MUSC-Claflin Cooperative for Postdoctoral Academic Career Development

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请的目标是解决当代学术生物医学研究科学家培训中存在的几个挑战。首先是缺乏有组织的、有指导的职业发展计划，为博士后研究员在学术环境中的教学和研究承诺做好充分准备。第二个问题是，许多为少数群体服务的机构(MSI)缺乏研究基础设施和以研究为导向的课程。最后，必须解决如何保持少数族裔学生在生物医学科学领域从事研究事业的兴趣水平和承诺的问题。这一申请假设，在本科生环境下，将重要的指导教学经验融入博士后研究员的培训中，将增强他们在学术和研究方面取得成功的潜力。为了检验这一点，我们将在MUSC这所研究密集型大学寻找有学术抱负并对教学充满热情的博士后研究员。除了严格的研究计划外，他们还将参加密歇根州立大学的结构化计划，学习教学技术。随后，他们将在卡特林大学获得重要的指导教学经验，这是一所教学密集型微星学院。学者的成功将使用多种标准进行评估，包括短期和长期结果。为了应对第二个挑战，克拉夫林将设立访问科学家计划，以促进克拉夫林和南加州大学教职员工之间的合作，并将提供财政资源，让克拉夫林本科生亲身体验当代工具。预计在与研究密集型生物医学大学开展研究合作的本科生校园的教师教学将在他们的课堂上纳入增强的基于问题的课程。这项申请的最终长期目标是增加选择生物医学科学职业的少数族裔人数。这个问题将通过两种方式解决。首先，这个项目将使本科生接触到积极从事研究的教师和博士后学者。其次，克拉夫林学院的学生将被鼓励参加密歇根州立大学为期10周的暑期本科项目，为他们提供执行严格研究项目的深入体验。这两项活动的根本目的都是激发他们对知识的好奇心，并向他们灌输追求富有成效的研究事业的愿望。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this application is to address several challenges existing in the training of contemporary academic biomedical research scientists. The first is the lack of structured, mentored career development programs that adequately prepare postdoctoral fellows for both the teaching and research commitments of the academic environment. The second is the lack of research infrastructure and research-oriented courses that exist at many minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Finally, the problem of how to maintain the interest level and commitment of minority students to pursue research careers in the biomedical sciences must be addressed. This application hypothesizes that incorporating a significant mentored, teaching experience in an undergraduate setting into the training of postdoctoral fellows will enhance their potential for success in both academics and research. To test this, we will identify postdoctoral fellows at MUSC, a research-intensive university, who have academic aspirations and possess an enthusiasm for teaching. In addition to a rigorous research program, they will participate in a structured program at MUSC to learn teaching techniques. Subsequently, they will progress to a significant mentored teaching experience at Catlin University, a teaching-intensive MSI. Scholars' success will be evaluated using multiple criteria, including both short and long-term outcomes. To address the second challenge, a visiting scientist program will be put into place to foster collaborations between Claflin and MUSC faculty and financial resources will be provided to allow Claflin undergraduates first-hand experience with contemporary tools. It is expected that faculty teaching at an undergraduate campus that develop research collaborations with a research-intensive biomedical university will incorporate an enhanced problem-based curriculum in their classes. The final long-term goal of this application is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities choosing careers in the biomedical sciences. This issue will be addressed in two ways. First, this program will expose undergraduates to teachers and postdoctoral scholars actively engaged in research. Second, Claflin students will be encouraged to participate in the 10-week summer undergraduate program at MUSC to offer them in-depth experience performing a rigorous research project. The underlying purpose of both activities is to spark in them an intellectual curiosity and to instill in them the desire to pursue productive research careers.