UW Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)

华盛顿大学学士后研究教育计划 (PREP)

• 批准号: 9024553
• 负责人: Gabriele Varani
• 金额: $ 37.28万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-02-14 至 2020-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9024553
• 关键词: Admission activity; Advisory Committees; Award; Awareness; Bioethical Issues; Bioethics; Biomedical Research; Caliber; Communication; Critical Thinking; Development; Disabled Persons; Discipline; Doctor of Medicine; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor' s Degree; Economically Deprived Population; Effectiveness; Ensure; Evaluation; Evaluation Reports; Evaluation Research; Fostering; Foundations; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Funding; Goals; Graduate Education; Graduation Rates; Grant; Group Meetings; Health; Individual; Institutes; Institution; Instruction; Journals; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Left; Literature; Measures; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority Groups; Modification; Monitor; Oral; Paper; Participant; Pattern; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Preparation; Program Development; Qualifying; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Running; Schools; Science; Scientist; Students; Suggestion; Supervision; Time; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Groups; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Washington; Writing; academic preparation; base; biomedical scientist; career; design; disadvantaged student; education research; exercise program; experience; faculty mentor; graduate student; instrument; laboratory experience; matriculation; meetings; member; minority undergraduate; posters; programs; responsible research conduct; skills; social; success; symposium; tool; training opportunity; undergraduate research; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The UW PREP will increase the number of students from groups chronically underrepresented in biomedical graduate programs by (i) recruiting promising recently graduated URM students to the discipline and (ii) providing them with the research experience, professional development and mentorship to succeed. The hypothesis underlying the program plan is that an intense experience patterned after graduate school which imparts a realistic view of graduate education is the best preparation for successful application to and graduation from high-caliber programs. Thus, the foundation of this program is the large number of highly accomplished and well-funded research laboratories at the University of Washington (UW) and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), from which emerges the core group of faculty mentors. This is a group of accomplished scientists closely associated with UW PREP who have already demonstrated a commitment to mentoring undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral URM fellows as well as PREP fellows. In addition, UW PREP perfectly dovetails with existing Ph.D.-granting departments and training programs in biomedical research and with other UW programs, such as the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD), which aim to prepare URM undergraduate students at the UW for biomedical research careers. The objectives of the program are to ensure that: (i) all fellows will apply for admission into biomedical graduate programs; (ii) at least 75% of them will successfully enter graduate school; (iii) all fellows will be adequately prepared for success in high-caliber Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs and beyond. UW PREP will match each fellow with a research laboratory to conduct a year long, hypothesis-driven project under the guidance of a funded investigator and the 'day-to-day' supervision of a post-doctoral fellow or graduate student. A member of the PREP Executive Committee will act as secondary mentor to ensure weekly supervision of the fellows' training progress, including intense discussions about graduate school application and choice. The research experience will be supplemented with an intense set of professional development activities based on individual development programs (IDPs) which will increase: scientific skills in writing, critical thinking and presentation; the interpretation of the scientiic literature; awareness of bioethical issues and the responsible conduct of research; and provide supplemental didactic training to fill gaps in academic preparation. Self-confidence and scientific identity will be fostered through a variety of scientific and social forums within the group of fellows and with other existing URM groups and graduate programs at the UW. A set of rigorous evaluation instruments will measure the fellow's preparation upon entry and progress while in the program and once they leave, and allow for anonymous suggestions and criticisms by the fellows and mentors to direct improvements in the program. An Institutional Advisory Committee composed of training grant directors and former PREP fellows will supervise the program and exercise oversight.

 描述（由申请人提供）：UW PREP将增加来自生物医学研究生课程长期代表性不足的群体的学生人数，方法是（i）招募有前途的最近毕业的URM学生到该学科，以及（ii）为他们提供研究经验，专业发展和指导以取得成功。该计划背后的假设是，研究生院后的强烈体验，赋予研究生教育的现实观点，是成功申请和毕业于高素质课程的最佳准备。因此，该计划的基础是华盛顿大学（UW）和弗雷德哈钦森癌症研究中心（FHCRC）的大量高度成就和资金充足的研究实验室，从中涌现出教师导师的核心群体。这是一群与UW PREP密切相关的有成就的科学家，他们已经证明了对指导本科生，研究生和博士后URM研究员以及PREP研究员的承诺。此外，UW PREP与现有的博士学位完美结合-授予部门和生物医学研究和其他UW计划的培训计划，如最大限度地提高学生多样性的倡议（IMSD），旨在为UW的URM本科生准备生物医学研究职业。该计划的目标是确保：（i）所有研究员将申请进入生物医学研究生课程;（ii）至少75%的人将成功进入研究生院;（iii）所有研究员将为高素质博士学位的成功做好充分准备。或 医学博士/博士节目及其他。UW PREP将为每个研究员匹配一个研究实验室，在资助研究人员的指导下进行为期一年的假设驱动项目，并在博士后研究员或研究生的“日常”监督下进行。PREP执行委员会的一名成员将担任二级导师，以确保每周监督研究员的培训进度，包括关于研究生院申请和选择的激烈讨论。研究经验将得到一系列基于个人发展计划（IDPs）的专业发展活动的补充，这些活动将增加：写作，批判性思维和演讲的科学技能;科学文献的解释;对生物伦理问题的认识和负责任的研究行为;并提供补充教学培训，以填补学术准备的空白。自信与科学 身份将通过研究员小组内的各种科学和社会论坛，并与其他现有的URM团体和研究生课程在华盛顿大学培育。一套严格的评估工具将衡量研究员的准备进入和进展，而在程序中，一旦他们离开，并允许匿名的建议和批评的研究员和导师，以指导改进程序。一个由培训补助金主任和前PREP研究员组成的机构咨询委员会将监督该计划并进行监督。