MARC at Temple University

天普大学 MARC

• 批准号: 10625346
• 负责人: GRACE X. MA
• 金额: $ 47万
• 依托单位: TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10625346
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Project Summary/Abstract MARC at Temple University Building on the 10-year success of “TU MARC U* STAR Program,” Temple University (TU) seeks funding to advance its mission to train undergraduate students of racial/ethnic and disadvantaged groups that are traditionally underrepresented (UR) in biomedical sciences, and prepare them for graduate school PhD or MD/PhD programs. TU provides access to a relatively large undergraduate population of UR students consistently ranking in the top programs in the nation in undergraduate diversity. In the College of Science and Technology (CST), black and Hispanic students comprise 24% of the total. Many TU undergraduate students are first-generation college students and many UR students attended public schools in the Philadelphia area. Underprepared students have few college-level study skills, and often have part- or full-time jobs. TU has the potential to increase the pool of students who would not otherwise consider or be prepared for PhD programs. Our initial MARC program was established at Temple University in 2009 with funding for the first cohort of 8 rising juniors. We successfully oriented students to research and a built cohort, students were assigned to faculty mentors matched with their research interests. Mentors from TU included faculty in the College of Science and Technology, research centers at Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM), College of Engineering (Bioengineering Department) and College of Public Health. Over the past 10 years of two funding cycles (2009- 2019), our MARC program graduates successfully enrolled in or graduated from PhD, MD/PhD or enrolled in PREP programs for PhD or MD/PhD or Master’s program with goal of entering a PhD program. Our overall success rate of MARC graduates entering graduate programs in biomedical sciences within 3 years of graduation is 85%. In this application, we aim to extend and expand the MARC program by addressing the shortfall of college students in biomedical sciences and urgent need to increase the diversity of biomedical and behavioral research. We have and will continue to address the need to ensure more UR undergraduates pursue PhD or research-focused MD/PhD programs. The successful features of the past program will be integrated with new components with the addition of the community engagement in research training. The goal is to build on the research support at Temple University from the CST Research for Undergraduate Program (URP), LKSOM U54 Cancer Health Disparity Research and Education program (PI: Dr. Ma) and T32 programs, as well as continue student research support through graduation and transition into graduate PhD or MD/PhD programs. We will enroll 16 promising students into our MARC program for two years of research support. Faculty mentors across multi-disciplines and colleges agreed to provide full-time, hands-on research training and mentorship. Trainee measurable outcomes will be GPA, number of research presentations and co-authored publications and acceptance to competitive PhD or MD/PhD programs through graduation and participation in the biomedical workforce as a result of improved research, communication and social skills/emotional intelligence.

项目概要/摘要 天普大学 MARC 在“TU MARC U* STAR 计划”10 年成功的基础上，天普大学 (TU) 寻求资金 推进其培养种族/族裔和弱势群体本科生的使命 传统上在生物医学领域代表性不足（UR），并为他们攻读研究生院博士学位或 医学博士/博士课程。 TU 为 UR 的本科生提供了接触相对较多的机会 在本科生多样性方面始终名列全国顶尖项目。在科学与学院 技术（CST）、黑人和西班牙裔学生占总数的 24%。许多TU本科生 是第一代大学生，许多 UR 学生就读于费城地区的公立学校。 准备不足的学生几乎没有大学水平的学习技能，而且经常从事兼职或全职工作。 TU 有 可能会增加原本不会考虑或准备攻读博士学位课程的学生人数。 我们最初的 MARC 项目于 2009 年在天普大学设立，为第一批 8 名学生提供资金 冉冉升起的后辈。我们成功地引导学生进行研究并建立了队列，学生被分配到教师 导师与他们的研究兴趣相匹配。 TU 的导师包括科学学院和 刘易斯·卡茨医学院 (LKSOM) 工程学院的技术、研究中心 （生物工程系）和公共卫生学院。过去10年的两个资助周期（2009年- 2019），我们的MARC项目毕业生成功入读或毕业博士、MD/PhD或入读 博士或医学博士/博士或硕士课程的 PREP 课程，目标是进入博士学位课程。我们的整体 MARC 毕业生在 3 年内进入生物医学科学研究生课程的成功率 毕业率为85%。在此应用中，我们的目标是通过解决以下问题来扩展和扩展 MARC 程序： 生物医学专业大学生短缺，迫切需要增加生物医学和生物医学专业的多样性 行为研究。我们已经并将继续满足确保更多UR本科生追求的需求 博士或以研究为重点的医学博士/博士课程。过去计划的成功特点将与 新的组成部分增加了社区参与研究培训的内容。目标是建立在 天普大学来自 CST 本科生研究项目 (URP)、LKSOM U54 的研究支持 癌症健康差异研究和教育计划（PI：马博士）和 T32 计划，以及继续 学生毕业和过渡到研究生博士或医学博士/博士课程期间的研究支持。我们将 招收 16 名有前途的学生加入我们的 MARC 项目，以获得两年的研究支持。各地教师导师 多学科和学院同意提供全职、实践研究培训和指导。学员 可衡量的成果包括 GPA、研究报告和共同撰写的出版物的数量以及 通过毕业并参与生物医学领域，接受竞争性博士或医学博士/博士课程 由于研究、沟通和社交技能/情商的提高而提高了劳动力。

项目成果

Racial/Ethnic Disparities of Cancer, Metabolic Syndrome, and Lifestyle Behaviors in People under 50: A Cross-Sectional Study of Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

• DOI: 10.3390/epidemiologia3040037
• 发表时间: 2022-11-03
• 期刊: Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland)

Factors that Predict HPV Vaccination Behavior Among Young Men-Who-Have-Sex-with-Men in the Greater Philadelphia Region.

• DOI: 10.1007/s40615-022-01396-2
• 发表时间: 2023-10
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Mann-Barnes, Tyrell;Bhimla, Aisha;Coronado, Michael;Lin, Timmy;Duro-Aina, Adebola;Park, Hemi;Ma, Grace X
• 通讯作者: Ma, Grace X

Improving Long-Term Adherence to Monitoring/Treatment in Underserved Asian Americans with Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) through a Multicomponent Culturally Tailored Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

• DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10101944
• 发表时间: 2022-10-05
• 期刊: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
• 作者: Ma GX;Zhu L;Lu W;Handorf E;Tan Y;Yeh MC;Johnson C;Guerrier G;Nguyen MT
• 通讯作者: Nguyen MT