Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center 2021

本申请为最大限度地提高学生发展（IMSD）T32计划在大学的倡议 新墨西哥州卫生科学中心（UNM-HSC）请求支持伞内的博士前学员 生物医学科学研究生课程（BSGP）。BSGP提供了广泛的学术课程基础 然后在选定的学科中与研究导师进行深入培训。这个IMSD计划的目标是 补充写作和口语方面的额外培训活动，一个强大的同龄人指导计划 以及更多的机构支持计划。该计划旨在增加博士毕业生的数量， 通过加强招聘、保留和培训， 职业发展计划。 我们的位置在一个少数民族占多数的州，沿着有着培养少数民族学生的历史 (URM)第一代大学生和来自农村和低社会经济背景的学生将 协助征聘针对信息管理和社会发展问题的受训人员。成功招募和培训学生的长期记录 从这些群体中显示在BSGP学生群体中，超过三分之一的当前博士生 都来自于URM的背景此外，信息管理司领导层还与区域一级的 大学生人数众多，来自代表性不足的人群，我们将 利用这一机会，进一步增加对信息社会发展管理系统目标群体的招募。 一个拟议的学习社区系统将在一个文化支持的环境中为教师和同伴提供指导， 环境，以帮助保留和学生的成功。每个学习社区包括一个教师导师， URM小组沿着IMSD学生从每个学术类提供一个安全的地方讨论 挑战，并与同龄人一起庆祝成功。学生被介绍到学习社区在一个四- 一个为期一周的暑期课程，引导学生到UNM-HSC校园，提供了一个机会，开始他们的 第一次研究轮换，并使用队列建设演习和培训讲习班，以整合新的学生， UNM社区和个人学习社区。 在夏季定向之后，学生在选择研究导师之前有两个学期的核心课程 监督他们的论文研究所有研究导师必须完成严格的培训，并将接受审查 每年。职业发展计划将使学生接触生物医学科学的非学术职业 包括非学术职业的系列研讨会，网络练习和获得成绩单的选择 大学科学教学证书和科技管理专业证书。 来自基础科学和临床部门的50多名富有成效和协作性的教职员工， 可作为教师研究导师，而学习社区导师和教育专家 将提供非研究指导。学生将在招生过程中被选中， 我们的培训生选拔计划，为期三年，由个人提供IMSD后的支持 奖学金或导师提供的资金。对信息管理事务司的评价将与信息和通信技术厅协商进行。 联合国人道主义事务高级专员办事处内的方案评价、教育和研究办公室， 生物医学领域学生的教育效能。所有计划校友将由BSGP办公室跟踪， 在我们的网站上公布并在研讨会上传播关于去除身份的受训人员成果的年度更新， 我们的教育专家在GREAT、SACNAS或其他教育会议上发表的报告。 行政支助将由UNM-HSC医学院研究教育办公室提供， 到BSGP。

This application for an Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) T32 program at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM-HSC) requests support for predoctoral trainees within the umbrella Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BSGP). The BSGP provides a broad base of academic coursework followed by in-depth training in a chosen discipline with a research mentor. The goal of this IMSD program is supplement with additional training activities in writing and speaking, a strong cohort peer-mentoring program and additional institutional support programs. The program aims to increase the number of PhD graduates from underrepresented groups entering the Biomedical workforce through enhanced recruitment, retention and career development programs. Our location in a majority-minority state along with a history of training students from underrepresented minority (URM) groups, first generation college students and students from rural and low socioeconomic backgrounds will assist recruitment of IMSD-targeted trainees. A long record of successfully recruiting and training students from these groups is shown in the BSGP student population where more than one-third of current PhD students are from URM backgrounds. Additionally, the IMSD leadership has developed relationships with regional institutions with large populations of undergraduate students from underrepresented populations that we will utilize to further increase recruitment of IMSD-targeted groups. A proposed system of Learning Communities will provide faculty and peer mentoring in a culturally supportive environment to assist retention and student success. Each Learning Community includes a faculty mentor from an URM group along with IMSD students from each academic class to provide a safe place to discuss challenges and celebrate successes with peers. Students are introduced to Learning Communities at a four- week summer program that orients students to the UNM-HSC campus, provides an opportunity to begin their first research rotation and uses cohort building exercises and training workshops to integrate new students into the UNM community and to individual Learning Communities. After summer orientation, students have two semesters of core coursework before choosing a research mentor to oversee their dissertation research. All research mentors must complete rigorous training and will be reviewed annually. Career development programs will expose students to non-academic careers in biomedical sciences including a seminar series in Non-Academic Careers, networking exercises and options to get a transcripted certificate in University Science Teaching and a concentration in Science and Technology Management. More than fifty productive and collaborative faculty members from basic science and clinical departments are available to serve as faculty research mentors while Learning Community mentors and education specialists will provide non-research mentoring. Students will be selected during the admissions process as outlined in our trainee selection plan for a three-year appointment with post-IMSD support provided by individual fellowships or mentor-provided funding. Evaluation of the IMSD will be done in consultation with the Office of Program Evaluation, Education, and Research Office within the UNM-HSC who are experts in evaluation of education efficacy of students in biomedical fields. All program alumni will be tracked by the BSGP office with annual updates on de-identified trainee outcomes published on our website and disseminated in workshops and published reports presented by our education specialists at GREAT, SACNAS or other education meetings. Administrative support will be provided by the UNM-HSC School of Medicine Research Education Office, home to the BSGP.