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Mentoring for Success: Developing Fundamental Skills for Biomedical Research

成功指导：培养生物医学研究的基本技能

基本信息

批准号：
8017993
负责人：
Richard McGee
金额：
$ 49.59万
依托单位：
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2007-03-05 至 2016-02-29
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8017993
关键词：
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项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the Northwestern University IMSD is to lead institutional efforts to increase the diversity of the biomedical research community. The long term goals of the IMSD are to: 1. Increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) and disadvantaged students in the five Northwestern University biomedical sciences PhD programs by expanding the selection criteria being used to identify students with talents indicative of success in the PhD and research careers; 2. Continue refining programmatic activities and interventions to promote success of biomedical PhD students, especially those from atypical or disadvantaged backgrounds. Through empirical research, we have previously identified characteristics that predict students likely to persist into research training. By careful study of individual students and patterns of success, we have identified several other criteria that appear to predict success in PhD training of 'atypical' students. Atypical students usually come from backgrounds with fewer educational advantages, lower socioeconomic status, and lower family or local community expectations of achievement and college attendance. Academic and life experiences of these students can decrease their chances of acceptance into PhD programs. Although not exclusively aligning with URM status, a higher fraction of URM students fall into this atypical category. We are focusing on this group of students because we believe increased diversity will require that this pool of potential PhDs be tapped to a greater degree than it has been in the past. The Northwestern University IMSD will continue enhancing overall diversity efforts in PhD training while testing the hypothesis that atypical students selected using expanded criteria can become successful scientists. To achieve our program goals and develop the skills of traditional and atypical students, a two year professional development sequence has been carefully designed for beginning PhD students that focuses on: 1) the major professional and personal transitions all students experience in the first two years of graduate school; 2) development of effective oral communication skills; 3) mastery of scientific writing from the context of constructing research proposals. The design of the program activities takes advantage of the strengths of group and peer mentoring approaches to complement what students get from individual research mentors. In addition, the program creates a social support network, which both research and our own experience suggest is critical to retention of URM students. Any student in the five participating PhD programs can take advantage of program activities by participation in the Collaborative Learning and Integrated Mentoring in the Biosciences (CLIMB) program within which the IMSD is situated. In addition to implementing and testing the IMSD student selection and development strategies at Northwestern, once they have been fully refined they will be described and made available to similar PhD programs for potential application. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: It is critically important that the talents of the broadest array of the American population be engaged in the discovery of new biomedical knowledge, and the application of both new and current knowledge to solving medical problems. The Northwestern University IMSD program will make significant gains in our ability to identify individuals from underrepresented groups with the talents to make important contributions to biomedical research. By testing new selection and training paradigms, we will open the way for participation in biomedical research by individuals who otherwise are likely to be excluded and whose valuable contributions might never be achieved.

描述（由申请人提供）：西北大学IMSD的使命是领导机构努力增加生物医学研究社区的多样性。IMSD的长期目标是：1。通过扩大选择标准来增加西北大学五个生物医学博士课程中代表性不足的少数民族（URM）和弱势学生的数量，以确定具有博士和研究事业成功人才的学生; 2.继续完善方案活动和干预措施，以促进生物医学博士生的成功，特别是那些来自非典型或弱势背景的学生。通过实证研究，我们以前确定的特征，预测学生可能会坚持到研究培训。通过对个别学生和成功模式的仔细研究，我们已经确定了其他几个标准，这些标准似乎可以预测“非典型”学生在博士培训中的成功。非典型学生通常来自教育优势较少，社会经济地位较低，家庭或当地社区对成就和大学出勤率的期望较低的背景。这些学生的学术和生活经验会降低他们被博士课程录取的机会。虽然不完全符合URM状态，但URM学生的比例较高，属于这一非典型类别。我们之所以关注这群学生，是因为我们相信，日益增加的多样性将要求这一潜在的博士人才库比过去更大程度地被利用。西北大学IMSD将继续加强博士培训的整体多样性努力，同时测试使用扩展标准选择的非典型学生可以成为成功的科学家的假设。为了实现我们的计划目标和发展传统和非典型学生的技能，为开始博士生精心设计了为期两年的专业发展序列，重点是：1）所有学生在研究生院的前两年经历的主要专业和个人转变; 2）有效的口头沟通技能的发展;（3）从构建科研计划书的角度掌握科技写作。计划活动的设计利用了小组和同伴指导方法的优势，以补充学生从个人研究导师那里获得的东西。此外，该计划还创建了一个社会支持网络，研究和我们自己的经验都表明，这对于留住URM学生至关重要。在五个参与博士课程的任何学生都可以通过参与IMSD所在的生物科学（CLIMB）项目中的协作学习和综合指导来利用项目活动。除了实施和测试的IMSD学生选择和发展战略在西北，一旦他们已经完全完善，他们将被描述，并提供给类似的博士课程的潜在应用。公共卫生相关性：至关重要的是，美国人口中最广泛的人才应该从事新的生物医学知识的发现，并将新的和现有的知识应用于解决医学问题。西北大学IMSD计划将使我们的能力，以确定来自代表性不足的群体与人才，使生物医学研究的重要贡献的个人显着收益。通过测试新的选择和培训模式，我们将为那些可能被排除在外，并且可能永远无法实现其宝贵贡献的个人参与生物医学研究开辟道路。