Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center 2021

本申请表申请的是加州大学学生发展计划(IMSD)T32项目 新墨西哥健康科学中心(UNM-HSC)请求支持该机构内的博士前实习生 生物医学研究生项目(BSGP)。BSGP提供了广泛的学术课程基础 然后在研究导师的指导下，在选定的学科中进行深入培训。该IMSD项目的目标是 补充写作和口语方面的额外培训活动，这是一个强大的同龄人辅导计划 以及额外的机构支持计划。该计划旨在增加来自中国的博士毕业生数量 代表不足的群体通过加强招聘、保留和培训进入生物医疗工作队伍 职业发展计划。 我们位于一个少数族裔占多数的州，而且有培养少数族裔学生的历史 (URM)群体、第一代大学生和来自农村和低社会经济背景的学生将 协助招聘以管理学院为目标的学员。成功招生和培养学生的长期记录 来自这些群体的数据显示在BSGP的学生群体中，超过三分之一的当前博士生 都来自URM背景。此外，该署领导层已与各地区 拥有大量来自未被充分代表的人群的本科生的机构，我们将 利用这些资源，进一步增加对以管理学院为目标的群体的招聘。 拟议的学习社区系统将在文化支持的基础上提供教师和同伴指导 有助于留住学生和学生成功的环境。每个学习社区都包括一名来自 一个URM小组与IMSD每个学术班级的学生一起提供一个安全的讨论场所 与同行一起挑战和庆祝成功。学生们在四个月的时间里被介绍到学习社区- 一周暑期计划，将学生引导到UNM-HSC校园，为他们提供开始他们 第一次研究轮换，并使用队列建立练习和培训研讨会来使新学生融入 UNM社区和个人学习社区。 暑期指导结束后，学生们在选择研究导师之前，有两个学期的核心课程 监督他们的论文研究。所有研究导师必须完成严格的培训，并将接受审查 每年一次。职业发展计划将使学生接触到生物医学科学领域的非学术职业 包括一系列关于非学术职业的研讨会、网络练习和获得成绩单的选项 大学理科教学证书和科学技术管理专业证书。 来自基础科学和临床部门的50多名富有生产力和协作性的教职员工 可担任教师研究导师，同时担任学习社区导师和教育专家 将提供非研究性的指导。学生将在招生过程中进行选择，如 我们的学员选拔计划为期三年，由个人提供后IMSD的支持 奖学金或导师提供的资金。对管理信息系统的评估将与管理信息系统办公室协商 UNM-HSC内的项目评估、教育和研究办公室是评估 学生在生物医学领域的教育效能。BSGP办公室将通过以下方式跟踪所有项目校友 在我们的网站上公布，并在研讨会和 我们的教育专家在GREAT、SACNAS或其他教育会议上发表的报告。 行政支助将由UNM-HSC医学院研究教育办公室提供，总部 给BSGP。

This application for an Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) T32 program at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM-HSC) requests support for predoctoral trainees within the umbrella Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BSGP). The BSGP provides a broad base of academic coursework followed by in-depth training in a chosen discipline with a research mentor. The goal of this IMSD program is supplement with additional training activities in writing and speaking, a strong cohort peer-mentoring program and additional institutional support programs. The program aims to increase the number of PhD graduates from underrepresented groups entering the Biomedical workforce through enhanced recruitment, retention and career development programs. Our location in a majority-minority state along with a history of training students from underrepresented minority (URM) groups, first generation college students and students from rural and low socioeconomic backgrounds will assist recruitment of IMSD-targeted trainees. A long record of successfully recruiting and training students from these groups is shown in the BSGP student population where more than one-third of current PhD students are from URM backgrounds. Additionally, the IMSD leadership has developed relationships with regional institutions with large populations of undergraduate students from underrepresented populations that we will utilize to further increase recruitment of IMSD-targeted groups. A proposed system of Learning Communities will provide faculty and peer mentoring in a culturally supportive environment to assist retention and student success. Each Learning Community includes a faculty mentor from an URM group along with IMSD students from each academic class to provide a safe place to discuss challenges and celebrate successes with peers. Students are introduced to Learning Communities at a four- week summer program that orients students to the UNM-HSC campus, provides an opportunity to begin their first research rotation and uses cohort building exercises and training workshops to integrate new students into the UNM community and to individual Learning Communities. After summer orientation, students have two semesters of core coursework before choosing a research mentor to oversee their dissertation research. All research mentors must complete rigorous training and will be reviewed annually. Career development programs will expose students to non-academic careers in biomedical sciences including a seminar series in Non-Academic Careers, networking exercises and options to get a transcripted certificate in University Science Teaching and a concentration in Science and Technology Management. More than fifty productive and collaborative faculty members from basic science and clinical departments are available to serve as faculty research mentors while Learning Community mentors and education specialists will provide non-research mentoring. Students will be selected during the admissions process as outlined in our trainee selection plan for a three-year appointment with post-IMSD support provided by individual fellowships or mentor-provided funding. Evaluation of the IMSD will be done in consultation with the Office of Program Evaluation, Education, and Research Office within the UNM-HSC who are experts in evaluation of education efficacy of students in biomedical fields. All program alumni will be tracked by the BSGP office with annual updates on de-identified trainee outcomes published on our website and disseminated in workshops and published reports presented by our education specialists at GREAT, SACNAS or other education meetings. Administrative support will be provided by the UNM-HSC School of Medicine Research Education Office, home to the BSGP.