Engaging Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Minority Students in Aging Research

让少数族裔学生参与老龄化研究

• 批准号: 10627635
• 负责人: MOHSEN BAZARGAN
• 金额: $ 40.21万
• 依托单位: CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2028-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10627635
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in partnership with the Los Angeles Community College District propose the Engaging Students in Aging Research (ESAR) Program. Racial/ethnic minorities are severely underrepresented in the scientific workforce due to a myriad of local and systemic barriers, including a lack of exposure to biomedical research activities during their secondary and tertiary education. There is a critical need to motivate and equip lower- income underrepresented racial/ethnic minority (URM) community college (CC) students with the academic skill set to critically understand, explore and engage in aging-related scientific research. The Program’s main components include: 1) An Aging Research and Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Fundamentals Institute, where ESAR trainees will familiarize themselves with research fundamentals and participate in hands-on aging-related CBPR under the supervision of a research mentor and a community faculty advocate, and 2) A Pathway to Research Careers Continuum, where students attend workshops which will enhance their research and academic skills. Since California Community Colleges are the single largest system of higher education in the country, the proposed ESAR Program will provide important opportunities for URM community college students to receive research training as well as skills necessary to transfer to four- year colleges/universities. The Program’s overarching goal is to increase the number of URM students prepared to pursue careers in aging-related sciences and research. The Specific Aims are as follows: Aim 1: Provide mentored support and leverage aging-related resources of existing research training programs at CDU and UCLA to propel URM CC students in their trajectory as aging scientists, by implementing: Aim 1a: An innovative triadic mentorship model pairing ESAR trainees with: i) a Faculty Member in aging research, ii) a Community Faculty Aging Advocate, and iii) a Near-Peer Mentor. This mentorship model will provide multidisciplinary, methodological, academic, and community-partnered support for ESAR trainees to amplify interest in and develop research skills for a career in aging research. Aim 1b: Immersion of ESAR trainees in an aging-focused CBPR tailored research experience centered on the improvement of health outcomes among URM older adults in under-resourced communities. Aim 2: Deliver long-term educational guidance and support for ESAR trainees to 1) transfer to a four-year college/university and 2) pursue graduate and/or doctoral studies in a STEM field within aging research. Aim 3: Implement an evaluation and monitoring plan to continually assess and improve the effectiveness of the ESAR program, emphasizing: i) recruitment and retention of promising URM CC students, ii) quality of educational and mentoring plans focused on aging-related research, iii) successful matriculation into undergraduate STEM programs, and iv) ESAR trainee-led dissemination of community-driven scientific results.

项目摘要/摘要 查尔斯·R·德鲁医学与科学大学(CDU)和加州大学洛杉矶分校 (加州大学洛杉矶分校)与洛杉矶社区学院学区合作，提议让学生参与 老龄化研究(ESAR)计划。种族/少数民族在科学研究中的代表性严重不足 劳动力由于无数的本地和系统障碍，包括缺乏接触生物医学研究 他们在中学和高等教育期间的活动。迫切需要激励和装备更低的- 收入不足的种族/少数民族(URM)社区学院(CC)学生与学术 具备批判性地理解、探索和从事与衰老相关的科学研究的技能。该计划的主要内容 内容包括：1)老龄化研究和社区参与性研究(CBPR) 基础研究所，ESAR学员将在那里熟悉研究基础知识和 在研究导师和社区的监督下，参与与老龄化相关的实践CBPR 教师倡导者，以及2)研究职业连续发展之路，在那里，学生参加 将提高他们的研究和学术技能。因为加州社区学院是世界上最大的 在国家的高等教育系统中，拟议的ESAR方案将为 URM社区学院的学生接受研究培训以及必要的技能，以转移到四- 年份学院/大学。该计划的首要目标是增加URM学生的数量 准备从事与老龄化相关的科学和研究工作。具体目标如下： 目标1：提供有指导的支持，并利用现有研究培训计划中与老龄化有关的资源 在CDU和加州大学洛杉矶分校，通过实施以下措施，推动URM CC学生走上他们作为老年科学家的轨道： 目标1a：一种创新的三元导师模式，将Esar实习生与：i)一名年迈的教职员工配对 研究，ii)社区教师老龄化倡导者，以及iii)近乎同行的导师。这种导师模式将 为ESAR学员提供多学科、方法论、学术和社区合作支持，以 增强人们对老龄化研究的兴趣，培养他们的研究技能，为从事老龄化研究做好准备。 目标1b：ESAR实习生沉浸在以老龄化为重点的CBPR定制研究体验中，重点是 改善资源匮乏社区中老年人口的健康状况。 目标2：为ESAR学员提供长期教育指导和支持1)转到四年制 2)在老龄化研究领域攻读STEM领域的研究生和/或博士学位。 目标3：执行评价和监测计划，以持续评估和改进 ESAR计划，强调：i)招聘和留住有前途的URM CC学生，ii)质量 教育和辅导计划侧重于与老龄化有关的研究，三)成功进入 本科生STEM方案，以及iv)ESAR学员领导的社区驱动的科学成果的传播。