A Program to Promote Diversity within the American Society of Andrology

描述（由申请人提供）：美国男科学会（阿萨）旨在改善与男性泌尿系统密切相关的科学领域内不同个体的招募和保留。为了实现这一目标，阿萨已经制定了教育和指导计划，旨在招募和留住有才华的，合格的学生，研究员和初级教师，他们来自NIDDK使命领域的生物医学领域，包括糖尿病，内分泌和代谢疾病以及泌尿系统疾病（包括泌尿学基础细胞生物学，男性生殖健康，糖尿病对男性生殖的影响，勃起功能障碍，泌尿学分子内分泌学，和泌尿学艾滋病毒/艾滋病）。阿萨多样性倡议有三个目标和轨道。具体目标1是在男科领域为研究生、博士后科学家和来自代表性不足群体的早期专业人员提供职业指导和指导。途径1将一名见习会员或早期活跃会员与一名资深活跃会员配对，以获得职业指导。积极的成员将建议他们的学员有关就业搜索，赠款申请，手稿准备，实验室管理，科学社会服务等具体目标2是确定本科生从代表性不足的群体谁在科学有浓厚的兴趣，并为他们提供机会做夏季研究在男科实验室。这些轨道2学生将在实习导师（由教师导师建议的高级研究生或博士后研究员）的直接监督下。这种级联指导模式分别在实验室实验和研究指导方面对本科生和实习生导师进行培训。具体目标3是通过参加美国男科学会（阿萨）年会，向来自代表性不足群体的大一和大二本科生介绍科学的兴奋。轨道3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与专业男科医生会面和互动。该计划的第二个目标是确定轨道2（具体目标2）的潜在候选人。如果获得资助，实现项目目标的进展将每年通过对学员和导师的调查以及由阿萨高级领导组成的内部咨询委员会的深入评估进行评估。从阿萨多元化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.