A Multidimensional Aging Science Program: MSTEM Scholars Trained in Aging Research (MSTEM STAR)

多维衰老科学计划：接受衰老研究培训的 MSTEM 学者 (MSTEM STAR)

• 批准号: 10610463
• 负责人: Jennifer Piazza
• 金额: $ 26.74万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-05-01 至 2027-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10610463
• 关键词: Achievement; Address; Affect; Aging; Award; Bachelor' s Degree; California; Communities; Complement; Critical Thinking; Data; Data Analyses; Dedications; Degree program; Dimensions; Disabled Persons; Discipline; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational Status; Elderly; Enrollment; Environment; Ethnic Origin; Faculty; First Generation College Students; Fostering; Foundations; Future; Goals; Graduate Education; Grant; Hispanic-serving Institution; Home; Individual; Infrastructure; Institution; Laboratory Research; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer; Life; Low income; Mentors; Minor; Population; Problem Solving; Process; Program Evaluation; Race; Readiness; Research; Research Methodology; Research Personnel; Research Training; STEM field; Science; Self Efficacy; Series; Social support; Stream; Structure; Student recruitment; Students; Training; Underrepresented Students; United States; Universities; Woman; Work; aging population; career; cohort; design; disadvantaged background; education research; ethnic minority; evidence base; experience; faculty research; graduate school; improved; innovation; instructor; interest; programs; recruit; research data dissemination; science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine; skills; socioeconomics; success; summer research; symposium; undergraduate student

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT In Medicine, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (MSTEM), there is a shortage of underrepresented students (i.e., ethnic minorities, women, LGBTQ+, individuals with disabilities, first- generation students, and those from low-income or otherwise disadvantaged backgrounds) who devote their careers to issues that affect an aging population. California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), a Hispanic- serving institution, proposes to implement a multidimensional aging science research education program titled MSTEM Scholars Trained in Aging Research (MSTEM STAR). The goal of the MSTEM STAR program is to increase diversity in the MSTEM aging research workforce by recruiting underrepresented MSTEM majors interested in aging and helping them to develop the skills necessary to pursue the highest level of educational attainment in their respective fields. The program has three specific aims. First, students will participate in structured research experiences through one-on-one faculty research mentoring and an intensive summer research experience at a local research-intensive (R1) university (i.e., UC Irvine, UCLA). Second, a student- centered aging science curriculum will be developed, leading to a minor in Aging Studies, which will provide a foundation in aging science, foster research skills, and promote an understanding of how the science of aging relates to students’ lives. Finally, strong student support and engagement will be fostered by mentoring and guiding students through extracurricular activities designed to improve professional skills and graduate school preparedness. The MSTEM STAR program will include three two-year cohorts of six students each. Students will be recruited as sophomores to participate in their junior and senior years. In addition to enrolling in aging- science related coursework, students will be paired with MSTEM faculty research mentors at CSUF, and then with an R1 research team for an intensive summer research experience following their junior year. A separate support mentor will guide each cohort through skill-building activities and engagement opportunities with older adults. Formal program evaluation efforts will be employed to track student success and to provide data for future contributions to pedagogical best practices. Successful implementation and completion of this program will increase the number of students from diverse backgrounds who are prepared for and successfully undertake advanced degree programs in MSTEM fields related to aging. Research and education components will be created with a focus on sustainability: The MSTEM STAR program is designed to endure beyond the life of the grant, with the intent to continually prepare underrepresented students for graduate education in aging- related MSTEM fields.

项目摘要 /摘要 在医学，科学，技术，工程和数学（MSTEM）中，缺乏 代表性不足的学生（即少数民族，妇女，LGBTQ+，残疾人，首先 一代学生，以及来自低收入或其他不利背景的学生） 从事影响人口老龄化的问题的职业。加利福尼亚州立大学，富勒顿（CSUF），西班牙裔 服务机构，提案，旨在实施一项多维老龄化科学研究教育计划 受衰老研究培训的MSTEM学者（MSTEM Star）。系统明星计划的目标是 通过招募代表性不足的Meakos，增加了系统衰老研究劳动力的多样性 有兴趣衰老和帮助他们发展追求最高教育所需的技能 在各自领域的成就。该计划具有三个特定的目标。首先，学生将参加 通过一对一的教师研究和密集的夏季进行结构化研究经验 在本地研究密集型大学（即UC Irvine，UCLA）的研究经验。第二，一个学生 - 将开发中心的老化科学课程，从而导致衰老研究中的未成年人，这将提供 衰老科学，培养研究技能的基础，并促进对衰老科学的理解 与学生的生活有关。最后，通过心理和 指导学生进行旨在提高专业技能和研究生院的课外活动 准备。 Stem Star计划将包括三个两年的队列，分别为六名学生。学生 将被招募为大二学生参加大三和大四。除了参加衰老 与科学相关的课程，学生将与CSUF的MSTEM教师研究导师配对，然后 在大三的时候，有一个R1研究团队获得夏季研究的强化研究经验。一个单独的 支持导师将通过技能建设活动和年龄较大的机会指导每个队列 成年人。正式的计划评估工作将是跟踪学生成功并提供数据的员工 未来对教学最佳实践的贡献。成功实施和完成该计划 将增加来自潜水员背景的学生的数量，这些学生已准备好并成功 在与衰老有关的MSTEM领域进行高级学位课程。研究和教育组成部分 将创建以可持续性的重点：Stem Star计划旨在忍受超越生活 赠款的意图不断为代表性不足的学生准备老龄化的研究生教育 相关的系统字段。