Engaging and Mentoring through Biomedical Research And Career Exploration (EMBRACE)

项目总结/摘要 迫切需要增加准备好的毕业生的数量和多样性， 通过遵循科学实践的理性、循证方法，加强生物医学劳动力队伍。 佛罗里达国际大学通过生物医学研究和职业生涯的参与和指导 探索（拥抱）项目将利用现有的证据，以增加生物医学的多样性， 通过协调活动，包括有意的职业发展机会， 真实的学生研究经验和战略教师专业发展。FIU是一个城市 西班牙裔服务研究密集型（R1）公共机构，拥有超过58，000名学生，其中80%是 在生物医学领域代表性不足的群体。Embrace的核心内容是 利用FIU在学生成功，多样性，公平和包容方面的广泛专业知识，并专注于 改变学生获得生物医学研究经验和职业意识的编程 和准备工作。EMBRACE旨在1）支持基本生物医学职业技能的发展， 确保学生准备追求未来的生物医学研究路径; 2）增加学生获得 真实的研究经验，以促进基本研究技能的发展; 3）提供领导 为本科生提供机会，4）创建一个知情的，积极主动的机构社区， 共同支持STEM学生在生物医学职业探索和发展。拥抱将 提供一个新的研究和职业发展经验序列，以增加获得研究 机会，从为期1周的研究探索开始， 在以课程为基础的本科生研究经验（CURE）和后续小说课程的经验- 基于本科研究实习经验（居里），并最终在研究领导 机会作为本科研究同行导师。学生将获得职业专业 发展，以促进基本的专业技能，生物医学研究的职业道路的认识， 为学生创造与教师，校友和科学家建立联系的机会。研究课程 将通过生物信息学的透镜重点调查传染病，考虑到 提高生物医学工作者生物信息学技能的重要性以及提供 获得安全进行传染病病原体前沿研究的机会。此外，该项目将提供 教师的专业发展，以教师教学整个生物学位课程，成为 有效的导师在他们的大招生课堂，并为学生提供指导和策略 以支持他们为潜在的生物医学职业做好准备。综合研究和职业支持 活动，通过生物学学位课程纵向组织，将支持一个多样化的群体， 本科生继续深造，并加入生物医学研究队伍。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT There is an urgent need to increase the numbers and diversity of prepared graduates joining the biomedical workforce, through reasoned, evidence-based approaches that follow scientific practices. Florida International University's Engaging and Mentoring through Biomedical Research And Career Exploration (EMBRACE) project will leverage existing evidence to increase the diversity of the biomedical research workforce through coordinated activities including, intentional career development opportunities, authentic student research experiences, and strategic faculty professional development. FIU is an urban Hispanic-serving research-intensive (R1) public institution with over 58,000 students, 80% of which are from groups that are underrepresented in biomedicine. EMBRACE centers on programming that will leverage FIU's extensive expertise in student success, diversity, equity, and inclusion and focus on programming that transforms students' access to biomedical research experiences and career awareness and preparation. EMBRACE aims to 1) support the development of essential biomedical career skills to ensure students are prepared to pursue future biomedical research paths; 2) increase student access to authentic research experiences to promote development of essential research skills; 3) provide leadership opportunities for undergraduate students, and 4) create an informed, proactive institutional community that collectively supports STEM students in biomedical career exploration and development. EMBRACE will offer a novel research and career development experience sequence to increase access to research opportunities, starting with a 1-week research exploration, continuing with increasingly immersive experiences in a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) and follow-up novel Course- based Undergraduate Research Internship Experience (CURIE), and culminating in research leadership opportunities as undergraduate research peer mentors. Students will receive career professional development to promote essential professional skills, awareness of biomedical research career paths, and create opportunities for students to network with faculty, alumni, and scientists. The research curriculum will focus on investigating infectious diseases through the lens of bioinformatics, considering the importance to improve bioinformatics skills among the biomedical workforce and the possibility of providing access to safely conduct infectious pathogen cutting-edge research. Additionally, the project will provide faculty professional development to faculty teaching across the biology degree program to become effective mentors in their large-enrollment classrooms and provide students with guidance and strategies to support their readiness for potential biomedical careers. The integrated research and career support activities, organized longitudinally through the biology degree program, will support a diverse group of undergraduate students to pursue advanced studies and join the biomedical research workforce.