Minority Program for Society of Toxicology Meeting

描述(由申请者提供)：毒物学会针对少数族裔学生的本科教育计划将包括30名本科生和5名教师顾问，他们来自科学领域中代表性不足的群体。少数族裔学生攻读理科研究生的人数与他们在美国人口中的比例相去甚远，毒物学会强烈支持增加科学劳动力多样性的努力。这些学生和顾问是从国家申请者库中挑选出来的，他们将获得旅行支持，并参加2014年3月22日至24日在亚利桑那州凤凰城举行的为期2.5天的项目，同时还将参加毒物学会(SOT)年会。该计划的目的是1)提高本科生和本科院校的科学导师对毒理学职业选择和机会的认识，2)提高本科生对研究生生物医学教育的兴趣，并激励学生获得研究经验，特别是与毒理学相关的研究经验。参与者将听取毒理学家特别挑选的讲座，他们的工作体现了高调的多样化研究兴趣，参与研究海报会议，并会见学术项目主任和实习发起人。参与者被分配到一个小组，由研究生同伴导师和毒物学家东道主导师组成，他们在演讲、海报和其他会议期间提供非正式互动和指导。博士毕业后的潜在职业选择将在一个小组讨论中进行，小组讨论的嘉宾是毒物学家，他们分享了在不同就业部门(学术界、政府和行业)的经验。该计划基于本科教育计划24年历史上活动的经验、评估和提炼。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Society of Toxicology's Undergraduate Education Program for Minority Students will include 30 undergraduate students and 5 faculty advisors from groups that are underrepresented in the sciences. The number of minority students pursuing graduate school in the sciences is far from parity with their proportion among the US population, and the Society of Toxicology strongly supports efforts to increase the diversity of the scientific workforce. Selected from a national pool of applicants, these students and advisors will receive travel support and participate in a 2.5-day program March 22-24, 2014, in Phoenix, AZ, in conjunction with the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting. The aims of this program are to 1) increase awareness of undergraduate students majoring in science and science advisors at undergraduate institutions about career choices and opportunities in toxicology and 2) increase interest of undergraduate students in graduate biomedical education and motivate students to obtain research experience especially that pertinent to toxicology. Participants will hear specially selected lectures from toxicologists whose work exemplifies high profile diverse research interests, participate in research poster sessions, and meet with academic program directors and internship sponsors. Participants are assigned to small groups, composed of graduate student peer mentors and toxicologist host-mentors who provide informal interaction and mentoring during the presentations, posters, and other sessions. Potential career choices after the Ph.D. are examined in a panel discussion featuring toxicologists who share their experiences in different employment sectors (academia, government, and industry). The program is based on the experience from, and evaluation and refinement of, activities across the 24-year history of the Undergraduate Education Program.