Bridge to the Doctorate at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

项目总结 从历史上看，在定量科学中，少数族裔和妇女的代表性不足。连 在生物学中，数量分支的多样性远远低于实验分支的多样性， 历史数据清楚地表明，一门学科需要的数学和计算技能越多， 这些代表不足的学生的入学人数减少了。拟议的培训计划旨在改善 通过建立一座流线型的桥梁，这些与生物医学科学的差距尤其明显 在菲斯克大学的硕士项目和伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳分校的博士项目之间- 香槟(UIUC)。我们的桥牌计划旨在培养多元化的未来一代积极的头脑 具体地说，在生物医学数据科学和数量生物学领域被命名为未来思维-QB(FISK- UIUC对数据科学和数量生物学中代表性不足的头脑的培训)，其中量化 生物学包括生物信息学、计算生物学、基因组生物学和生物物理学。这次培训 该计划将大大有助于使博士研究人员的人才库多样化，包括那些目前在- 在生物医学发现和领导方面具有代表性 为了实现我们的目标，我们将实现以下短期和中期目标：(A)建立 在五年内为20名FISK硕士学生提供充足的 有机会加强他们在相关领域的背景，并获得核心计算和数学知识 技能组合；(B)确保受训人员在获得硕士学位后5年内及时获得博士学位；(C)加快 通过在菲斯克开设新的4+1硕士课程，严格准备，录取并完成博士课程 在菲斯克大学攻读一年制硕士学位的本科生，以及在加州大学获得博士学位的学生； (D)通过对学生和教师进行公平培训，创造一个包容和多样化的机构间环境-- 专注于教学、指导、同行互动、严谨、可重复性和负责任的研究行为； (E)制定有效的职业发展计划和机会；(F)对职业发展计划和机会进行纵向调查 发展个别受训人员，并传播一个由现有受训人员、毕业生和教员组成的开放网络； 以及(G)使未来思维-QB成为一个动态实体，通过整合来自以下方面的反馈来不断改进 实习生、教员、监督委员会和独立评估者。作为我们培训的结果，我们希望 我们无缝的基础设施和吸引人的包容性环境将显著增加招聘 在定量生物医学科学方面的代表性不足的学生，以及加强的学术和 心理准备将增加未被充分代表的学生完成博士学位和 最终改善他们在生物医学科学中的长期留存。因此，我们期待未来的头脑-QB 建立培养代表性不足研究生的模范基金会，实现长效 科学和社会经济影响源于他们在职业生涯中的坚持不懈和领导力。

PROJECT SUMMARY Racial and ethnic minorities and women have been historically under-represented in quantitative sciences. Even within biology, diversity in quantitative sub-branches is much lower than that in experimental counterparts, with the historical data clearly showing that the more mathematical and computational skills a discipline requires, the fewer the enrollment of these under-represented students. The proposed training program seeks to ameliorate these especially pronounced disparities with the biomedical sciences by establishing a streamlined bridge between Master’s programs at Fisk University and doctoral programs at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (UIUC). Our bridge program designed to nurture a diverse future generation of active minds specifically in the areas of biomedical data science and quantitative biology is named FUTURE-MINDS-QB (Fisk- UIUC Training of Under-represented Minds in Data Science and Quantitative Biology), where quantitative biology encompasses bioinformatics, computational biology, genomic biology, and biophysics. This training program will significantly contribute to diversifying the pool of Ph.D. researchers to include those currently under- represented in biomedical discovery and leadership To achieve our goal, we will accomplish the following short-term and medium-term objectives: (a) establish pathways for transitioning 20 Fisk M.S. students to UIUC Ph.D. programs over five years by providing ample opportunities to strengthen their background in relevant fields and acquire core computational and mathematical skill sets; (b) ensure the trainees’ timely Ph.D. attainment within 5 years after Master’s degree; (c) accelerate the admission to and completion of Ph.D. programs by creating a new 4+1 M.S. track at Fisk, rigorously preparing undergraduates for a shortened 1-year M.S degree at Fisk and successful completion of a Ph.D. degree at UIUC; (d) create an inclusive and diverse inter-institutional environment by training both students and faculty in equity- focused teaching, mentoring, peer interactions, rigor, reproducibility, and the responsible conduct of research; (e) devise effective career development plans and opportunities; (f) implement a longitudinal survey of the development of individual trainees, and disseminate an open network of current trainees, graduates, and faculty; and, (g) make FUTURE-MINDS-QB a dynamic entity that continually improves by integrating feedback from trainees, faculty, oversight committees, and independent evaluators. As outcomes of our training, we expect that our seamless infrastructure and appealing inclusive environment will significantly increase the recruitment of under-represented students to quantitative biomedical sciences and that the reinforced academic and psychological preparation will increase the completion of doctoral degrees by under-represented students and ultimately improve their long-term retention in biomedical sciences. We thus expect FUTURE-MINDS-QB to establish an exemplary foundation for training under-represented graduate students and have a long-lasting scientific and socioeconomic impact stemming from their persistence and leadership in their careers.