Northwestern University Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

西北大学学士后研究教育计划

• 批准号: 10621170
• 负责人: JOHN F DISTERHOFT
• 金额: $ 37.41万
• 依托单位: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-05-01 至 2027-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10621170
• 关键词: Acclimatization; Admission activity; Advisory Committees; Area; Behavioral; Biochemistry; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Computing; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Research; Biomedical Technology; Biophysics; Cell physiology; Cellular biology; Chicago; Clinic; Collaborations; Communication; Communities; Complement; Country; Critical Thinking; Data Analyses; Development; Development Plans; Developmental Biology; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Environment; Event; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Generations; Genetic; Goals; Growth; Hispanic Americans; Illinois; Individual; Infrastructure; Institution; Instruction; Intellectual Interest; Interview; Joints; Laboratory Research; Leadership; Learning; Mentors; Mexican Americans; Michigan; Mind; Molecular; Molecular Biology; Molecular Genetics; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Native Americans; Neurosciences; Pharmacology; Physiology; Postbaccalaureate; Postdoctoral Fellow; Preparation; Process; Program Evaluation; Research; Research Personnel; Research Technics; Research Training; Scholars Program; Schools; Science; Scientist; Services; Societies; Structure; Students; System; Training; Training Programs; Training and Education; Underrepresented Populations; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Work; Writing; biomedical scientist; cohort; community building; design; education research; experience; faculty mentor; graduate school; graduate school preparation; graduate student; interest; matriculation; minority student; next generation; programs; recruit; skills; social; student mentoring; success; supportive environment; symposium; training opportunity; undergraduate student

PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal aims to enhance diversity within the biomedical workforce by supporting the development of seven recent baccalaureate graduates from underrepresented backgrounds to be competitive for PhD programs in the best biomedical research-oriented universities in the country. The “Northwestern University Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (NU PREP)” represents an interdisciplinary initiative with leadership and participating faculty distributed across 14 departments and representing the four biomedical sciences graduate programs at NU. Given the breadth of both participating departments and applicants, PREP will create individualized plans for skill building tailored to each scholar's training objectives, thus providing the best preparation for success in graduate school. Experienced PREP mentors, in collaboration with PREP leadership will work with trainees to customize a one-year research program focused on developing critical thinking skills, research techniques, data analysis, and scientific communication. Preparation for graduate school admissions will include instruction on writing personal statements and interviewing skills, student and faculty perspectives panels on aspects of the application and interview process, and an optional GRE workshop. Coursework will include one advanced undergraduate course to complement the trainee's previous coursework, mini-courses in cellular physiology and molecular genetics, and scientific communication workshops. Intensive advising using Individual Development Plans will be done to ensure that skill building, research training and graduate school applications are progressing. PREP scholars will integrate into the local Northwestern Community through engagement with graduate students, postdocs, and faculty at seminars, retreats, and training events in one of ten institutional NIH-funded training programs and informal activities with graduate student mentors (NU Guides). Cohort building activities include participation in joint events and socials with the NU Causeway Postbaccalaureate Program; two joint socials with University of Chicago (UofC) and University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) PREP trainees; and a joint scientific conference with PREP trainees from the UofC, UIC, Mayo Clinic and University of Michigan. Broader community building and scientific networking will be achieved through attending Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) or the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). PREP will be administered by the Director, three co-Investigators, a Program Coordinator, and an Advisory Committee. Program evaluation and fine tuning will be done annually through services provided by Northwestern's Searle Center for Teaching and Learning and Office for Research. The milestones of NU PREP are for at least 80% of trainees to be admitted to a top ranked biomedical sciences graduate program and for at least 80% of trainees to attain their PhD degrees within 6 years of graduate school matriculation. The one- year NU PREP program has been designed to achieve these milestones.

项目摘要 该提案旨在通过支持以下方面的发展来增强生物医学劳动力的多样性： 七名来自代表性不足背景的应届学士毕业生将竞争博士学位 在全国最好的生物医学研究型大学的课程。西北大学Northwestern University 学士后研究教育计划（NU PREP）”代表了一个跨学科的倡议， 领导和参与教师分布在14个部门，代表四个生物医学 自然科学研究生课程鉴于参与部门和申请人的广泛性，PREP 将根据每个学者的培训目标制定个性化的技能建设计划，从而提供 为在研究生院取得成功做最好的准备。经验丰富的PREP导师，与PREP合作 领导层将与学员合作，定制一个为期一年的研究计划，重点是开发关键的 思维能力，研究技术，数据分析和科学交流。毕业准备 学校招生将包括关于撰写个人陈述和面试技巧的指导，学生和 教师观点小组对申请和面试过程的各个方面，以及可选的GRE 车间课程将包括一门高级本科课程，以补充受训者之前的 课程作业、细胞生理学和分子遗传学微型课程以及科学交流 工作坊.将使用个人发展计划进行密集咨询，以确保技能建设， 研究培训和研究生院申请正在取得进展。PREP学者将融入当地 西北社区通过与研究生，博士后和教师在研讨会上的参与， 务虚会，并在十个机构NIH资助的培训计划和非正式活动之一的培训活动， 研究生导师（NU Guides）。群体建设活动包括参加联合活动， 社会与NU堤后学士学位课程;两个联合社会与芝加哥大学（UofC） 和伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）PREP学员;以及与PREP学员举行的联合科学会议 来自UofC、UIC、马约诊所和密歇根大学。更广泛的社区建设和科学 网络将通过参加少数民族学生年度生物医学研究会议实现 （ABRCMS）或科学促进奇卡诺人/西班牙裔和美洲原住民协会（Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science） （SACNAS）. PREP将由主任、三名合作研究者、一名项目协调员和一名 咨询委员会。每年将通过以下机构提供的服务进行方案评估和微调： 西北大学塞尔教学中心和研究办公室。NU PREP的里程碑 至少80%的受训者被录取到顶级生物医学科学研究生课程， 至少80%的学员在研究生院入学6年内获得博士学位。一个- 一年的NU PREP计划旨在实现这些里程碑。