UAB STEP-UP: Promoting Diversity through Team Mentored Research Experiences

尽管已经做出了许多努力来增加未被充分代表的研究人员的数量 在全国各地的大学中，大多数学科继续缺乏多样性，包括 生物医学科学。我们将利用我们在培训未被充分代表的少数族裔学生方面的经验和我们的 与NIDDK任务区相关的专业知识和关系，以确保我们激励和开发下一个 一代NIDDK研究人员。UAB Step Up的具体目标：通过团队促进多样性 指导研究经验(UAB Step-Up)，是对现有的、非常成功的UAB Step的更新 计划包括：1)培养全国有前途的本科生的多样化干部队伍 提供面对面和虚拟教育相结合以及实践指导的研究体验；2) 利用现有研究网络培养一支投入本科生培养的导师队伍 在糖尿病和其他内分泌和代谢疾病、消化系统疾病、 营养障碍和肥胖；以及肾脏、泌尿系统和血液系统疾病；3)确保 这支学生干部通过采用团队辅导和指导的方式，由学术 导师、个人倡导者和职业教练，为以下方面提供结构化的指导和教育 在研究生院和未来的职业生涯中取得成功；以及4)持续评估该计划及其 实施以实现质量改进和中途纠正 UAB升学协调中心将挑选有动力、有前途的本科生 至少完成了大一的学业，并为他们提供了组织、学术和研究 对于研究生和专业教育来说，技能和经验必须具有竞争力。UAB将逐步升级 与我们目前的合作伙伴组织合作，包括阿拉巴马州和亚特兰大大学的HBCU 中心学校吸引和招收传统上代表性不足的学生。该计划的要素包括 在两个暑假期间(每周30小时)进行为期10周的密集指导研究体验，通过 研究和职业规划方面的虚拟小组学习活动(每周10小时)，然后是虚拟 在第一学年和第二学年的研究教育活动。其次是虚拟 维护以保持对NIDDK研究的兴趣，并保持受训人员与计划的联系。在.期间 这项计划，学员将发展与学术研究人员的工作关系，并将参与 尖端研究的过程和产品。我们的团队指导方法包括学术 导师，以及个人倡导者和职业教练，为 实习生。扩大导师网络以包括这些组成部分将促进更深层次和多样化的 了解学员所选择的职业领域。

Although there have been numerous efforts to increase the number of underrepresented researchers in universities across the country, there continues to be a lack of diversity in most disciplines, including the biomedical sciences. We will leverage our experience in training underrepresented minority students and our expertise and connections related to NIDDK mission areas to ensure that we inspire and develop the next generation of NIDDK researchers. The specific aims of UAB STEP-UP: Promoting Diversity through Team Mentored Research Experiences (UAB STEP-UP), a renewal of the existing, highly-successful UAB STEP-UP program, include: 1) developing a diverse cadre of promising undergraduate students across the country by providing a combination of in-person and virtual education and hands-on mentored research experiences; 2) utilizing existing research networks to develop a cadre of mentors invested in training undergraduate students to conduct research in the areas of diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases, nutritional disorders, and obesity; and kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases; 3) ensuring the success of this cadre of students by employing a team mentoring and guidance approach consisting of Academic Mentors, Personal Advocates, and Career Coaches to provide structured guidance and education toward success in graduate school and future careers; and 4) continuously evaluating the program and its implementation to allow for quality improvement and mid-course corrections The UAB STEP-UP Coordinating Center will select motivated, promising undergraduate students who have completed at least their freshman year and provide them with the organizational, academic and research skills and experience needed to be competitive for graduate and professional education. UAB STEP-UP will collaborate with our current partner organizations including HBCUs across Alabama and Atlanta University Center schools to engage and recruit traditionally underrepresented students. Elements of the program include intensive mentored research experiences for 10 weeks during the two summers (30 hours/week) enhanced by virtual group learning activities in research and career planning (10 hours/week), and followed by virtual research education activities during the academic year following Years 1 and 2. This is followed by virtual maintenance to maintain interest in NIDDK research and to keep Trainees connected to the program. During this program, trainees will develop working relationships with academic researchers and will be involved with the processes and products of cutting-edge research. Our team mentoring approach includes Academic Mentors, along with Personal Advocates and Career Coaches to provide additional professional support to the Trainees. Expanding the mentor network to include these components will promote a deeper and varied understanding of Trainees’ chosen career fields.