Mentorship of Individuals from Historically Under-Represented Groups in Health Sciences Research

尽管提高了认识并提供了资源，但在以下方面仍然存在重大差距 科学、工程、技术、数学和医学(STEMM)领域的劳动力人口统计数据。 这些差距是一条“漏水管道”的结果，在这条管道中，历史上存在着某些 在培训和职业发展的每个阶段代表人数不足的群体。2019-2020年，71%的博士 STEMM领域的学位授予被归类为白人、种族和族裔的个人。在……里面 2019年，尽管获得STEMM领域博士学位的女性人数高于男性，但 在同一领域，从事管理或更高职位的人中男性比例是男性的两倍多 对女性来说。先前的研究表明，团队内部的多样性有许多好处，包括创新和强大 信息处理。几个概念框架已经确定了社会支持，这些支持由 增强自我效能感和科学认同感，以提高在STEMM领域追求职业生涯的毅力。职业生涯 提供根植于这些经验模型的循证干预措施的发展方案可能 是一种个人层面的方法，以增加生物医学领域历史上代表性不足的群体的代表性 科学。这个项目的目的是为从事研究的早期职业实习生提供指导。 在NIDDK的任务范围内。这个项目的潜在影响是增加了早期职业生涯的代表性 来自不同背景的研究人员开展与NIDDK优先领域相关的研究。具体来说， 该项目的目标是处于博士后和博士后水平并正在攻读下一阶段 向首席调查员迈进。长期的潜在影响包括潜在的 既为项目学者带来直接利益，又为未来的研究人员带来更广泛的间接影响。

Despite increased awareness and provision of resources, there remain significant disparities in the demographics of the workforce in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics, medicine (STEMM). These disparities are the result of a “leaky pipeline” in which there is attrition of certain historically underrepresented groups at each stage of training and career advancement. In 2019-2020, 71% of doctoral degrees in STEMM fields were awarded to individuals who were categorized as White race and ethnicity. In 2019, although a higher number of women obtained a doctoral degree in a STEMM field compared to men, more than twice as many people employed in management or higher positions in the same fields were male compared to female. Prior studies showed that diversity within teams has many benefits, including innovation and strong information processing. Several conceptual frameworks have identified social supports that are mediated by enhanced self-efficacy and scientific identity to improve persistence to pursue a career in a STEMM field. Career development programs that offer evidence-based interventions that are rooted in these empirical models may be an individual-level approach to increase representation of historically underrepresented groups in biomedical sciences. The purpose of this project is to offer mentorship to early career trainees who are conducting research within the mission of NIDDK. The potential impact of this project is increased representation of early-career researchers from diverse backgrounds conducting research relevant to the priority areas of NIDDK. Specifically, this project targets individuals who are at the predoctoral and postdoctoral level and pursuing the next phase of progression towards becoming a Principal Investigator. The long-term potential implications include the potential to realize both direct benefits for program scholars as well as broader indirect effects for future researchers.