Would you like to be a scientist? Discover Biomedical Sciences! - Phase I/II

这个NCRR科学教育合作奖题为“你想成为科学家吗？发现 生物医学科学！有两个相互关联的目标一方面，它试图让孩子们从内心- 城市小学的生物医学科学，并作为一个结果，鼓励他们尽早与 科学发现和健康事业带来的兴奋。另一方面，它寻求培养科学 大学生成为他们科学的良好传播者，让他们把科学- 尤其是与健康相关的发现。为了实现这些目标，我们提出以下建议： 具体目标：具体目标1：创建一个由生物医学专业本科生管理的科学推广项目 sciences科学，directed定向towards向fourth第四grade年级students学生.这一外联方案将有两个组成部分： 反”科学博览会，模仿儿童法官！神经科学博览会，我们已经使用在过去。这 活动将集中在神经科学的概念，并将为儿童提供学习经验， 为广泛理解大脑如何工作以及大脑功能如何与 行为B）四年级学生和生物医学科学本科生之间的辅导计划， 大学生将与小学生一起工作，并作为小学生的资源， 他们课程中的科学部分具体目标2：开展公共外联活动， 教育公众了解生物医学科学和其他与健康有关的主题，使用具有 科学内容，由研究人员或临床医生讨论选择那些谁可以提供不仅 最好的科学知识，也是一个模仿的模型。 这一建议还涉及在少数群体健康和保健领域取得进展的一个关键障碍 通过帮助增加代表性不足群体的成员人数， 生物医学劳动力。原因有二。首先，城市公立学校的少数民族学生往往 do not acquire获取essential基本academic学术skills技能necessary必要to pursuit追求science科学careers事业.第二，目前少数民族 学生没有机会接触到适当的榜样，因为代表性不足的少数民族占 美国医学院全职学术教师的比例不成比例地低（不到4%）， 即使在作为一名教员或措施调整多年后， 学术生产力。参与我们的计划不仅有助于增加科学的获取 内容和刺激对儿童的兴趣，但这也将来自学生和教师， “像他们一样说话，看起来像他们”，提供榜样，谁的内城四年级学生可以涉及。

This NCRR Science Education Partnership Award titled "Wouldyou like to be ascientist? Discover Biomedical Sciences!" has two interrelated goals. On the one hand, it seeks to expose children from inner- city elementary schools to the biomedical sciences, and, as a consequence, encourage them early on with the excitement of scientific discovery and health careers. On the other hand, it seeks to train science undergraduates to become good communicators oftheir science, involving them in bringing science - particularly health-related discoveries - to the public. To achieve these goals, we propose thefollowing specific aims: Specific Aim 1: To create a science outreach program run bv undergraduates in biomedical sciences, directed towardsfourth grade students. This outreach program will have two components: A) a reverse" science fair, modeled after the Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fairs that we have used in the past. This activity will be focused in neuroscience concepts, and will provide children with learning experiences that will establish the foundation for broad understanding of how the brain works and how brain functioning relates to behavior. B) a mentoring program between the 4th graders and the Biomedical Sciences undergraduates, whereby the college students will work with, and serve as a resource for the elementary school children for the science portion of their curriculum. Specific Aim 2: To establish a public outreach activity that will educate the general public on biomedical sciences and other health-related topics, using films with a scientific content, discussed by researcher or clinician chosen amongthose who can provide not only the best scientific expertise, but also a model to imitate. This proposal also addresses a critical barrier to progress in the field of minority health and health disparities, by contributing to increase the number of members of underrepresented groups that enter the biomedical workforce. There are two reasons for this. First, minority students in urban public schools often do not acquire essential academic skills necessaryto pursue science careers. Second, as of today minority students do not have access to appropriate role models because underrepresented minorities accountfor a disproportionately low percentage of full time academic faculty (less than 4%) at US medical schools, and are less likely to hold senior academic rank even after adjusting for years as a faculty member or measures of academic productivity. Participation in our program will serve not only to increase access to science content and spur heightened interest in the children, but also this will come from students and faculty that 'talk like them and look like them', providing role models to whom the inner-city 4th graders can relate to.