CADRE Program for Postbaccalaureate Training in the Neurosciences

神经科学学士后培训 CADRE 计划

• 批准号: 10611758
• 负责人: Wesley B Grueber
• 金额: $ 23.04万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-12-01 至 2026-11-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10611758
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ABSTRACT Despite the diversity of racial and ethnic groups in the US population, there is a marked lack of diversity amongst research scientists. This is progressively more apparent moving further along stages of training and of the profession, from undergraduate through graduate research to faculty. This is likely because in research, as in many other professions, it is invaluable to have immersive early experience in the field to give individuals the skills and self-confidence to succeed. Talented individuals without access to such experience are in effect left out. We propose a comprehensive two-year post-baccalaureate (‘postbac’) program: Columbia Access to Doctoral REadiness (CADRE) to address this lack of timely research experience. It is aimed at recent college graduates of high potential who are interested in pursuing a research career in neuroscience but lacked research opportunities as undergraduates. The core of CADRE is a two-year research project advised by selected mentors within the Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior (NB&B) at Columbia University. Postbacs will choose a lab from a range of neuroscience areas including behavioral and systems neuroscience, cellular, molecular and developmental neuroscience, computational neuroscience, human cognitive studies, and the neurobiology of neurological diseases. They will be supervised by engaged and enthusiastic mentors chosen for their mentoring track record and skills, as well by a graduate student ‘buddy’ in the lab. Importantly, the postbac will be fully integrated into the lab like other NB&B graduate students at the same stage of training, attending lab meetings and journal clubs, discussing data and experimental design, and participating in lab social life. This will give the postbac an immersive hands-on experience of starting a research career. The postbac’s research project will also be complemented with coursework to strengthen their academic foundations. In addition, throughout the program, postbacs will attend seminars, lectures, and other educational events around Columbia University. In a step that is equally as important as the research experience, postbacs engage in events that foster networking and professionalism. Activities will include: 1) a professional development series addressing topics such as applying to research-focused graduate programs, professional writing and presentation skills, maintaining work/life balance, and assessing mentorship styles; 2) a career awareness series: “What you can be with a PhD?” 3) social and cultural activities around New York City, and get-togethers with students; and 4) professional events during the academic year such as traveling to two national scientific conferences, one in their first and one in their second year. We will evaluate the effectiveness of the program with a starting, a midpoint and an exit survey through the course of the two-year postbac. We will also gather long-term feedback from alumni.

摘要 尽管美国人口中的种族和民族群体很多样化，但明显缺乏多样性 在研究科学家中。这一点逐渐变得更加明显，随着培训和培训阶段的深入 从本科生到研究生再到教职员工。这很可能是因为在研究中， 就像在许多其他职业中一样，拥有身临其境的早期现场经验对个人来说是非常宝贵的 获得成功的技能和自信。无法获得这种经验的有才华的人实际上是 被遗漏了。我们提出了一个全面的两年制毕业后(‘postbac’)计划：哥伦比亚大学进入 博士(干部)准备解决这一问题，缺乏及时的研究经验。它针对的是最近上大学的学生 有潜力的毕业生，有兴趣从事神经科学的研究事业，但缺乏 作为本科生的研究机会。干部的核心是一个为期两年的研究项目，由 在哥伦比亚大学神经生物学和行为(NB&B)博士项目中被选中的导师。 Postbacs将从包括行为和系统在内的一系列神经科学领域选择一个实验室 神经科学，细胞，分子和发育神经科学，计算神经科学，人类 认知研究和神经疾病的神经生物学。他们将由Engine和 热情的导师因为他们的指导记录和技能而被选中，以及被一位研究生的朋友选在 实验室。重要的是，PostBAC将像其他NB&B研究生一样完全集成到实验室中 同一阶段的培训，参加实验室会议和杂志俱乐部，讨论数据和实验设计， 以及参与实验室的社交生活。这将为PostBack提供身临其境的动手体验，开始 研究生涯。PostBAC的研究项目还将辅之以课程作业，以加强其 学术基础。此外，在整个项目中，博雅学生将参加研讨会、讲座和其他 哥伦比亚大学周围的教育活动。在与研究同样重要的一步中 经验，毕业后参与的活动可以培养人际关系和专业性。活动将包括：1)a) 专业发展系列，涉及申请研究型研究生课程等主题， 专业的写作和演示技能，保持工作和生活的平衡，并评估指导风格；2) 职业意识系列：“拿到博士学位你能成为什么？”3)纽约周围的社会和文化活动 城市，和学生聚会；4)学年期间的专业活动，如旅行 两次全国科学会议，一次是第一次，一次是第二年。我们将评估 方案的成效，包括两年期间的起点、中点和离职调查 后退。我们还将收集校友的长期反馈。