Winston-Salem State University Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RI

描述（由申请人提供）：温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学（WSSU）寻求建立一个mbrs科学增强研究计划（RISE）计划，以改善对从生物医学/行为科学系毕业的未被充分代表的少数民族的培训，并激励他们攻读学士学位后。我们可衡量的目标是，在四年内，将参与院系中未被充分代表的少数族裔学生进入生物医学和行为科学领域的竞争性博士课程的人数和比例提高到10%（264名学生中的25名），而目前的水平是4%（264名学生中的10名）。我们建议使用一个简单的五项活动训练计划来实现这一目标：1)通过亲身参与研究项目，向学生介绍生物医学研究；2)通过评论和发表期刊俱乐部论文，向学生介绍批判性的科学评价；3)通过科研成果的海报展示，为学生提供科学写作和演讲的经验；4)为学生提供接触研究人员的机会，以促进参与者的保留和成功完成RISE项目；5)通过体验相关科学研究的兴奋和挑战，培养学生在生物医学和行为科学领域追求职业的长期承诺。我们的队列将包括18名mbr - rise学员；从大一新生、二年级升学生、三年级升学生中择优录取，每人6人，共计18人；项目空缺将优先招收大一和大二学生。该申请将侧重于在生物医学/行为科学的广泛学科中对学生进行学术指导和培训，特别强调具有各种博士预科T32项目的研究型大学之间的关系。该培训计划将有13名导师，他们在两个机构的四个系担任初级学术职务，并将从WSSU文理学院的三个参与系（生命科学、化学、行为科学和社会工作）中招募学员。该项目还将受益于WSSU和维克森林大学医学院的几位知名研究人员的持续合作，他们中的大多数人都聚集在市中心皮埃蒙特三合会研究园区的共享基础科学大楼里。设施、师资和其他资源的结合将为对生物医学/行为科学和慢性病研究领域感兴趣的本科生提供丰富而充满活力的跨学科培训环境。该计划的方法将使进入竞争激烈的博士课程的学生人数增加6%，这意味着我们预计80%（18人中有15人）的MBRS-RISE学生将进入博士课程。我们相信我们有能力取得这一成果。我们也希望这个项目的活动能够成为其他学生在职业选择中引入生物医学或行为科学学科的典范。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) seeks to establish an MBRS-Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program to improve the training of underrepresented minorities who graduate from biomedical/behavioral science departments and motivate them to pursue post-baccalaureate degrees. Our measureable objective is to increase the number and percentage of underrepresented minority students from participating departments that gain admission into competitive PhD programs in the area of biomedical and behavioral sciences to 10% (25 of 264 students) within four years compared to the current level of 4% (10 of 264 students). We propose to use a simple five-activity training program to achieve this objective: 1) introduce the students to biomedical research via hands-on participation in a research project; 2) introduce the students to critical scientific evaluation by critiquing and presenting journal club papers; 3) provide students with experience in scientific writing and speaking via poster presentations of their research results; 4) provide students with exposure to research faculty to facilitate both participant retention and successful completion of the RISE program; and 5) foster students' long-term commitment to pursue a career in the biomedical and behavioral sciences through an experience that exemplifies the excitement and challenges of relevant scientific investigation. Our cohort will include 18 MBRS-RISE trainees; 6 students each will be selected initially from among entering freshmen, rising sophomores and rising juniors up to a total of 18 students; program vacancies will be filled with a preference for freshmen and sophomores. This application will focus on academic mentoring and training of students in the broad disciplines of biomedical/behavioral science, with a particular emphasis on the relationships among research-intensive universities with various pre-doctoral T32 programs. The training program will have 13 mentors who have primary academic appointments in four departments in two institutions and will draw trainees from three participating departments (life sciences, chemistry, and behavioral sciences and social work) in the College of Arts and Sciences at WSSU. This program will also benefit from the ongoing collaboration of several established investigators at WSSU and Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the majority of whom have been assembled in a shared basic science building in the downtown Piedmont Triad Research Park. The combination of facilities, faculty, and other resources will provide a rich and vibrant interdisciplinary training environment for undergraduate students interested in the areas of biomedical/behavioral sciences and chronic disease research. This program's approach will increase the number of students gaining admission into competitive PhD programs by 6%, meaning that we anticipate 80% (15 of 18) of the MBRS-RISE students will enter PhD programs. We are confident in our ability to achieve this outcome. We also expect that this program's activities will serve as a model for other students to be introduced to biomedical or behavioral science disciplines as career choices. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) MBRS-Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program seeks to a) stimulate interest among underrepresented students in pursuing a research-based terminal degree in biomedical or behavioral research and b) increase the number of African-Americans and other minorities who hold leadership positions in the scientific research enterprise.