Advancing Student Potential for Inclusion with Research Experiences (ASPIRE)

在医学研究经验（ASPIRE）计划中，提高学生的包容性潜力 威斯康星州学院（MCW）旨在增加心血管疾病的生物医学劳动力的多样性 研究经验，通过为期10周的暑期课程的本科生谁属于 在科学和医学领域代表性不足的群体（URG）。ASPIRE将填补MCW的巨大需求， 联邦政府支持的心血管研究本科培训，MCW历史上收到200至 每年春季，来自URG的本科生的申请比现有的暑期职位多300份。我们 将为我们的学员提供学徒式的指导，从我们的36个有成就的教师导师嵌入 在MCW心血管中心的研究专业知识主题领域（“签名项目”）内，该项目 是：1）动脉粥样硬化，血栓形成和血管生物学，2）心脏生物学和心力衰竭，3）心血管疾病， 肿瘤学和4）高血压。我们的计划旨在提高“科学身份”和学科 知识和技能，以支持归属感，态度，能力，知识和技能，通过让学员参与 体验式研究，个性化的学习机会，关于科学，技术，工程， 数学（STEM）职业（MD轨道，博士轨道，或一般科学职业轨道），以及 进一步培训（即，研究生院，专业学校），除了提供专业技能， 职业发展和打破障碍的工具，蓬勃发展，和弹性。我们将利用我们的 在全国范围内招聘和指导来自URG的受训人员的广泛背景， MCW资源，并提供创新的多样性定制的研讨会和经验，在一个包容的，良好的- 资源环境。凭借强大的机构支持和卓越的心血管研究（排名第13 医学院的资金来自NHLBI），我们将利用我们经验丰富的多PI领导，监督 一个知情的咨询委员会，和文化意识，资源充足的教师导师，以满足我们的中间 和长期的成功基准：招收和培养13名大二，大三或高年级的本科生 每年夏天，来自URG的学员（在5年的奖励期内有65名学员），提供量身定制的， 在研究和专业技能方面的相关和前沿培训，使学员接触到众多的 STEM的职业机会，使学员能够在MCW研究研讨会上展示他们的研究， 10周培训结束时（如果可能，在次年的国家研究会议上）， 对于80%或更多的ASPIRE毕业生完成STEM领域的本科学位， 超过50%申请研究生院或其他生物医学相关的高级学位课程，以及 75%的人在STEM获得第一份工作。总的来说，ASPIRE计划的最终目标是激励和充分- 装备我们的本科学员从URG为未来的职业生涯在干，特别是在相关领域， 心血管研究，从而提高未来生物医学劳动力的多样性。

The Advancing Student Potential for Inclusion with Research Experiences (ASPIRE) Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) seeks to increase diversity of the biomedical workforce with cardiovascular research experience through a 10-week summer program for undergraduates who belong to underrepresented groups (URGs) in science and medicine. ASPIRE will fill a great need at MCW for federally-supported undergraduate training in cardiovascular research as MCW historically receives 200 to 300 more applications each spring from undergraduates from URGs than available summer positions. We will provide apprentice-style mentoring for our trainees from our 36 accomplished faculty mentors embedded within the MCW Cardiovascular Center’s thematic areas of research expertise (“Signature Programs”), which are: 1) atherosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2) cardiac biology and heart failure, 3) cardio- oncology, and 4) hypertension. Our program is designed to enhance “science identity” and disciplinary knowledge and skills to support belonging, attitude, competence, knowledge, and skills by engaging trainees in experiential research, personalized learning opportunities about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers (MD Track, PhD Track, or General Science Career Track), and avenues for further training (i.e., graduate school, professional school), in addition to providing professional skills for career advancement and tools for breaking down barriers, thriving, and resilience. We will draw on our extensive background with the national recruitment and mentoring of trainees from URGs, leverage existing MCW resources, and provide innovative diversity-tailored seminars and experiences in an inclusive, well- resourced environment. With strong institutional support and excellence in cardiovascular research (ranked #13 of medical schools in funding from NHLBI), we will leverage our experienced multi-PI leadership, oversight by an informed Advisory Committee, and culturally-aware, well-resourced faculty mentors to meet our intermediate and long-term benchmarks of success: to enroll and train 13 sophomore, junior, or senior-level undergraduate trainees from URGs each summer (65 trainees over the 5-year period of the award), provide tailored, relevant, and cutting-edge training in research and professional skills, expose trainees to the multitudinous career opportunities in STEM, enable trainees to present their research at a MCW research symposium at the end of the 10 weeks of training (and if possible, at a national research conference the following year), and for 80% or more of our ASPIRE graduates to complete their undergraduate degree in a STEM field, more than 50% to apply to graduate school or other biomedical-related advanced degree programs, and 75% to obtain a first job in STEM. Overall, the ultimate goal of the ASPIRE Program is to inspire and fully- equip our undergraduate trainees from URGs for future careers within STEM, especially in areas related to cardiovascular research, thereby enhancing the diversity of the future biomedical workforce.