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项目中的代表性仍然很低，因此，生物医学工作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成绩，为培养生物医学科学中未被充分代表的少数族裔博士生做出贡献。我们认识到，现代生物医学研究的成功涉及两个重要方面，一个是将研究生培养成多产的科学家的经典培训，另一个是专业工具的开发，这些工具越来越与 攻读严格的博士课程，然后开始自己的职业生涯。为此，Rush IMSD将整合科学和专业培训活动，以确保Rush IMSD参与者为完成博士课程并进入生物医学劳动力市场做好充分准备。具体地说，我们将：1)建立培训活动，以确保获得必要的关键工具，以培养高效的博士生和科学家，包括如何选择论文研究顾问(导师)的培训模块，如何使用有用的研究工具，资助写作和审查，海报和口头演示，以及针对科学少数群体面临的挑战的教育；以及2)建立培训活动，支持Rush IMSD参与者的专业发展，并为他们提供应对技能，以应对博士项目和科学职业生涯的需求。这些专业技能将通过几个领域的互动培训模块提供，如冲突解决、时间管理、口头和尊重的非语言沟通、情商、个人财务预算和运营实验室的财务责任、接触生物医学研究的职业机会和面试技能。IMSD的学员将由一个由IMSD组成的学生咨询委员会监督，该委员会将确保学员继续取得成功，并制定干预计划。Rush IMSD项目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整合的过程进行评估，以跟踪、报告和评估Rush IMSD学员的长期结果。Rush IMSD的优势将是一个较小的大学环境，可以促进教职员工和IMSD参与者之间的有意义的互动，但在各自领域具有良好记录的国家公认的领导者 教学和导师的关系。总体而言，我们预计这些努力将增加拉什大学少数民族博士生的入学人数，支持他们的教育和职业发展，拉什国际管理发展学院为研究生培养建立的模式将发展成为一个具有大学可持续性和合作伙伴关系的平台。

 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.