Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)

项目总结 西奈山大学毕业后研究教育计划的长期目标是 为增加生物医学科学家的数量做出重大贡献 少数群体、社会经济不利背景或因残疾而受到挑战的人。 我们的目标是为来自这些群体的应届大学毕业生做好准备，以便在竞争激烈的博士和 MD/PhD计划，然后在进入职业生涯之前完成博士后或住院医生/研究员培训 他们可以为生物医学研究、药物开发或健康和保健研究做出贡献 差距。现在已经是第17个年头了，西奈山预科学校的校友已经获得了24个博士学位，同时完成了 预计到今年夏天还会有更多的博士学位。在他们的博士前工作期间，24名西奈山预科医生 校友得到了T32培训补助金的实习生的支持，10人获得了F31奖学金，许多人 还获得了其他享有盛誉的奖学金，例如3个联合国发展基金/默克奖。所有完成学业的预科校友 到目前为止，博士项目已经进入博士后工作：19个在学术背景下，拥有著名的奖学金 包括疾控中心传染病奖学金和HHMI生命科学奖；1在NIAID，拥有IRTA 获奖；1人在FDA获得FDA专员奖；1人从事博士后工作 葛兰素史克。加强招聘工作、方案评价(自我评价和外部评价) 和正在进行的项目开发使该项目能够实现并受益于大量申请者 共享并将接受/输入比率保持在1到1.2之间。西奈山准备中心的战略包括 跟在后面。我们努力确保每个预科奖学金获得者都有一个拥有优秀教员的实验室。 研究导师、支持性同行导师，以及参与感兴趣的前沿项目的机会 培养分析、概念和技术技能。我们希望预科学者能融入实验室 实验室会议、杂志俱乐部和派对等活动。他们也有望融入到准备工作中 社区和活动，如建立研究、演示、写作技能的研讨会，或发起 关于社会心理健康的讨论。准备活动还包括同龄人领导的WIP/期刊俱乐部，与 顾问和嘉宾分享有趣的途径，并与预科校友见面。我们进一步推广 他们融入了研究生院博士、医学博士和硕士学生社区的活动， 预科学者在课程、研讨会、外展和社会活动中进行互动。这个 该计划加入了一个地区预备研讨会，预备学者在会上介绍他们的工作和网络。这个 该计划还将在广受欢迎的10年团聚/务虚会之后，每5年举办一次类似的活动。这个 该计划通过电子邮件、聚会和校友访问与预科校友保持密切联系。

PROJECT SUMMARY The long term goal of Mount Sinai's Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (Mount Sinai PREP) is to make a significant contribution to increasing the number of biomedical scientists from underrepresented minority groups, socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds or those who are challenged by a disability. We aim to prepare recent college graduates from these groups to enroll and succeed in competitive PhD and MD/PhD programs, and then complete postdoctoral or residency/fellowship training before entering careers in which they can contribute to biomedical research, drug development, or research on health and health care disparities. Now in its 17th year, Mount Sinai PREP alumni have garnered 24 PhD degrees, while completion of 4 more PhD degrees is also expected by the summer. During their predoctoral work, 24 Mount Sinai PREP alumni were supported by traineeships on T32 training grants, 10 were awarded F31 fellowships and many other prestigious fellowships were obtained, e.g. 3 UNCF/Merck awards. All the PREP alumni who completed PhD programs to date have entered postdoctoral work: 19 in academic settings, with prestigious fellowships including the CDC Infectious Disease Fellowship and HHMI Life Sciences Award; 1 at NIAID, with an IRTA award; 1 at the FDA with an FDA Commissioner's award; and 1 who pursued postdoctoral work at GlaxoSmithKline. Enhanced recruitment efforts, program evaluation (self-evaluation and external evaluation) and ongoing program development have enabled the program to achieve and benefit from a large applicant pool and maintain an accept/enter ratio between 1 and 1.2. Central strategies of Mount Sinai PREP include the following. We strive to ensure that each PREP scholar has a laboratory placement with an excellent faculty research mentor, supportive peer mentors, and an opportunity to work on a cutting-edge project of interest that develops analytical, conceptual and technical skills. We expect PREP scholars to integrate into laboratory activities such as lab meetings, journal clubs, and parties. They are also expected to integrate into the PREP community and activities such as workshops that build research, presentation, writing skills, or initiate a discussion of psychosocial well-being. PREP activities also include peer-led WIPs/Journal Clubs, lunches with advisors and guests with interesting paths to share, and encounters with PREP alumni. We further promote their integration into activities of the PhD, MD/PhD and master's student community of the Graduate School, which whom PREP scholars interact in courses, seminars, and both outreach and social activities. The Program joins a Regional PREP Symposium, at which the PREP scholars present their work and network. The Program will also follow up on a well-received 10 year Reunion/Retreat with a similar event every 5 years. The Program maintains close touch with PREP alumni through emails, reunions, and alumni visits.