IMSD at Indiana University School of Medicine through Inclusive Biomedical Research Training Program

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The Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) is host to nine doctoral programs that share a common admissions process, entry point, open enrollment, and a core curriculum. The IUSM Graduate Division has committed significant resources and focused effort in order to increase the diversity of our applicant pool and enrolled students. The ultimate goal of these efforts is to support a healthy and vibrant biomedical research enterprise. To catalyze the success of our trainees it is critical that we create new programming that directly address professional development, robust mentoring structures, and wellness with an equity and inclusion lens. It is with this in mind that we propose to establish the IMSD at Indiana University School of Medicine through Inclusive Biomedical Research Training Program. The central mission of IMSD at IUSM Training Program will be to provide graduate students with a holistic training experience that enriches their technical, operational and professional skills. The specific goals of the program include to increase the number of students that obtain independent fellowships, increase PhD completion rates, decrease time-to-degree, and provide transferable curricular content. This will be accomplished by establishing a multi-level mentoring framework that incorporates both professional and peer mentoring, leveraging programming focused on grant proposal writing, creating curricular programming on bioinformatics, and establishing robust training for the participating faculty that that includes elements of career development and of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Strategic and intentional career development will also be integral to the IMSD at IUSM Training Program. Through workshops, experiential opportunities, career coaching and communities of practice, trainees will explore career options, acquire key professional skills, and gain the self-efficacy needed to establish a successful and fulfilling career path. The ISMD at IUSM Training Program brings together 41 participating faculty mentors that represent the various doctoral programs and a diversity of key integrated areas of biomedical research. Importantly, the IMSD at IUSM Training Program affords considerable institutional support and partners with the Graduate Division, the Office of Diversity Affairs, and the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute to build a supportive and inclusive training experience. Altogether, the IMSD at IUSM Training Program is poised to support the scientific and professional success of trainees and contribute to a diverse and resilient biomedical workforce.