Big Data Discovery and Diversity through Research Education Advancement and Partnerships (BD3-REAP)

 描述(由申请人提供)：大数据的出现带来了监控、存储和操作大量数据的机会，具有解决各种人类健康问题的潜力；然而，大数据也带来了利用方面的挑战，以及需要训练有素的多样化劳动力来成功探索、分析和合成从成像到基因组学的各种大数据类型。加州州立大学富勒顿分校(CSUF)是一家服务于拉美裔和亚洲及太平洋岛民的机构，与 南加州大学(USC)发现科学(BDDS)NIH卓越中心提出了通过研究教育促进和合作伙伴关系(BD3-REAP)的大数据发现和多样性计划。BD3-REAP项目的主要目标是在大数据科学(BDS)的探索、计算和综合方面培训未被充分代表的学生，其中包括BDS的教学学习，同时强调与研究大数据神经成像、基因组学、蛋白质组学和流行病学数据类型与大脑健康相关的全面本科BDS研究经验。BD3-REAP计划有两个具体目标。第一个是通过CSUF/USC教员指导的但学生拥有的研究经验，培训和参与三个队列，由六名主要没有代表性的学生(总计n=18)组成，参与一个深入的、为期两年的BDS研究密集项目，内容涉及神经成像、蛋白质组学、基因组学和表观遗传学数据类型，以及与大脑健康相关的比较开源数据库。具体来说，学生将：(A)在CSUF(学年)和USC(暑期体验)从事小组研究和科学发现(B)通过参加课程/教学培训结合深入的研究经验来提高BDS的计算和分析技能以及自我效能(C)编写和提交研究海报(D)提高科学书写和口头技能(E)参与 在BD3-REAP项目建议中，确保项目/专业毕业，增加知识，并与BDS职业道路和研究生入学联系。课程开发的第二个目标是在两个学院(自然科学和数学；健康与人类发展)和三个系之间建立一个新的、新颖的BDS教育框架，具体开发和整合新的课程，以增加学生在现有的四门课程和一门关于大数据的新课程中的BDS范围、对健康的利用和应用，在整个项目中每年影响近320名学生和大约1300名不同的学生。我们拥有流行病学/行为学、计算、统计学和神经科学的专业知识，可以开发BD3-REAP研究教育计划，加强BDS学生的研究能力和对更广泛科学界的参与/归属感。此外，BD3-REAP计划旨在为BDS代表不足的学生建立一个进入研究生学习和职业安置的渠道，这些学生可能会在科学界成为BDS的榜样，以及随后代表不足的学生。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The advent of Big Data has produced the opportunity to monitor, store and manipulate an abundant amount of data with the potential for addressing various human health issues; however, Big Data also presents utilization challenges, as well as the necessity for a trained diverse workforce to successfully explore, analyze and synthesize the various Big Data types from imaging to genomics. California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), a Hispanic- and Asian and Pacific Islander-serving institution in partnership with the Big Data for Discovery Science (BDDS) NIH Centers of Excellence, at the University of Southern California (USC), proposes the Big Data Discovery and Diversity through Research Education Advancement and Partnerships (BD3-REAP) program. The BD3-REAP program's primary objective is to train underrepresented students in Big Data science (BDs) exploration, computation, and synthesis that incorporates BDs didactic learning, while emphasizing comprehensive undergraduate BDs research experiences related to investigating Big Data neuroimaging, genomics, proteomics, and epidemiologic data types in relation to brain health. The BD3-REAP program has two specific aims. The first is to train and engage, through CSUF/USC faculty mentored, yet student-owned research experiences, three cohorts of six predominantly unrepresented students (total n=18) in an in-depth, 2- year BDs research intensive program on neuroimaging, proteomics, genomics and epigenetics data types, and comparative open-source databases in relation to brain health. Specifically students will: (a) Engage in small- group research and scientific discovery at CSUF (academic year) and USC (summer experience) (b) Increase BDs computational and analytic skills, and self-efficacy by participating in curricula/didactic training integrated with in-depth research experience (c) Prepare and present research posters (d) Improve scientific written and oral skills (e) Participate in BD3-REAP program advisement to ensure program/major graduation, increase knowledge and linkages to BDs career pathways and graduate school entry. The second aim on curricula development is to develop a new and novel BDs educational framework across two colleges (Natural Science and Mathematics; Health and Human Development) and three departments, specifically developing and integrating novel curricula to increase students' BDs scope, utilization and application to health in four existing courses and a new course on Big Data, impacting nearly 320 students yearly and approximately 1300 diverse students during the entire program. We have the epidemiologic/behavioral, computational, statistical and neuroscience expertise to develop the BD3-REAP research education program that strengthens BDs student research capacities and participation/belonging in the broader scientific community. Further, BD3-REAP program aims to establish a pipeline of underrepresented BDs students into graduate studies and career placement, who may potentially serve as BDs role models in the scientific community, and for subsequent underrepresented students.