Fisk University/UIUC-Mayo KnowENG BD2K Center R25 Partnership

 描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的菲斯克- UIUC KnowEnG R25计划的总体目标是招募和保留一支代表性不足的少数族裔科学家骨干队伍，他们准备参加生物医学研究的博士培训，并且已经获得了对大数据使用的信心。与UIUC KnowEnG BD 2 K中心的拟议合作伙伴关系将为菲斯克学员提供课程改进和夏季研究机会，同时在互补的计算机和信息科学方面对自然科学家和数学专业进行互惠培训，并为计算机科学和数学本科生提供基本系统，在菲斯克大学的分子和细胞生物学/生物化学背景，为尖端基因组学，蛋白质组学和依赖于大数据的个性化医学研究提供背景。除了课程和研究培训计划的元素，菲斯克学生将有远程访问研讨会课程，以提高在通信BD 2K为基础的技术及其应用的效率。教学工作和本科研究经验将得到个性化的学生发展计划的补充，以磨练专业技能，深入了解负责任的研究行为，并进行环绕式指导，以确保随后成功进入竞争激烈的BD 2K对齐博士学位授予计划。UIUC主办的暑期教师研讨会将增加使用大数据工具的信心，导致在STEM课程，拥抱大数据的创新，影响所有菲斯克STEM本科生。菲斯克和BD 2K合作伙伴教师之间的研究合作也将得到促进。实现这些目标的目的是：1）实施一个综合教学计划，以提高学生的自我效能与计算和信息学工具的开发和使用，用于询问和解释大数据，包括生物信息学的两个学期的生物信息学课程，由UIUC KnowEnG BD 2K中心教师的专业知识告知，从UIUC远程提供额外的专题课程。2)在UIUC KnowEnG BD 2K中心开发一个综合学年（菲斯克或合作伙伴）和夏季研究计划，以确保学生接触到参与“大数据”研究问题的生命周期。3)实施专业技能发展计划，确保本科参与者成功过渡到博士学位。(or MD/PhD Program）在大数据依赖的生物医学研究。4)启动生物信息学教师发展计划，在多个学科的课程中引入大数据问题，对所有菲斯克本科STEM专业产生影响。拟议的计划将增加菲斯克大学本科生在大数据方面的教学和研究经验，同时为他们成功进入研究密集型大学相关学科的博士学位授予项目做好准备。我们的KnowEnG合作伙伴关系还将提高菲斯克教师使用大数据的能力，并促进教师研究合作，从而将大数据引入课程嵌入式研究，影响所有菲斯克大学STEM专业。反过来，我们的KnowEnG UIUC教师合作伙伴将丰富他们的URM学员的整体指导技能的基础上与菲斯克R25导师的互动，为他们在UIUC和马约更广泛的教育和研究培训目标的价值。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the proposed Fisk- UIUC KnowEnG R25 program is to recruit and retain a cadre of under-represented minority scientists prepared to compete for PhD training in biomedical research with already acquired confidence in the use of Big Data. The proposed partnership with the KnowEnG BD2K Center at UIUC will permit curricular enhancements and summer research opportunities for Fisk trainees while, at the same time, reciprocally training natural scientists and mathematics majors in complementary computer and informatics sciences and providing computer science and mathematics undergraduates with essential systems, molecular and cell biology/biochemistry background at Fisk University to provide context for cutting edge genomics, proteomics, and individualized medicine research reliant on Big Data. In addition to curricular and research training program elements, Fisk students will have remote access to seminar courses to increase efficacy in communicating BD2K-based technologies and their applications. Didactic work and undergraduate research experiences will be complemented by an individualized student development plan for honing professional skills, deep understanding of the responsible conduct of research, and wrap-around mentoring to assure subsequent successful entry into competitive BD2K aligned PhD-granting programs. UIUC-hosted summer workshops for faculty will increase confidence in use of Big Data tools, leading to innovations in STEM courses that embrace Big Data, impacting all Fisk STEM undergraduates. Research collaborations between Fisk and BD2K partner faculty also will be fostered. The aims to achieve the goals are: 1) Implement an integrated didactic program to enhance student self-efficacy with computational and informatics tool development and use for interrogating and interpreting Big Data, including a two-semester bioinformatics course in Bioinformatics, informed by the expertise of UIUC KnowEnG BD2K Center faculty with additional Special Topics courses available remotely from UIUC. 2) Develop an integrated academic year (Fisk, or partners) and summer research program at the UIUC KnowEnG BD2K Center to assure student exposure to a participation in the life cycle of a `Big Data' research problem. 3) Implement a professional skills development program that assures successful transition of undergraduate participants to a Ph.D. (or MD/PhD Program) in Big Data- reliant biomedical research. 4) Launch a faculty development program in bioinformatics that leads to embracing Big Data problems in courses in multiple disciplines for impact on all Fisk undergraduate STEM majors. The proposed program will increase both didactic and research experiences in Big Data for Fisk University undergraduates while preparing them for successful entry into PhD-granting programs in related disciplines at research intensive universities. Our KnowEnG partnership also will increase Fisk faculty capacity in Big Data use and foster faculty research collaborations, thus introducing Big Data into course-embedded research, impacting all Fisk University STEM Majors. Reciprocally, our KnowEnG UIUC faculty partners will enrich their holistic mentoring skills of URM trainees based on interactions with Fisk R25 mentors, of value for their broader education and research training goals at UIUC and Mayo.