U-RISE at Howard University

摘要/摘要 美国的生物医学科学(BMS)企业严重缺乏博士水平的多样性。这 问题是由于在本科水平上缺乏代表不足的少数族裔(URM)学生 STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)学科。使我们的BMS员工多样化将 通过消除健康差距来改善健康公平。这是自新冠肺炎以来最重要的一次 大流行对美国代表性不足的人群造成了不成比例的影响。考虑到适当的学术 在科研培训和鼓励的同时，有相当数量的URM学生在学业上有才华 将寻求在BMS劳动力中的研究生涯。面向本科生的研究型人才培养计划 霍华德大学项目的增强(U-Rise)将利用这群学生，这些学生将对 为我们BMS员工的多样化而努力。因此，U-Rise at Hu计划的领导任务是招募 有才华和热情的本科生，他们把自己想象成具有创新精神的BMS科学家和 各自领域的全球领先者。我们的计划使命是让他们参与到增强的学术课程中，并 三年级和四年级的实践研究活动。这将产生一支受过高等教育的干部队伍， 上进心强、训练有素的URM学生。在HU计划中实施和保持U-Rise，目标是 该项目需要融入我们的科学界和文化。我们的具体目标如下： 1)招募在学业上有才华和积极进取的市建局学员，作为有志于 BMS学科的博士级别科学家的职业生涯。2)为我们的学员提供增强和结构化的 通过跨学科实践的研究培训，校内研究，校外暑期 研究体验(SRE)以及基于课堂的教学研究。3)至少有75%的我们的计划 受训人员在两年内进入BMS专业的研究密集型(R1)大学博士课程 从霍华德大学毕业，以及4)设计、实施和制度化STEM专业人员 开发课程，以激发学员的兴趣。最后，我们设想我们的计划将创造一个强大的 霍华德大学基金会在招生、招生、留任和晋升方面的热情 BMS专业的本科生。

Summary/Abstract The United States (US) biomedical science (BMS) enterprise critically lacks diversity at the Ph.D. level. This problem is due to the lack of underrepresented minority (URM) students at the undergraduate level majoring in STEM (science technology engineering and mathematics) disciplines. Diversifying our BMS workforce would improve health equity by eradicating health disparities. This is of the utmost importance since the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting underrepresented populations in the US. Given the proper academic and research training along with encouragement, a substantial number of academically talented URM students would seek research career in the BMS workforce. The Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) at Howard University Program will tap into this reservoir of students that would contribute to the diversification of our BMS workforce. Hence, the U-RISE at HU Program leadership mission is to recruit talented and passionate undergraduate students who envision themselves as innovative BMS scientists and global leaders in their fields. Our program mission is to engage them in an enhanced academic curriculum and hands-on research activities during the junior and senior years. This will produce a cadre highly educated, motivated, and well-trained URM students. To implement and sustain U-RISE at HU Program, the objective of the project needs to be integrated into our science community and culture. Our specific aims are the following: 1) To recruit academically talented and highly motivated URMs students to participate as trainees who aspire to a career as a Ph.D. level scientist in BMS discipline. 2) To provide our trainees with an enhanced and structured research training through an interdisciplinary hands-on intramural research experience, extramural summer research experience (SRE) as well as a classroom based didactic research. 3) To have at least 75% our program trainees accepted into a research intensive (R1) university Ph.D. programs in a BMS discipline within two years of graduation from Howard University, and 4) To design, implement, and institutionalize a STEM professional development course to stimulate our trainees’ interest. Finally, we envision our program will create a strong foundation for Howard University in the recruitment, enrollment, retention, and advancement of enthusiastic undergraduate students majoring in the BMS disciplines.