The MADURA Program: Mentorship for Advancing Diversity in Undergraduate Research on Aging

摘要 加州大学圣地亚哥分校MADURA（Mentorship for Advancing Diversity in Undergraduate Research） 关于老龄化）计划响应NIA阿达尔R25培训计划公告，根据- 代表西班牙裔/拉丁裔本科生量身定制，纵向指导，培训和工作经验 研究人员和临床医生专注于衰老和阿尔茨海默病。它将提供有效的、持续的 学术和社会支持，技能培训和监督，以促进学术成功和保留超过 短期内，以及随后增加的与老龄化有关的研究生培训申请率， 就业，从而改善该领域的包容性。MADURA项目旨在实现这些目标 通过一个多组成部分的计划，包括：职业相关的个人，有偿老龄化和 阿尔茨海默病研究相关的实习安置与研究人员/临床医生导师 （8小时/周）;每周有偿小组指导/培训会议，由博士水平的团队提供便利 培训师和研究人员（每周2小时）;综合，量身定制的专业发展 经验（有些经验得到额外的资金支持）; 为潜在的第一代大学参与者提供服务的学校;以及正式的课程和过程 开发活动和严格的评估，使质量持续改进， 传播。加州大学圣地亚哥分校是一个新兴的西班牙裔服务机构，具有深厚的多样性领域- 促进学术支持和西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生团体，中心和服务，欢迎 与MADURA计划合作。MADURA计划在深度，全面性和创新性方面都是创新的。 并整合其基于证据的支持因素：学生薪酬，广泛的经验 安置，每周小组指导和量身定制的培训（由熟练的老龄化提供）的全面整合 来自相似文化背景的研究促进者），共同发生的同伴指导和支持，最后， 它忠实于严格的评估和传播结果和材料。马德拉的定位是 成功，鉴于经验丰富的计划领导，强大的计划开发和 评估小组，支付学生谁必须赚取收入，以留在学校，模范愿意 顾问和免费培训活动合作伙伴，以及与西班牙裔/拉丁裔的现有联系 学生网络。精心构思的MADURA计划汇集了领导，顾问， 培训和安置经验，以成功地促进多样性老龄化/阿尔茨海默病MSTEM 在大学的培养背景下，为参与的西班牙裔/拉丁裔本科生提供职业生涯 围绕着改善多样性和包容性而充满活力。

ABSTRACT The proposed UC San Diego MADURA (Mentorship for Advancing Diversity in Undergraduate Research on Aging) Program responds to the NIA ADAR R25 Training Program Announcement, to offer under- represented Hispanic/Latino undergraduates tailored, longitudinal mentorship, training and work experiences with researchers and clinicians focused on aging and Alzheimer’s disease. It will provide effective, sustained academic and social support, skills training and supervision, to foster academic success and retention over the near term, and subsequent increased rates of application for aging-related graduate training or employment, thereby improving inclusion in the field. The MADURA project is designed to achieve these goals through a multi-component program comprised of: career-relevant Individual, Paid Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research-related Internship Placements with researcher/clinician mentors (8hours/week); Paid Weekly Group Mentorship/Training Meetings, facilitated by a team of doctoral level trainers and research faculty (2 hours per week); integrated, tailored Professional Development Experiences (some with additional funding support); Guided Outreach Experiences for a partner high school that serves potential first generation college attendees; and formal curriculum and process development activities and rigorous evaluation, enabling continuous quality improvements and future dissemination. UC San Diego is an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution with a deep field of diversity- promoting academic support and Hispanic/Latino student groups, centers and services which welcome collaboration with the MADURA Program. The MADURA Program is innovative in depth, comprehensiveness and integration of its evidence-based supportive elements: student pay, broad array of experiential placements, full integration of weekly Group Mentorship and tailored Training (provided by skilled aging research facilitators from similar cultural backgrounds), co-occurring peer mentorship and support, and finally, its fidelity to rigorous evaluation and dissemination of results and materials. MADURA is positioned for success, given the convergence of experienced program leadership, strong program development and evaluation teams, pay for students who must earn income in order to stay in school, exemplary willing advisors and complimentary training activity partners, and existing linkages with Hispanic/Latino student networks. The carefully conceptualized MADURA Program brings together the leadership, advisors, training and placement experiences to successfully promote diversity in Aging/Alzheimer’s disease MSTEM careers for participating Hispanic/Latino undergraduates, within the nurturing context of a University energized around improving diversity and inclusion.