San Antonio Biomedical Education and Research

描述（由申请人提供）：德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥健康科学中心（UTHSCSA），玛丽大学（StMU）和湖大学圣母院（OLLU）开发了圣安东尼奥生物医学教育和研究（SABER）计划。这个为期4年的博士后课程将最先进的研究中的指导培训与创新的教学法教学方法和指导教学经验相结合。UTHSCSA是南德克萨斯州唯一的一级研究型大学，拥有强大的教育卓越文化，并拥有在当地机构担任教师职位的校友，主要为西班牙裔本科生服务。这一教育里程碑反映了UTHSCSA独特的培训环境，促进了教师和学员对快速增长的西班牙裔学生需求的敏感性。UTHSCSA，StMU和OLLU是西班牙裔服务机构，直接反映了区域人口，即，圣安东尼奥是 美国第七大城市，在西班牙裔占多数的城市中拥有最多的西班牙裔人口。尽管拉美裔在过去十年中占了美国经济增长的一半，拉美裔的大学入学率也达到了历史最高水平，但拉美裔在科学界的各个层面都没有得到充分的代表。SABER将培养优秀的博士后研究人员/教师，并将直接解决西班牙裔学生的愿望和成就之间的差距，同时提高本科生对生物医学研究职业的兴趣。基于我们在研究/教学方面培养非常成功的博士后学者的成熟方法，我们建议利用我们的经验来实现IRACDA（机构研究和学术职业发展奖）的目标。教学培训将包括由我们的合作者Trinity University组织的研讨会，该大学是霍华德休斯医学研究所（HHMI）授予的本科研究和教学机构。此外，在正式SABER中获得的效率将被利用并提供给所有博士后学员。SABER计划将实现以下目标：1）招募和提供示范性的研究培训，为博士后学者的多样化和完成的游泳池与不妥协的研究生产力和经验与模型生物/系统适合研究和科学教育的挑战。2)创建教学学者谁是精通当代生物医学研究，致力于高质量的本科教育，谁作为榜样和终身学习的指南。3)使伙伴机构之间的合作教育和科学研究培训正规化。成功完成这些目标将培养出杰出的SABER学者，并使所有参与机构受益匪浅。StMU和OLLU的科学课程将注入科学的最新进展。此外，各国之间的科学交流 将增加研究机构，以促进新的合作，并持续改善本地区的集体生物医学研究环境。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), St. Mary's University (StMU), and Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) have developed the San Antonio Biomedical Education and Research (SABER) program. This 4-year postdoctoral program combines mentored training in state-of-the-art research with innovative pedagogic teaching methods and guided teaching experiences. UTHSCSA is the only Tier-One research university in South Texas, has a strong culture of educational excellence, and has alumni who are in faculty positions at local institutions that predominantly serve Hispanic undergraduate students. This educational milestone reflects the unique training environment at UTHSCSA, which promotes faculty and trainee sensitivity to the needs of a rapidly growing population of Hispanic students. UTHSCSA, StMU, and OLLU are Hispanic-Serving Institutions, a direct reflection of the regional population, i.e., San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the United States and has the largest Hispanic population in a Hispanic-majority city. Although Hispanics accounted for half of the country's growth in the last decade and college enrollment of Hispanics is at an all-time high, Hispanics are underrepresented at all levels of the scientific community. SABER will train exceptional postdoctoral researchers/teachers and will directly address the gap between aspirations and achievements of Hispanic students while increasing interest in careers in biomedical research among undergraduates. Based on our proven methods for training highly successful postdoctoral scholars in research/teaching, we propose to capitalize on our experiences to achieve the goals of IRACDA (Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards). Pedagogic training will include workshops organized by our collaborator, Trinity University, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)-awarded undergraduate research and teaching institution. Moreover, the efficiency gained in formalizing SABER will be leveraged and made available to all postdoctoral trainees. The SABER program will accomplish the following Objectives: 1) To recruit and provide exemplary research training for a diverse and accomplished pool of postdoctoral Scholars with uncompromised research productivity and experience with model organisms/systems amenable to the challenges of research and science education. 2) To create Teaching Scholars who are conversant in contemporary biomedical research, committed to high-quality undergraduate education and who serve as role models and guides for life-long learning. 3) To formalize collaborative educational and science research training among Partner Institutions. Successful completion of these objectives will develop exceptional SABER Scholars and significantly benefit all participating institutions. The science curricula of StMU and OLLU will be infused with the latest advances in science. Additionally, scientific exchanges between all institutions will be increased to foster new collaborations and to sustain enhancements in the collective biomedical research environment in our region.