U-RISE at PVAMU

PVAMU PI/PD的URISE：Regisford 在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，对训练有素的STEM劳动力的需求日益增加， 还需要多样化的人口，以满足生物医学科学未来的需求和挑战。一个 本科生研究培训计划的学生增强（U-RISE）计划将达到一个大的种族 具有不利社会经济背景和第一代移民的少数民族和族裔代表性不足的人口 大学生在草原视图A&M大学（PVAMU），一个历史悠久的黑人大学。此外，PVAMU的 促进本科生参与研究，并与周围的研究建立合作关系- 密集的大学，提供了一个强大的学习环境，将有力地支持U-RISE计划。 虽然生物和化学等生物医学科学学科的学生入学率相对较高， 不到10%的人声称对研究生院感兴趣;这一难题可能是由于缺乏接触， 为研究生院的严格学习做准备。因此，U-RISE计划的总体目标是 是为了提高学生的参与和准备在生物医学科学预科进入高度 竞争力的博士课程，并最终，生物医学科学研究生涯。这一目标将 通过以下具体目标实现：（1）提供丰富的跨学科研究文化， 让所有U-RISE学员连续三年进行实践研究;（2）提高学术 课程，促进80%的U-RISE在PVAMU受训者的生物医学科学研究生的进步 计划和（3）通过让PVAMU的U-RISE学员参与 多维指导计划，这将导致提高保留率（90%的U-RISE学员）， 毕业率（U-RISE学员的90%）。计划内容将包括所有U- 提升学员的竞争力。我们已经建立了一个多学科的教师，研究团队， 教授/科学家和外部合作者，以创造一个培育和刺激的文化，将唤起 以证据为基础的学生支持和激励措施。每年将选出四名杰出人士参加 U-RISE在PVAMU计划。U-RISE学员的选择将基于以下标准： 学术记录，种族和民族UR人口的成员，宣布在生物医学科学学科的主要， 并渴望进入生物医学研究生院。预期结果是：（1）增加 从事生物医学科学研究的学生人数;（2）广泛的学术准备， U-RISE在PVAMU受训者在毕业后一年内进入竞争激烈的研究生课程; 和（3）创建一个可复制的，可移植的，以证据为基础的模型，促进准备 来自乌拉圭人口的本科生从事生物医学科学研究。最终，PVAMU的U-RISE 该计划将有助于增加生物医学科学劳动力的多样性。

URISE at PVAMU PI/PD: Regisford The increasing need for a well-trained STEM workforce, made more poignant during this COVID-19 pandemic, also requires a diverse population to meet the future needs and challenges in the biomedical sciences. An Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) program will reach a large racial and ethnic underrepresented (UR) population with disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds and first-generation college students at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), a historically black university. Moreover, PVAMU's promotion of undergraduate engagement in research, and its established collaborations with surrounding research- intensive universities, provide a robust learning environment that will strongly support a U-RISE program. Although student enrollment in biomedical science disciplines such as Biology and Chemistry are relatively high, less than 10% declare an interest in graduate school; a conundrum that may be due to lack of exposure and preparation for the rigors of graduate school. Therefore, the overarching goal of this proposed U-RISE program is to enhance student participation and preparation in the biomedical sciences for matriculation into highly competitive PhD programs and ultimately, a biomedical science research career. This goal will be accomplished by the following specific objectives: (1) Provide an enriched interdisciplinary research culture that exposes all U-RISE trainees to hands-on research for three consecutive years; (2) Enhance the academic curriculum that fosters advancement of 80% of U-RISE at PVAMU trainees to a biomedical science graduate program and (3) Create a nurturing learning community by engaging U-RISE at PVAMU trainees in a multidimensional mentoring program, that will lead to improved retention (90% of U-RISE trainees) and graduation rate (90% of U-RISE trainees). Program elements will include professional skills development of all U- RISE trainees to enhance their competitiveness. We have built a multidisciplinary team of faculty, research professors/scientists, and external collaborators to create a nurturing and stimulating culture that will evoke evidence-based student support and motivation practices. Each year, four sophomores will be selected to join the U-RISE at PVAMU program. Selection of U-RISE trainees will be based on the following criteria: the students' academic record, member of a racial and ethnic UR population, a declared major in a biomedical science discipline, and a desire to attend graduate school in the biomedical sciences. The expected outcomes are (1) an increase in the number of students who become engaged in biomedical science research; (2) an extensive academic preparation of U-RISE at PVAMU trainees for matriculation into a competitive graduate program within one year after graduation; and (3) the creation of a replicable, transportable, evidence-based model that promotes preparation of undergraduates from UR populations for biomedical science research careers. Ultimately, the U-RISE at PVAMU program will contribute to increased diversity in the biomedical sciences workforce.