Maximizing Access to Research Careers

 描述(申请人提供)：与近140年来被它称为家的城市的大部分一样，迪拉德大学(Dillard)校园在2005年被卡特里娜飓风摧毁。自那以后，这所大学强劲反弹，在校园翻新和修复上花费了超过1.5亿美元，其中包括新的4300万美元，16万平方米。英国《金融时报》专业科学大楼。这有力地重申了该大学致力于培训其主要是当地学生的人口，其中98%是非裔美国人，99%接受联邦财政援助。NIH与路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心(LSUHSC)建立了一个由NIH资助的合作项目，该中心高度重视社区教育项目，以促进少数族裔参与临床试验的兴趣，这进一步证明了该大学致力于加强学生在科学方面的培训，以及一项加强与Dillard研究合作的积极计划。我们建议利用Dillard/LSUHSC的合作伙伴关系建立Dillard Marc U*STAR荣誉计划，旨在提高Dillard在培养代表性不足的少数族裔生物医学和行为科学家方面的生产力。通过我们与LSUHSC New Orleans的合作，学生将有机会在全州范围内获得教学、研究和医疗保健功能。这项计划将通过扩大我们的生物、化学和心理学方面的高素质学生，并对与研究相关的职业有浓厚兴趣的学生来最大限度地发挥机构影响，同时在未来五年内从挑选的学生中为40名学生提供专门培训。 作为“MARC学者”，他们将从增强的课程、专业发展活动和全年指导的研究经验中受益。具体目标是1)培养和增强一批对从事生物医学或行为研究相关职业有浓厚兴趣的高素质和敬业的学生；目标2)在杜克大学、LSUHSC或其他研究密集型机构的研究导师的监督下，为MARC学者提供特殊的高级课程、学术和专业发展以及全年研究培训；目的3)通过为潜在的Dillard MARC培训教师提供有针对性的专业发展，加强机构的教学和研究培训能力。预期结果是将高素质和对研究感兴趣的学生数量增加一倍。至少70%的MARC学者将在获得学士学位的三年内进入生物医学科学的博士课程。其影响将是增加全国准备充分、代表性不足的生物医学和行为科学学生和人员的数量，并增强在这一领域持续作出贡献的机构能力。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Like much of the city it called home for nearly 140 years, the Dillard University (Dillard) campus was devastated in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. The university has since rebounded strongly with more than $150 million spent in campus renovation and restoration, including a new $43 million, 160,000 sq. ft. professional science building. This is in strong reaffirmation of the university's commitment to the training of its mostly local studet population, which is 98% African American, with 99% receiving federal financial aid. Further evidence of the University's commitment to strengthen the training of its students in the sciences is demonstrated in the establishment of an NIH-funded collaboration with Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC), which has a strong focus on community education programs to promote underrepresented minority interest in joining clinical trials, along with an aggressive plan to enhance research collaborations with Dillard. We propose to leverage this Dillard / LSUHSC partnership to establish the Dillard MARC U*STAR Honors Program, which aims to increase Dillard's productivity in developing underrepresented minority biomedical and behavioral scientists. Through our partnership with LSUHSC New Orleans, students will have access to teaching, research, and health care functions state-wide. This program will maximize institutional impact through the expansion of our pool of highly qualified students in biology, chemistry and psychology with a strong interest in research-related careers, while providing specialized training for 40 students over the next five years, from a pool selected as "MARC Scholars," who will benefit from an enhanced curriculum, professional development activities, and year-round mentored research experiences. Specific aims are to Aim 1) develop and enhance a pool of highly qualified and engaged students with strong interest in pursuing biomedical or behavioral research related careers; Aim 2) to provide MARC Scholars a special advanced curriculum, academic and professional development, as well as year-round research training under the supervision of research mentors from DU, LSUHSC, or other research-intensive institutions; Aim 3) to strengthen institutional capacity for teaching and research training by providing focused professional development for potential Dillard MARC training faculty. Expected outcomes are to double the number of highly qualified and research interested students. At least 70% of MARC Scholars will matriculate into doctoral programs in the biomedical sciences within three years of baccalaureate degree attainment. The impact will be increased numbers of well-prepared underrepresented biomedical and behavioral science students and personnel in the nation and enhanced institutional capacity for sustained contributions in this area.