National STAR Fellowship Network

描述（由申请人提供）：尽管美国人口结构发生了变化，但弱势，代表性不足和少数民族学生进入生物医学博士课程的入学率仍然很低。迫切需要制定新的战略，以促进生物医学劳动力的多样性，与预测的人口变化相一致。我们建议建立一个“国家星星奖学金网络”的精心准备的区域中心，谁是有能力培养一个社区的支线机构招募，连接，并指导生物医学学生和教师的不同奖学金在他们的阶段在学术研究连续体的成功。位于UNT健康科学中心（UNTHSC）的德克萨斯州健康差异中心（TCHD）将成为该网络的协调和评估中心。区域中心是NIMHD指定的健康差异卓越中心（NIMHD COE），并且具有独特的优势，可以提供健康差异教育，研究和社区推广方面的指导。在为期六个月的规划阶段，我们提出了以下计划目标：目标1：与区域中心建立伙伴关系，并确定其现有资源、技术基础设施和潜在的支线机构。目标2：根据需要评估和制定实施NRMN目标的最佳做法，包括课程，活动和技术。目标3：通过为期多日的研讨会培训区域中心人员，提供有效的课程，活动和技术来实现NRMN的目标。目标4：设计和开发一个全国星星奖学金网络的网站，资源注册数据库，以及研究员和导师的社区参与工具。拟议的计划是创新的，因为它创建了一个NIMHD COE网络，这些COE在健康差异教育，研究和社区外展方面具有出色的计划，以及一个支线机构网络，可供拟议的NRMN参与者借鉴。我们计划目标的实现将为立即创建NRMN奠定基础，NRMN将满足发展多样化生物医学劳动力的关键需求，并帮助解决我国存在的健康差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Matriculation of disadvantaged, underrepresented and minority students into doctoral programs in the biomedical sciences remains low, despite demographic shifts in the US. There is a critical need to develop novel strategies to promote diversity of the biomedical workforce that are consistent with the predicted demographic changes. We propose to create a "National STAR Fellowship Network" of well-prepared regional centers, who are equipped to train a community of feeder institutions to recruit, connect, and mentor a diverse fellowship of biomedical students and faculty for success at their stage in the academic research continuum. The Texas Center for Health Disparities (TCHD) at the UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) will be the coordination and evaluation center for this network. The regional centers are NIMHD designated Centers of Excellence (NIMHD COE) in health disparities, and are uniquely positioned to provide mentoring in health disparity education, research and community outreach. In the six-month planning phase, we propose the following program goals: Goal 1: Develop partnerships with regional centers and identify their existing resources, technology infrastructure, and potential feeder institutions. Goal 2: Evaluate and develop, as needed, the best practices for implementing the goals of the NRMN, including curricula, activities, and technologies. Goal 3: Train regional center personnel via a multiday workshop, by providing effective curricula, activities, and technologies to implement the goals of the NRMN. Goal 4: Design and develop a National STAR Fellowship Network web presence, resource registration database, and community engagement tools for fellows and mentors. The proposed program is innovative as it creates a network of NIMHD COEs that have outstanding programs in health disparity education, research and community outreach, as well as a network of feeder institutions to draw upon for participants in the proposed NRMN. Accomplishment of our program goals will set the stage for the immediate creation of a NRMN that will address the critical needs of developing a diverse biomedical workforce and help solve the health disparities that exist in our nation.