Rochester Institute of Technology U-RISE Scientists-in-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates (RIT U-RISE)

聋人和听力障碍（DHH）科学家在国家生物医学领域的代表性严重不足。 研究人员。在2018年，只有0.38%的NIH奖项的所有PI报告了听力残疾，但 美国20-69岁成年人的听力损失患病率为31.1%。DHH本科生面临许多障碍， 追求高级研究学位，包括指导不力，缺乏卫生部科学家榜样， 自我效能技能，科学身份差，社区抑制因素。此外，DHH的人差异很大， 在沟通方式，语言技能和文化认同方面的听力文化。作为 因此，DHH STEM学生经常遇到文化耻辱和沟通障碍，限制了他们的学习。 获得生物医学实验室的指导本科生研究机会。主 拟议的RIT U-RISE聋人和听力困难者培训科学家方案的使命 本科生（RIT U-RISE）将通过准备8个DHH来使生物医学研究人员多样化 每年都有一批本科生进入研究密集型大学的生物医学相关博士课程。 第二项使命是向其他机构的科学家传播循证最佳做法， 使生物医学研究实践社区对DHH学生更容易获得和包容。 RIT有超过1100名DHH学生（占学生总数的6%）。RIT机构数据显示 DHH的学士学位学生不成比例地倾向于与生物医学相关的非研究 研究生课程，尽管坚持率，毕业率和学术成就与 听力学生为了应对这一趋势，RIT U-RISE学员将参加以证据为基础的合作， 课程丰富和队列建设活动，专业研究伦理，安全性，可重复性， 和科学写作培训，以及在RIT的文化支持实验室进行的强化指导研究培训 和研究密集型大学。受训人员还将出席国家会议。个体 一个基于目标核心科学和专业能力的发展计划（IDP）将指导每个 实习生计划加强咨询、监测、辅导和通信接入服务， 确保学员获得心理社会，学术和机构支持，以成功进入博士学位 程序. RIT U-RISE将为导师和其他教师提供文化能力培训， 制度变革。将传播指导卫生部博士生的最佳做法 全国范围内。15名RIT U-RISE受训人员预计将在赠款周期结束时毕业， 毕业后三年内至少有8人进入生物医学相关的博士研究项目。RIT拥有 广泛的卫生部社区和机构资源，与研究生培训的伙伴关系 研究密集型大学的课程，以及丰富的行政经验和基础设施， RIT-RISE计划（2017-2022），以确保RIT U-RISE计划的成功。

Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) scientists are severely underrepresented in the nation’s biomedical research workforce. In 2018 only 0.38% of all PIs on NIH awards reported a hearing disability, yet hearing-loss prevalence for US adults ages 20-69 is 31.1%. DHH undergraduates face many barriers to pursuing advanced research degrees, including poor mentoring, lack of DHH scientist role models, poor self-efficacy skills, poor science identity, and community disincentives. Further, DHH people vary widely in communication modalities, language skills, and cultural identities with respect to hearing culture. As a result, DHH STEM students often encounter cultural stigmas and communication barriers that limit their access to mentored undergraduate research opportunities in biomedical laboratories. The primary mission of the proposed RIT U-RISE Scientists-in-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates (RIT U-RISE) is to diversify the biomedical research workforce by preparing 8 DHH undergraduates annually to enter biomedically related PhD programs at research-intensive universities. A secondary mission is to disseminate evidence-based best practices to scientists at other institutions to make biomedical research communities-of-practice more accessible and inclusive for DHH students. There are more than 1100 DHH students at RIT (6% of the student body). RIT institutional data shows that DHH baccalaureate students disproportionately gravitate to non-research biomedically related graduate programs despite persistence rates, graduation rates, and academic achievement on par with hearing students. To counter this trend, RIT U-RISE trainees will participate in evidence-based co- curricular enrichment and cohort building activities, specialized research ethics, safety, reproducibility, and science writing training, and intensive mentored research training in culturally supportive labs at RIT and research-intensive universities. Trainees will also present at national conferences. An individual development plan (IDP) based on targeted core scientific and professional competencies will guide each trainee’s program. Enhanced advising, monitoring, tutoring, and communication access services will ensure trainees have the psychosocial, academic, and institutional support to succeed in entering PhD programs. RIT U-RISE will provide cultural competency training for mentors and other faculty that fosters institutional change. Best practices for mentoring DHH PhD-bound undergraduates will be disseminated nationally. Fifteen RIT U-RISE trainees are expected to graduate by the end of the grant cycle and at least 8 to enter biomedically related PhD research programs within three years of graduation. RIT has the extensive DHH community and institutional resources, partnerships with post-graduate training programs at research-intensive universities, and rich administrative experience and infrastructure from the RIT-RISE program (2017-2022) to ensure the success of the RIT U-RISE program.