NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY MBRS RISE TO EXCELLENCE PROGRAM

描述（由申请人提供）：新墨西哥州州立大学卓越计划的长期目标是通过进一步完成博士学位来实现健康科学家社区的多样化。在生物医学和生物行为研究中代表性不足的群体的学生获得学位。NMSU是独特的定位，以实现这一目标，因为该机构的地位，作为一个博士，研究密集型，土地补助，少数民族（西班牙裔）服务大学与多样化的学生群体和一个干部完成导师。NMSU RISE计划旨在为学生提供研究机会，特别是那些在追求研究事业时遇到障碍或障碍的学生，并帮助学生发现和实现他们的科学潜力。提出了三项学生发展活动。活动1，上升到博士学位，将提供单独指导的实验室研究经验和专业技能的发展上升本科学者。A1将使50%的本科参与者进入博士学位。计划，另外25%到学士后或MS程序。活动2，上升到博士后，将提供单独指导的实验室研究经验和专业技能的发展上升研究生学者谁被录取到博士学位。程序. A2将有助于完成博士学位。90%的博士前学者和他们随后进入博士后研究职位。活动3，RISE团队发现研讨会，将在夏季为本科生和研究生提供三个基于探究的团队研究经验：西南地区的药用植物，将招募非专业的生物医学研究;基因组学发现，将保留即将毕业且没有指导实验室经验的理科学生;健康差异，将激励和激励RISE学生强调研究的相关性，为他们的社区的福祉。NMSU RISE计划的学生通过实验室经验，研讨会，专业技能研讨会以及研究动态和实验设计课程为职业生涯的下一步做好准备。学生还接受正规教育，在研究中负责任的行为，这是由一系列研讨会加强。特别强调的是放在强大的书面和口头沟通能力的发展，对电子专业组合，每年由教师委员会审查的准备，并在奖学金和实习申请提交所有学生，适合他们的职业生涯阶段。对方案活动的评估和评价被纳入方案要素的设计和不断完善。NMSU RISE计划的一个显着特点是RISE导师致力于合作，以确定促进招聘和保留代表性不足的少数民族学生到博士学位的指导实践。一年一度的领导务虚会将为学生和导师提供一个论坛，讨论身份，社区和科学家的作用，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体，作为生物医学研究人员和领导人在一个充满挑战的全球环境中的问题。 公共卫生相关性：在多样化的研究队伍中培养优秀人才可以为具有挑战性的生物医学问题带来更具创新性的解决方案。增加训练有素的博士生数量。来自传统上代表性不足的群体的接受者确保科学界拥有最广泛的能力和最强大的潜力，以找到损害人类生活质量的疾病和紊乱的治疗方法，例如与人口之间的健康差距有关的疾病和紊乱。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of the New Mexico State University RISE to Excellence Program is to diversify the community of health scientists by furthering the completion of Ph.D. degrees by students who are members of groups underrepresented in biomedical and biobehavioral research. NMSU is uniquely positioned to achieve this goal because of the institution's status as a doctoral, research-intensive, land grant, minority (Hispanic) serving university with a diverse student population and a cadre of accomplished mentors. The NMSU RISE program aspires to provide research opportunities for students, especially those who have faced barriers or obstacles in pursuit of a research career, and to aid students in discovering and fulfilling their scientific potential. Three student development activities are proposed. Activity 1, RISE to the Doctorate, will provide individually mentored laboratory research experiences and professional skills development for RISE Undergraduate Scholars. A1 will enable the entry of 50% of the undergraduate participants to a Ph.D. program, and another 25% to postbaccalaureate or MS programs. Activity 2, RISE to the Postdoctorate, will provide individually mentored laboratory research experiences and professional skills development for RISE Graduate Scholars who are matriculated into Ph.D. programs. A2 will facilitate the completion of a Ph.D. by 90% of the predoctoral Scholars and their subsequent entry to postdoctoral research positions. Activity 3, RISE Team Discovery Workshops, will provide three inquiry-based team research experiences during the summer for undergraduate and graduate students: Medicinal Plants of the Southwest, will recruit non-majors to biomedical research; Genomics Discovery, will retain science students in research who are near graduation and have not had a mentored laboratory experience; Health Disparities, will motivate and inspire RISE students by emphasizing the relevance of research for the well-being of their communities. Students in the NMSU RISE Program are prepared for the next step of their career through laboratory experiences, seminars, professional skills workshops, and courses in research dynamics and experimental design. Students also receive formal education in responsible conduct in research that is reinforced by a seminar series. Special emphasis is placed on the development of strong written and oral communication skills, on the preparation of an electronic professional portfolio that is reviewed yearly by a faculty committee, and on submission of fellowship and internship applications by all students, as appropriate for their career stage. Assessment and evaluation of program activities are integrated into the design and continual refinement of programmatic elements. A distinguishing feature of the NMSU RISE program is the commitment of RISE mentors to work collaboratively to identify mentoring practices that promote recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students to the Ph.D.. A yearly Leadership Retreat will provide a forum for students and mentors to discuss issues of identity, community, and the role of scientists, especially those from underrepresented groups, as biomedical researchers and leaders in a challenging global environment. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Fostering excellence in a diverse research workforce can lead to more innovative solutions to challenging biomedical problems. Increasing the numbers of highly trained Ph.D. recipients from traditionally underrepresented groups ensures that the scientific community has the broadest capacity and most robust potential to find treatments for diseases and disorders that impair the quality of human life, such as those that are associated with health disparities between populations.