UMD-REACH (Research Equity and Access in Communication and Hearing)

只有19%的受雇科学家和工程师来自少数民族，在欧洲甚至更少（约8%）。 传播科学与疾病（CSD）创造更多样化的生物医学研究工作- 人力资源部需要在学生的教育历程早期从不同人群中招募有才华的学生。的 拟议的培训计划的总体目标是增加种族，种族和社会经济多样性， 个人谁最终将追求在生物医学，临床和卫生服务研究领域的职业生涯， CSD，并在教授谁将培养下一代的临床医生和科学家。的目的 申请是开始一个计划，将招募一个更多样化的研究人员在马里兰州大学- 学院公园（UMD）我们将实施一项为期一年的培训计划，为代表性不足的人提供... 毕业生在确定他们的职业道路与丰富的，长期的经验进行过渡点 我们实验室里的研究这一目标得到了UMD高度多样化的本科生群体的支持， 大学的坚定承诺，以增加多样性，通过众多的校园举措。拟议 该计划将使该部能够解决代表性不足的少数民族所遇到的障碍（时间，重新， 来源，和意识），并大大增加学生参与我们的特殊多样性 研究计划，跨越CSD的研究重点的范围。我们会达到这项申请的目的 具体目标有以下三个：（1）增加本科生对听力和言语研究的参与 科学（和相关部门），以反映UMD学生的多样性，（2）增加学员的未来 学术成功和通过提供导师和专业发展追求研究事业的可能性， 机会，提高管道线的多样性，为CSD研究人员，和（3）传播 R25项目的结果，以便其他机构可以遵循我们的模式。圆满完成了我们的特殊- cific目标将最终增加我们的领域的多样性，地方和国家，使我们能够发展更广泛的 了解不同人群的沟通障碍，并更好地准备提供 为这些人群提供循证临床服务。我们的计划将是创新的，因为它：（1）编织 将研究培训的多个组成部分结合在一起，消除障碍，让学生取得成功（动手 实验室研究经验，专业发展培训和个性化指导），（2）包括 多种类型的导师（一个或多个研究导师，实验室内的同行和近同行导师，以及职业导师） 大使，与BIPOC-CSD网络合作），（3）针对本科生， 在他们的学术生涯的过渡，（4）特别侧重于CSD领域，（5）提供研究机会- 在一个高度活跃，富有成效和资金的部门与生产博士谁的优秀记录tunities 在研究工作中取得成功。

Only 19% of employed scientists and engineers are from racial and ethnic minorities, and even fewer (~8%) in the field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD). Creating a more diverse biomedical research work- force necessitates recruiting talented students from diverse populations early in their educational journey. The overall goal of the proposed training program is to increase the ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic diversity of individuals who will ultimately pursue careers in biomedical, clinical, and health-services research in the area of CSD, and in the professorate who will train the next generation of clinicians and scientists. The objective of this application is to start a program that will recruit a more diverse research workforce at the University of Maryland- College Park (UMD). We will implement a year-long training program that provides under-represented under- graduates at the transition point of identifying their career path with an enriched, long-term experience to conduct research in our labs. This objective is supported by the highly diverse undergraduate population at UMD, and the university’s strong commitment to increase diversity through numerous campus initiatives. The proposed program will enable the department to address barriers experienced by under-represented minorities (time, re- sources, and awareness), and dramatically increase the diversity of students participating in our exceptional research programs that span the range of research foci in CSD. We will achieve the objective of this application with the following three specific aims: (1) Increase undergraduate research participation in Hearing and Speech Sciences (and related departments) to reflect the diversity of the UMD student body, (2) Increase trainees’ future academic success and likelihood of pursuing research careers by providing mentorship and professional devel- opment opportunities, improving the diversity of the pipe-line for CSD researchers, and (3) Disseminate the programmatic R25 results so that other institutions can follow our model. The successful completion of our spe- cific aims will ultimately increase the diversity of our field, locally and nationally, allowing us to develop a broader understanding of communication impairments across diverse populations, and to be better prepared to provide evidence-based clinical services to these populations. Our program will be innovative because it: (1) weaves together multiple components of research training that remove barriers and allow for student success (hands-on laboratory research experiences, professional development training, and individualized mentoring), (2) includes multiple types of mentors (one or more research mentors, peer and near-peer mentors within the lab, and career ambassadors, collaboration with the BIPOC-CSD network), (3) targets undergraduate students at a point of transition in their academic career, (4) focuses specifically on the field of CSD, and (5) provides research oppor- tunities in a highly active, productive, and funded department with an excellent record of producing PhDs who successfully obtain jobs in research.