VCU Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Program (IMSD)

弗吉尼亚联邦大学(VCU)IMSD项目自2010年起开始实施，以提供培训 并增加生物医药企业的UR学者。最后一项建议的具体目标是(1) 为16名IMSD本科生/年和4名IMSD博士生/年提供指导研究经验 (2)采用行之有效和新颖的策略，提高学院学员的学业成绩；(3) 设计和提供丰富的活动，培养学员的批判性思维/解决问题的技能，改进 沟通技巧，提高对适合他们兴趣和个性的职业的认识，(4)到 确保至少60%的国际管理发展学院本科生参加竞争激烈的 生物医学科学，(5)确保≥学院90%的攻读完整博士课程的学者 生物医学科学，(6)使用积极的招聘策略，增加URM应用到 生物医学博士门户网站100%，以及(7)提高URM博士生的生产力 与他们的同龄人不相上下。这些可衡量的结果中的每一个都取得了显著的成就 成功地通过VCU IMSD项目资助了55名本科生和15名博士生。在过去 在资助周期内，60%的UGS已进入全国各机构的博士项目，均为博士生 毕业后发表了重要的同行评议出版物，仍留在生物医学劳动力大军中 75%的人以博士后身份进入学术机构。我们将在这一充满希望的进展的基础上，与 遵循具体目标，1)让16名UR本科生接触高质量的生物医学研究，2)提高6 高素质的UR研究生获得成功的博士学位，以及3)让更广泛的VCU社区参与 生物医学研究和专业培训。这些目标中每一个的可衡量结果是 与国际管理发展学院项目的目标保持一致，“培养一批训练有素的多元化人才 继续从事研究工作并将可参与的本科生和研究生 这是由美国国立卫生研究院资助的研究。

The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) IMSD Program has been in effect since 2010 to provide training and increase UR scholars in the biomedical enterprise. The specific goals of the last proposal were (1) To provide mentored research experiences for 16 IMSD Undergraduate Scholars/ year and 4 IMSD PhD students/ year, (2) To use both well-tested and novel strategies to increase academic success of IMSD trainees, (3) To design and deliver enrichment activities that develop trainees' critical thinking/ problem solving skills, improve communications skills, increase awareness of careers that complement their interests and personalities, (4) To ensure that at least 60% of IMSD Undergraduate Scholars enroll in competitive PhD programs in the biomedical sciences, (5) To ensure that ≥90% of IMSD Scholars who enroll complete PhD programs in the biomedical sciences, (6) To use aggressive recruiting strategies to increase URM applications to the Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Portal by 100%, and (7) To increase productivity of URM PhD students to be comparable to that of their peers. Each of these measureable outcomes has been achieved with significant success with 55 undergraduates and 15 PhD scholars supported through the VCU IMSD program. In the past funding cycle, 60% of the UGs have entered PhD programs at various institutions nationally, all PhD scholars have graduated with significant peer-reviewed publications, have remained in the biomedical workforce with 75% entering academic institutions as postdoctoral fellows. We will build upon this promising progress with the following specific aims, 1) Expose 16 UR undergraduates to high quality biomedical research, 2) Elevate 6 highly qualified UR graduate students to a successful PhD, and 3) engage the wider VCU community in biomedical research and professional training. The measureable outcomes of each of these aims are consistent with the goals of the IMSD Program “to develop the pool of a diverse group of highly trained undergraduate and graduate students who go on to research careers and will be available to participate in NIH-funded research.”