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（ASA）寻求在与男性泌尿系统相关的科学领域改善招募和保留不同的个人。为了实现这一目标，ASA制定了教育和指导计划，旨在从NIDDK任务领域的糖尿病、内分泌和代谢疾病、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）等生物医学领域的代表性不足的群体中招募和留住有才华的、合格的学生、研究员和初级教员。泌尿科HIV/AIDS)。美国航空标准局的多元化倡议有三个目标和轨道。具体目标1是为来自弱势群体的研究生、博士后科学家和早期专业人士提供男科领域的职业指导和指导。Track 1将为一名实习会员或早期活跃会员与一名资深活跃会员配对，提供职业指导。积极会员将为其学员提供有关求职、资助申请、论文准备、实验室管理、科学社团服务等方面的建议。具体目标2是从代表性不足的群体中找出对科学有浓厚兴趣的本科生，并为他们提供在男科实验室进行暑期研究的机会。这些二轨学生将在实习导师（由教师导师建议的高级研究生或博士后）的直接监督下。这种层叠式指导模式分别在实验室实验和研究指导方面训练本科生和实习导师。具体目标3是通过参加美国男科学学会（ASA）的年度会议，向未被充分代表的大一和大二本科生介绍科学的兴奋。Track 3的目标是让学生了解男性生殖健康研究的价值，并给他们一个亲自与专业男科医生会面和互动的机会。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，将通过对学员和导师的调查以及由ASA高级领导组成的内部咨询委员会的深入评估，每年评估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.