University of MD Aging, Diversity, and Professional Training (ADAPT) Program

马里兰大学老龄化、多元化和专业培训 (ADAPT) 项目

• 批准号: 8708729
• 负责人: JAMES M HAGBERG
• 金额: $ 23.96万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-01 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8708729
• 关键词: Address; Admission activity; African American; Age; Aging; American; American Indians; Area; Awareness; Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Benchmarking; Biomedical Research; Commit; Communities; Data; Dimensions; Discipline; District of Columbia; Doctor' s Degree; Education; Education Projects; Elderly; Environment; Ethics; Ethnic Origin; Ethnic group; Faculty; Feedback; Funding; Future; Gender; Goals; Graduate Degree; Grant; Health; Healthcare; Healthy People 2020; Hispanics; Housing; Individual; Knowledge; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Latino; Lead; Life Experience; Maryland; Medical; Medicine; Mentors; Minority; Minority Groups; Mission; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Oral; Outcome; Population; Process; Production; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Public Health Schools; Qualifying; Race; Recommendation; Recruitment Activity; Relative (related person); Reporting; Research; Research Ethics; Research Personnel; Research Training; Running; Scholarship; Schools; Science; Strategic Planning; Students; Time; Training; Training Programs; Trust; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; age related; base; career; career development; community based participatory research; design; didactic education; experience; health disparity; improved; insight; low socioeconomic status; meetings; peer; posters; pre-doctoral; programs; research and development; skills; social; success; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to implement an Aging, Diversity and Professional Training (UM ADAPT) Program to provide underrepresented undergraduates with 2 yrs. of research, ethics, and career development training. Our overall aim is to increase diversity in individuals who choose careers in biomedical/behavioral research related to aging. Our specific objectives will be to: increase knowledge of landmark research on aging, enhance research skills and experience necessary to be competitive graduate school applicants in aging research, enhance awareness of the process, practice, and ethics of scientific research, prepare Trainees for graduate school and a research career, and provide quality mentoring. The program will extend over 2 consecutive yrs., including 2 academic yrs. and 2 concentrated summer experiences, with distinct activities each yr. Applicants will be recruited across the UM campus via numerous avenues. An Admissions Committee, including the Program Director, Co-Director and Coordinator, will select Trainees and match them with Mentors. Trainees will be provided with housing and remunerated during the Summer Concentrated Research Training Experience. Trainees will primarily focus on research closely integrated with that of their Mentor. Mentors will be selected from School of Public Health faculty with research programs in content areas highly relevant to NIA. The mix of Mentor expertise ranges from laboratory-based bench research to applied community-based and community participatory research. In addition to direct research experience, Trainees and the Directors will also meet frequently to discuss research-related issues, set research goals, interact with various academic professionals for dynamic exchanges about graduate school issues, and discuss classic research articles relevant to aging. During the summers, weekly sessions on either Ethics- (1st Yr. Trainees) or Research-Related (2nd Yr. Trainees) Training will be included. A 2nd Yr. /1st Yr. Peer Mentoring Program will also be implemented. Trainees will present their research in oral and poster formats at the end of each academic year and at the end of the summer session. Scientific, social, and cultural activities in the Washington, DC area will be planned. Extensive program evaluation will assess how well the program achieves pre-determined Benchmarks. Internal and External Advisory Boards will meet to review outcome data and make recommendations to improve and maintain program quality. In a similar but exclusively summer program run for the last 5 yrs. by the Program Director (UM STAR - Summer Training And Research), we met virtually all of our Benchmarks in our first 5 yrs. and made substantive changes to improve the Program based on the feedback from the Trainees, Mentors, and Internal and External Advisory Boards. We also had a substantial number of highly-diverse and highly- qualified individuals apply to UM STAR. Therefore, we very firmly believe we will be able to offer a unique and very beneficial 2 yr.-long research training and career development program to UM ADAPT Trainees.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议实施老龄化，多样性和专业培训（UM ADAPT）计划，为代表性不足的本科生提供2年的研究，道德和职业发展培训。我们的总体目标是增加选择与衰老相关的生物医学/行为研究职业的个人的多样性。我们的具体目标将是：增加对老龄化具有里程碑意义的研究的知识，提高研究技能和必要的经验，是有竞争力的研究生院申请人在老龄化研究，提高认识的过程中，实践和科学研究的道德，准备研究生院和研究生涯的学员，并提供高质量的指导。该计划将持续2年，包括2个学年和2个集中的夏季经验，每年有不同的活动。申请人将通过多种途径在整个UM校园招聘。招生委员会，包括项目主任，联合主任和协调员，将选择学员，并将他们与导师匹配。学员将在暑期集中研究培训期间获得住房和报酬。学员将主要专注于与导师紧密结合的研究。 导师将从公共卫生学院的教师中选出，他们的研究项目与NIA高度相关。导师的专业知识的组合范围从实验室为基础的板凳研究应用社区为基础的和社区参与性的研究。除了直接的研究经验，学员和董事也将经常见面，讨论与研究相关的问题，设定研究目标，与各种学术专业人士互动，就研究生院的问题进行动态交流，并讨论与老龄化相关的经典研究文章。在夏季，每周一次的道德课程-（第一年）。实习生）或研究相关（第二年）。培训将包括在内。第二年。/第1年还将实施同伴指导方案。学员将在每个学年结束时和夏季会议结束时以口头和海报形式介绍他们的研究。计划在华盛顿地区开展科学、社会和文化活动。广泛的计划评估将评估该计划实现预定基准的程度。内部和外部咨询委员会将开会审查结果数据，并提出建议，以提高和保持计划质量。在过去5年中，项目总监（UM星星-夏季培训和研究）运行了一个类似但专门的夏季项目，我们在前5年中几乎达到了所有的基准，并根据学员，导师和内部和外部咨询委员会的反馈进行了实质性的修改以改进该项目。我们也有相当数量的高度多样化和高素质的个人申请UM星星。因此，我们坚信，我们将能够提供一个独特的和非常有益的2年。长期的研究培训和职业发展计划，以UM适应学员。