Big Genomic Data Skills Training for Professors

 描述(由申请人提供)：杰克逊实验室请求NIH R25支持一项创新的三部分教育计划，即教授大基因组数据技能培训。该计划将1)培训生物、数学和计算机科学系的本科学院和地区大学教师；2)开发灵活和模块化的课程，教师可以在其机构实施；3)通过动态的年度数据挑战吸引不同的学生群体。生物医学研究企业需要一支能够访问、操作、集成和分析大数据的劳动力；培训下一代科学家以满足这一需求至关重要。拟议中的教育计划将刺激数十家机构和数百名学生接受大数据技能培训，并为需要提高专业知识的大学提供基因组大数据培训的模板。为期一周的密集研讨会将为来自小型学院和地区性大学的教授提供技能培训。杰克逊实验室的科学家和参与者将使用协作、多学科的方法来开发、交付和在线发布大数据课程，以便在本科课程中实施。每年的数据挑战将促进基于团队的科学，在这种情况下，本科生在跨机构和跨机构竞争的同时获得研究经验。我们的需求评估清楚地显示了不同机构对该项目的需求，包括历史上的黑人学院和大学、机构发展奖(INBRE)机构和小型学院。教授大数据技能培训计划将把本科培训的重点转向大数据技能，并提高生物医学劳动力的能力。为了提供大规模传播，所有教育节目内容都将在公共在线资源上提供。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Jackson Laboratory requests NIH R25 support for an innovative three part educational program, Big Genomic Data Skills Training for Professors. The program will, 1) train undergraduate college and regional university faculty across biology, mathematics and computer science departments; 2) develop a flexible and modular curriculum that faculty can implement at their institutions and 3) engage a diverse student group through dynamic annual data challenges. The biomedical research enterprise requires a workforce that can access, manipulate, integrate and analyze big data; it is essential to train the next generation of scientists to fill this need. The proposed education program will stimulate big data skills training across dozens of institutions and hundreds if not thousands of students and provide a template for genomic big data training at colleges needing improved expertise. An intensive one week workshop will provide skills training to professors from small colleges and regional universities. Jackson Laboratory scientists and participants will use a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to develop, deliver and publish online a big data curriculum for implementation in undergraduate courses. Annual data challenges will foster team-based science where undergraduates compete across and between institutions and simultaneously gain research experience. Our needs assessment clearly demonstrates demand for this program across diverse institutions including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Institutional Development Award (INBRE) institutions and small colleges. The Big Genomic Data Skills Training for Professors program will shift the focus of undergraduate training towards big data skills and raise the competencies of the biomedical workforce. To provide large- scale dissemination, all educational program content will be made available on a public, online resource.