Integrated scientific and professional PhD training program in biomedical science

 描述（由申请人提供）：少数民族在生物医学博士课程中的代表性仍然不足，因此，生物医学工作面并不能反映我们国家的多样性。拉什大学将通过建立一个新的拉什倡议，以最大限度地提高学生的表现（IMSD），为代表性不足的少数民族博士生在生物医学科学的培训作出贡献。我们认识到，在现代生物医学研究的成功涉及两个重要的武器，一个是经典的研究生培养成为富有成效的科学家，另一个是越来越相关的专业工具的发展， 在严格的博士课程和之后的职业生涯中导航。为此，拉什IMSD将整合科学和专业培训活动，以确保拉什IMSD参与者将充分准备完成博士课程，并进入生物医学劳动力。具体而言，我们将：1）建立培训活动，以确保必要的关键工具，以发展一个富有成效的博士生和科学家，包括培训模块如何选择论文研究顾问（导师），利用有用的研究工具，赠款写作和审查，海报和口头陈述，以及教育面临的挑战，少数民族在科学，和2）建立培训活动，以支持拉什IMSD参与者的专业发展，并为他们提供应对技能，以管理博士课程和科学事业的需求。这些专业技能将通过几个领域的互动培训模块提供，如解决冲突，时间管理，口头和尊重非口头沟通，情商，个人财务预算和运行实验室的财务责任，接触生物医学研究的职业机会，以及面试技巧。拉什IMSD参与者将由IMSD学生咨询委员会监测，这将确保他们继续取得成功，并制定干预计划。拉什IMSD计划将由内部和外部咨询委员会指导。该计划将由外部小组通过一个良好的综合过程进行评估，以跟踪，报告和评估拉什IMSD学员的长期成果。拉什IMSD的优势将是一个较小的大学设置，可以促进教师和IMSD参与者之间的有意义的互动，但在各自领域的国家公认的领导者谁拥有良好的记录 教学和指导的方式。总的来说，我们预计这些努力将增加少数民族博士生在拉什的入学率，支持他们的教育和专业发展，拉什IMSD制定的研究生培养模式将演变成一个具有大学可持续性和伙伴关系的平台。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Minorities continue to be underrepresented in biomedical PhD programs and, thus, the biomedical workface does not reflect the diversity of our nation. Rush University will contribute to the training of underrepresented minority PhD students in biomedical sciences by establishing a new Rush Initiative to Maximize Student Performance (IMSD). We recognize that success in the modern age of biomedical research involves two important arms, one is classical training of graduate students to be productive scientists and the other is the development of professional tools that are increasingly relevant to navigate a rigorous PhD program and one's career thereafter. Towards this end, the Rush IMSD will integrate scientific and professional training activities to ensure that Rush IMSD participant will be fully prepared to complete the PhD program and enter the biomedical workforce. Specifically, we will: 1) Establish training activities to secure key tools necessary to develop ino a productive PhD student and a scientist, including training modules on how to choose a dissertation research advisor (mentor), utilization of helpful research tools, grant writing and review, poster and oral presentations, and education in challenges that face minorities in science, and 2) Establish training activities to support the professional development of Rush IMSD participants and provide them with coping skills to manage the demands of a PhD program and a career in science. These professional skills will be provided through interactive training modules in several areas such as conflict resolution, time management, verbal and respectful non-verbal communication, emotional intelligence, personal financial budgeting and fiscal responsibility of running a lab, exposure to career opportunities in biomedical research, and interviewing skills. Rush IMSD participants will be monitored by an IMSD-student advisory committee, which will ensure their continued success and devise intervention plans. The Rush IMSD program will be steered by internal and external advisory committees. The program will be evaluated by an outside group through a well- integrated process to track, report, and assess long-term outcomes of Rush IMSD trainees. Strength of the Rush IMSD will be a smaller university setting that can facilitate meaningful interactions between faculty and IMSD participants, yet nationally recognized leaders in their respective fields who have a strong record of teaching and mentorships. Collectively, we anticipate that these efforts will increase enrollment of minority PhD students at Rush, support their education and professional development, and that the Rush IMSD instituted model for graduate student training will evolve into a platform that has university sustainability and partnerships.