Biomedical Research and Education Training Program

摘要/摘要 本申请旨在续订已开始的INSPIRE IRACDA博士后培训计划 2010年8月在罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊医学院(RWJMS)。RWJMS现在是 罗格斯大学，创建了一个扩大的博士后研究员和实验室池 励志计划。Inspire希望在前六年取得的成就的基础上再接再厉 为了进一步实现其两个目标：(1)通过创造 创新博士后培养模式；(2)鼓励在校本科生 在研究中考虑在生物医学科学领域工作。INSPIRE的成功就是显而易见的 (1)69%的INSPIRE研究员在罗格斯大学接受研究培训后获得了学术职位 我们的合作机构梅德加·埃弗斯学院-CUNY的实验室和指导教学 和新泽西城市大学，这两个机构成功地教育了群体 在生物医学研究中代表性不足；以及(2)INSPIRE推动了改进的科学 课程，合作学校教职员工的科学教学培训，增加研究经验 对于合作学校的本科生来说，罗格斯大学和罗格斯大学之间增加了研究互动 合作学校，并直接导致这些学校的本科生意识到 申请STEM的研究生课程。要提高INSPIRE计划的影响力， 第三个合作伙伴学校是威廉·帕特森大学(WPU)，这是一所致力于 与IRACDA的一名前研究员一起推进对代表不足的学生的科学教育 它的教职员工，谁担任校园协调员。 拟议的INSPIRE计划将继续进行为期3年的有组织的博士后培训 计划每年培训5名学员，即3-5年共培训15名学员。继续它的 最初的、成功的培训计划，学员将参加罗格斯大学的指导性研究 实验室；有组织的职业发展计划；有组织的教育组成部分 包括一年级为期一学期的科学教学强化工作坊； 合作学校第二年和第三年的教学和课程开发。合作伙伴的互动 在一所研究密集型大学拥有教员和博士后实习生的学院教员，并活跃 博士后实习生继续参与本科生的教学和指导 增强学生的科学发展和科学职业道路意识。 该计划将通过衡量(A)本科生的申请和入学情况进行评估 纳入有指导的研究方案和对研究职业的认识；(B)课程 在合作学校开发4门理科课程，以增加学生对STEM的参与度 课程；(C)促进了罗格斯大学与其伙伴学校之间的研究合作 通过新的资金将25名伙伴学校本科生带到罗格斯大学进行研究和(D) 70%的博士后，包括未被充分代表的实习生，进入终身教职轨道 教育/研究职业。

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This application seeks to renew the INSPIRE IRACDA Postdoctoral Training Program that began at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) in August of 2010. RWJMS is now part of Rutgers University, creating an expanded pool of postdoctoral fellows and laboratories for the INSPIRE Program. INSPIRE would like to build on its accomplishments during the first six years to further address its two goals: (1) to train the next generation of scientist-educators by creating an innovative postdoctoral training model and (2) to encourage undergraduates underrepresented in research to consider careers in biomedical sciences. The success of INSPIRE is evident in that (1) 69% of INSPIRE Fellows have obtained academic positions after research training at Rutgers laboratories and mentored teaching at our partner institutions, Medgar Evers College – CUNY and New Jersey City University, two institutions that successfully educate groups underrepresented in biomedical research; and (2) INSPIRE has promoted improved science courses, Scientific Teaching training by partner school faculty, increased research experiences for the undergraduates at partner schools, increased research interactions between Rutgers and the partner schools, and has directly led to undergraduates at these schools becoming aware of and applying to graduate programs in STEM. To increase the impact of the INSPIRE Program a third partner school is added, William Paterson University (WPU), a public institution committed to advancing science education for underrepresented students, and with a former IRACDA Fellow on its faculty, who serves as Campus Coordinator. The proposed INSPIRE program will continue to be a structured 3-year postdoctoral training program for 5 trainees per year, i.e., reaching a total of 15 trainees for years 3-5. Continuing its original, successful training plan, the trainees will participate in mentored research in Rutgers laboratories; a structured career development program; a structured educational component including an intensive semester-long workshop in scientific teaching during year 1; and mentored teaching and course development at partner schools during years 2 and 3. Interaction of partner school faculty with faculty and postdoctoral trainees at a research-intensive university, and active participation of the postdoctoral trainees in teaching and mentoring undergraduates will continue to enhance the students' scientific development and awareness of scientific career pathways. This program will be evaluated by measuring (a) undergraduate student application and entry into mentored research programs and awareness of research careers; (b) curriculum development at partner schools of 4 science courses to increase student engagement in STEM courses; (c) increased research collaborations between Rutgers and its partner schools facilitated by new funds to bring 25 partner school undergraduates to Rutgers for research and (d) entry of 70% of INSPIRE postdocs, including underrepresented trainees, into academic tenure track education/research careers.