U-RISE at the University of Alaska Fairbanks

项目摘要/摘要： 目前，生物医学劳动力并不像几个群体那样反映美国总体人口 代表性不足，包括美国印第安人、阿拉斯加土著(AI/AN)和来自农村背景的人。 基于阿拉斯加的学生群体，在我们的U-Rise阿拉斯加计划中，我们将专注于参与 通过One Health范式提供有意义的研究经验，从而使学生的代表性不足。 One Health假设人类、动物和环境的健康是密不可分的-- 每个人都依赖于其他人。这种方法与整体指导相结合，将支持高成就 来自不同背景的学生，特别是土著和农村学生在攻读博士学位的道路上 生物医学研究职业。在我们的生物医学学习和学生培训中积累经验 (BLAST)计划我们将与UAF荣誉学院合作，以确定优秀的学生， 尤其是那些来自代表人数不足的背景的人。One Health方法引起来自以下地区的学生的共鸣 农村地区，自给自足的生活方式很常见，通过以下方式将人类与环境紧密联系起来 营养、经济、生活方式和文化。One Health方法还与更广泛、更全面的 健康的定义普遍存在于阿拉斯加内外的许多土著社区。整体咨询 除了研究和学术研究之外，我们还解决了我们的学生对家庭义务和 适应大学生活的其他非学术挑战。我们还将通过以下方式开发这些方法 建立一个与文化相关的社区，支持学生清除经常挑战他们的障碍 在他们的学术生涯中不断进步。通过这种方法，我们将训练学生进行严谨的研究 通过指导研究经验，在研究密集时提供暑期研究经验 通过与科罗拉多州立大学的合作，提供信息和支持 生物医学研究领域的职业发展。这种方法将提高我们的竞争力 增加阿拉斯加原住民和农村学生对生物医学研究的参与 劳动力。这一结果将通过我们U-Rise学者进入博士学位的增加来衡量 生物医学研究型研究生课程。每年将招收10名学生作为高二学生 并支持了三年。他们将在一个健康范例下进行研究，该范例包括 从细胞生物学和分子生物学到景观级环境健康的广泛学科领域 问题和流行病学。

Project Summary/Abstract: Currently the biomedical workforce does not reflect the general US population, as several groups are underrepresented, including American Indians, Alaska Natives (AI/AN), and those from rural backgrounds. Based on the student body in Alaska, in our U-RISE Alaska program we will focus on engaging underrepresented students by providing meaningful research experiences through the One Health paradigm. One Health postulates that human, animal, and environmental health are inextricably linked – the health of each is dependent upon the others. This approach combined with holistic mentoring will support high achieving students from diverse backgrounds, especially Indigenous and rural students on their paths to doctoral level biomedical research careers. Building on experiences in our Biomedical Learning and Student Training (BLaST) program we will collaborate with the UAF Honors College to identify high achieving students, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. The One Health approach resonates with students from rural areas where a subsistence lifestyle is common and links humans closely to the environment through nutrition, economy, lifestyle, and culture. The One Health approach also aligns with a wider, more holistic, definition of health prevalent in many Indigenous communities, within and outside Alaska. Holistic advising beyond research and academics addresses many concerns our students express about family obligations and other non-academic challenges to adjust to college life. We will also develop these approaches through building a culturally relevant community that will support students in clearing hurdles that often challenge their progress throughout their academic careers. Through this approach we will train students in rigorous research through mentored research experiences, provide summer research experiences at research intensive institutions through a collaboration with Colorado State University, and provide information and support for career development in biomedical research careers. This approach will increase competitiveness of our students and increase the participation of Alaska Native and rural students in the biomedical research workforce. This outcome will be measurable through increased entrance of our U-RISE Scholars into doctoral level biomedical research graduate programs. Ten students per year will be recruited as rising sophomores and supported for three years. They will conduct research under the One Health paradigm which encompasses a wide field of disciplines from cell biology and molecular biology to landscape level environmental health issues and epidemiology.