complete PhDs in biomedical-related science fields. For this, we propose to implement a comprehensive intervention program that has rigorous research & education activities specifically for first-year graduate students. We anticipate that our enrichment activities will increase diversity of the life science pipeline by facilitating successful advancement of UC Davis PhD students to the next step of their biomedical research career. We propose to select 10 graduate students per year to participate in this program, which has four major objectives. The first is to increase the number of diverse students awarded PhDs in life science disciplines. In alignment with this goal, we expect that (a) the rate of acceptance of underrepresented (UR), economically disadvantaged, and disabled students into the target graduate groups will not be less than the rate for students not in those categories; (b) the trainees’ oral and written communication skills will be enhanced; (c) the trainees’ selection for 2nd and 3rd year slots on other UC Davis T32 programs will be increased, further expanding their interdisciplinary vistas; (d) time to and success rate of IMSD Fellows in advancing to candidacy will be enhanced; and (e) at least 80% of the Fellows will complete their PhD. Our second major objective of the proposed IMSD Fellows program is enhancement of the mentor trainee relationship. This will be accomplished by (a) implementing an annual workshop on mentor-trainee relationships which will include advice from successful senior graduate students; (b) implementing/utilizing an annual IDP to improve productivity and clarity; and (c) having mentors take specialized mentor training workshops. Our third objective is to develop outreach/communication and career skills of the IMSD trainees via (a) implementing structured interaction with undergraduate UR, economically disadvantaged and/or disabled students, providing relevant role models for these undergraduates; b) mentoring of entering IMSD trainees by more senior R25 IMSD and IMSD T32 graduate students; and c) development of important career skills by implementing experiential learning opportunities. The fourth objective is to utilize program evaluations to continuously improve the program and provide expedient dissemination of the results. This will be done by (a) implementation of evaluations throughout the Training Program; (b) publishing our success and failures to enhance the effectiveness of other T32 programs;(c) annually revisit the program plan incorporating improvements suggested by program evaluations; and (d) creation of an outstanding IMSD website for diverse graduate students.

项目概要/摘要 我们在加州大学戴维斯分校提出的 IMSD 培训计划的总体目标是增加 通过增加完成博士学位的多元化学生数量来培养生物医学研究人员 生物医学相关科学领域。为此，我们建议实施一项综合干预计划， 专门针对一年级研究生开展严格的研究和教育活动。我们预计 我们的丰富活动将通过促进成功来增加生命科学管道的多样性 加州大学戴维斯分校博士生进入生物医学研究生涯的下一步。我们建议 每年选拔 10 名研究生参加该计划，该计划有四个主要目标。第一个是 增加获得生命科学学科博士学位的多元化学生的数量。为了实现这一目标， 我们预计 (a) 代表性不足 (UR)、经济弱势群体和残疾人的接受率 进入目标研究生群体的学生比例将不低于不属于这些类别的学生的比例； (二) 学员的口头和书面沟通技巧将得到提高； (c) 第二届和第三届学员的选拔 加州大学戴维斯分校其他 T32 项目的学年名额将增加，进一步扩大其跨学科视野； (四) IMSD 研究员晋级候选资格的时间和成功率将得到提高； (e) 至少 80% 研究员将完成他们的博士学位。我们拟议的 IMSD 研究员计划的第二个主要目标是 加强导师实习生关系。这将通过以下方式实现：(a) 实施年度 关于导师与实习生关系的研讨会，其中将包括成功的高年级研究生的建议； (b) 实施/利用年度 IDP 来提高生产力和清晰度； (c) 让导师接受 专业导师培训研讨会。我们的第三个目标是发展外展/沟通和职业生涯 通过 (a) 与本科生 UR 实施结构化互动，经济地提高 IMSD 学员的技能 弱势和/或残疾学生，为这些本科生提供相关的榜样； b) 指导 由更高级的 R25 IMSD 和 IMSD T32 研究生进入 IMSD 学员； c) 发展 通过实施体验式学习机会来培养重要的职业技能。第四个目标是利用 计划评估，以不断改进计划并方便地传播结果。 这将通过以下方式实现：(a) 在整个培训计划中实施评估； (b) 发布我们的 提高其他 T32 计划有效性的成功和失败；(c) 每年重新审查计划计划 纳入计划评估建议的改进； (d) 创建出色的 IMSD 网站 适合不同的研究生。