Preparing Students for a Future in Biomedical and Behavioral Research

让学生为生物医学和行为研究的未来做好准备

• 批准号: 9072795
• 负责人: Isabel Sumaya
• 金额: $ 17.62万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV BAKERSFIELD
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-01 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9072795
• 关键词: Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biology; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; California; Chemistry; Critical Thinking; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor' s Degree; Extramural Activities; Future; Goals; Graduation Rates; Leadership; Mathematics; Measures; Nature; Personal Growth; Preparation; Psychology; Research; Students; Testing; Training; Training Programs; Universities; experience; improved; programs; retention rate; skills; success; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of program is to increase the number of well-trained underrepresented minority (URM) students applying to, and getting into, Ph.D. programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences in the disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Psychology at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB). Over the 5 year period of the program, we will train 30 undergraduate students from the various disciplines beginning with a Pre-MARC training program (SPARC) which will serve as a direct pipeline to CSUB's MARC U-STAR program. The keystones of the plan are interdisciplinary in nature and include both intramural and extramural research experiences. Our specific measureable goals and objectives are to: (1) Have 100% of MARC U-STAR students graduate with a bachelor's degree in the supported disciplines thus increasing retention and graduation rates in the designated MARC U-STAR programs (2) Increase the number of URM students who are admitted to Ph.D. programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences in the disciplines of Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, and Psychology by 30% as compared to baseline (3) Improve the preparation of our students for interdisciplinary biomedical and behavioral research and beyond by: (a) Increasing leadership skills and personal growth in MARC U- STAR students through various experiential activities as measured by the Personal Growth Initiative Scale (PGIS-II) from Pre- MARC baseline to post test in the MARC U-STAR program; (b) Increasing critical thinking skills as first assessed by the Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT) from Pre-MARC baseline to post test in the MARC U-STAR program; (4) Impact the success of CSUB MARC U-STAR alumni in Ph.D. programs, as measured by at least 75% of those entering Ph.D. programs advancing toward or succeeding in earning their doctoral degrees.

 描述(由申请者提供)：该项目的总体目标是增加受过良好培训的未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)学生申请并进入加州州立大学贝克斯菲尔德分校(CSUB)生物、化学、数学和心理学学科的生物医学和行为科学博士课程的数量。在5年的时间里，我们将培训来自不同学科的30名本科生，首先是MARC前培训计划(SPARC)，该计划将作为CSUB MARC U-STAR计划的直接渠道。该计划的重点是跨学科性质的，包括校内和校外的研究经验。我们的具体可衡量目标和目标是：(1)让100%的MARC U-STAR学生获得支持学科的学士学位，从而提高指定的MARC U-STAR项目的保留率和毕业率(2)增加URM学生进入化学、生物、数学、与基线相比增加30%(3)通过以下方式改善我们的学生为跨学科生物医学和行为研究及以后的研究做准备：(A)通过各种体验活动提高MARC U-STAR学生的领导技能和个人成长，从MARC U-STAR项目的个人成长倡议量表(PGIS-II)从MARC前的基线到测试后的测试；(B)将批判性思维评估测试(CAT)首先评估的批判性思维能力从MARC U-STAR项目的MARC前基线提高到MARC U-STAR项目的后测试；(4)影响CSUB MARC U-STAR校友在博士项目中的成功，以至少75%进入博士项目的博士项目毕业生的进步或成功获得博士学位来衡量。