A Program to Promote Diversity within the American Society of Andrology

描述(由申请者提供)：美国男科学会(ASA)致力于在与男性泌尿系统相关的科学领域内促进不同个体的招募和留住。为了实现这一目标，ASA制定了教育和指导计划，旨在从NIDDK任务区的糖尿病、内分泌和代谢疾病以及泌尿系统疾病(包括泌尿外科基础细胞生物学、男性生殖健康、糖尿病对男性生殖的影响、勃起功能障碍、泌尿外科分子内分泌学和泌尿外科艾滋病毒/艾滋病)等生物医学领域代表性较低的群体中招聘和留住有才华的、合格的学生、研究员和初级教师。ASA多样性倡议有三个目标和轨迹。具体目标1是为来自代表性不足群体的研究生、博士后科学家和早期专业人员提供男科学领域的职业指导和指导。第一轨将一名见习成员或早期活跃成员与一名资深活跃成员配对，以进行职业指导。积极的成员将就寻找工作、拨款申请、手稿准备、实验室管理、科学学会服务等方面向他们的被辅导者提供建议。具体目标2是从对科学有强烈兴趣的代表人数较少的群体中确定本科生，并为他们提供在男科实验室进行暑期研究的机会。这些第二轨道的学生将在实习生导师(资深研究生或博士后研究员，由教师导师提供建议)的直接指导下学习。这种级联指导模式分别在实验室实验和研究指导方面培训本科生和实习生导师。具体目标3是通过参加美国男科学会(ASA)的年度会议，向来自代表性不足群体的一年级和二年级本科生介绍科学的兴奋。第三轨道的目标是让学生了解男性生殖健康研究的价值，并让他们有机会亲自会见专业的男科医生并与之互动。该计划的次要目标是确定第二轨道(具体目标2)的潜在候选者。如果获得资助，每年将通过对受训者和导师的调查以及由ASA高级领导层组成的内部咨询委员会的深入评估来评估实现项目目标的进展情况。从ASA多样性倡议中吸取的经验教训将通过协会网站公开分享。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The American Society of Andrology (ASA) seeks to improve the recruitment and retention of diverse individuals within scientific fields germane to the urologic systems of males. Towards this goal, the ASA has developed educational and mentoring programs aimed at recruiting and retaining talented, well-qualified students, fellows, and junior faculty from groups underrepresented in the biomedical fields of NIDDK mission areas of diabetes, endocrine and metabolic diseases, and urologic diseases (including urology basic cell biology, male reproductive health, diabetic effects on male reproduction, erectile dysfunction, urology molecular endocrinology, and urology HIV/AIDS). The ASA Diversity Initiative has three goals and tracks. Specific Aim 1 is to provide career guidance and mentoring in the field of andrology to graduate students, postdoctoral scientists, and early-stage professionals from underrepresented groups. Track 1 will pair a Trainee Member or early-stage Active Member with a senior Active Member for career guidance. The Active Member will advise their mentee concerning employment searches, grant applications, manuscript preparation, laboratory management, scientific society service, etc. Specific Aim 2 is to identify undergraduate students from underrepresented groups who have strong interests in science and provide them the opportunity to do summer research in an andrology laboratory. These Track 2 students will be under the direct supervision of a Trainee Mentor (senior graduate student or postdoctoral fellow who is advised by a faculty mentor). This cascading mentoring paradigm trains both the undergraduate and the Trainee Mentor in laboratory experimentation and research mentoring, respectively. Specific Aim 3 is to introduce freshman and sophomore undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to the excitement of science through attendance at the annual meeting of the American Society of Andrology (ASA). The goal of Track 3 is to expose the students to the value of male reproductive health research and to give them an opportunity to personally meet and interact with professional andrologists. A secondary goal of this program is to identify potential candidates for Track 2 (Specific Aim 2). If funded, progress toward attaining the project goals will be annually assessed by surveys of mentees and mentors as well as an in- depth evaluation by an internal advisory committee composed of senior leadership of the ASA. Lessons learned from ASA Diversity Initiative will be publicly shared through the society website.