U-TEAM: Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Training in Comparative Biomedical Research

U-TEAM：比较生物医学研究本科跨学科培训

基本信息

批准号：
10627913
负责人：
Jorge A Piedrahita
金额：
$ 26.49万
依托单位：
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-06-01 至 2024-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

Project Summary/Aims NC State is the largest university in North Carolina, with nearly 34,000 students, including 8,500 graduate students. Approximately 56% of all students are men, and 44% are women; approximately 16% are members of underrepresented groups. Yet, the number of programs focusing on preparing highly qualified UR students for PhD or MD/PhD is low (1). There is, therefore, a strong need for this program at NC State. In addition, team or interdisciplinary science has become an integral component of biomedical research. Yet most training programs still rely on the traditional single discipline training. This U-STAR program combines the strengths of a university- wide biomedical institute, the Comparative Medicine Institute (CMI), and the University Honors Program at NC State in order to train the next generation of UR biomedical scientists in a rigorous inter/trans disciplinary environment. Major program components include: 1) A pre-U-STAR feeder program designed to introduce students to the program and to the unique skills required to carry team science; 2) A “Mentor-the-Mentor” program for Graduate students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Junior Faculty mentoring U-STAR Scholars; 3) A U- STAR program that provides rigorous hands-on research mentoring in inter/transdisciplinary sciences; and 4) Professional development activities that include career and academic advising, seminar series, preparation to present orally and in poster format, workshops on scientific communication, introduction to existing T32 programs at NC State and at our partner institution, UNC Chapel Hill, and assistance with application to graduate school. Our overall goal is to enroll 10 new U-STAR scholars each year, 70% of which will matriculate in a biomedical sciences PhD or an MD/PhD program.

项目摘要/目标北卡罗来纳州是北卡罗来纳州最大的大学，有近34,000名学生，其中包括8,500名毕业生学生。大约有56％的学生是男性，而女性为44％。大约16％是代表性不足的群体。但是，专注于为高素质的学生准备的计划数量博士学位或MD/PHD较低（1）。因此，在NC州有强烈的需求。另外，团队或跨学科科学已成为生物医学研究的组成部分。但是大多数培训计划仍然依靠传统的单学科培训。该U-Star计划结合了大学的优势 - 广泛的生物医学研究所，比较医学研究所（CMI）和NC大学荣誉计划为了在严格的间/跨学科中训练下一代UR生物医学科学家环境。主要计划组件包括：1）旨在介绍该计划的学生以及携带团队科学所需的独特技能； 2）“导师” 为研究生，博士后研究员和初级教师指导U-Star学者的计划； 3）u- 在跨学科科学中提供严格的动手研究指导的Star计划；和4）专业发展活动，包括职业和学术咨询，开创性系列，准备目前和海报格式，有关科学沟通的研讨会，现有T32计划简介在北卡罗来纳州立大学和我们的合作伙伴机构，UNC Chapel Hill，并在研究生院申请方面提供帮助。我们的总体目标是每年注册10个新的U-Star学者，其中70％将以生物医学为基础科学博士学位或MD/PHD计划。