UNM Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity (IMSD)

描述(由申请者提供)：新墨西哥大学要求提供256.9万美元，用于延长我们的少数民族学生发展倡议(IMSD)四年。我们的IMSD为至少40名研究生做好了准备，并支持至少10名研究生完成他们在生物医学、行为和生物工程领域的学位。我们预计，他们中的大多数人将从事有助于减少健康差距(糖尿病、癌症、肥胖症、婴儿死亡率、艾滋病毒/艾滋病和酗酒)的研究事业，这些差距困扰着少数族裔和贫困人口。我们在当前计划和未来四年中成功使用的目标和目标是：目标1：为了增加为研究生涯做准备的本科生人数，我们正在扩大招聘/保留工作。国际管理发展学院所有本科生均参加：(1)教师指导的研究经验，以发展技术和智力技能；(2)1学分的会议课程，包括准备研究建议书、研究海报演示、生物伦理、研讨会和职业发展活动；(3)参加研究研讨会；(4)参加关于研究生院申请和GRE的工作坊；5)撰写研究生院申请和参加GRE；6)参加探索与创新课程，接触多学科/跨学科的研究；以及7)参与负责任的系列研究。通过这些努力，我们将把毕业后进入研究生院的人数提高到60%。目标2：为了在NIH资助的领域为所有UNM学生拓宽多学科/跨学科研究的机会，我们将：1)在更多的科学和工程领域增加导师；2)开发课程和工作坊，由教员从模型生物数据库，如哈佛大学的FlyBase；3)与华盛顿大学的基因组学和MCB T32等开展新的合作；以及4)通过在其他系创建新的发现和创新课程，增加学生对跨学科研究的理解。目标3：为了提高未被充分代表的研究生在UNM的成功，我们将：1)在头两年支持/指导5名研究生；2)通过会议课程(他们将帮助教授)和同行指导提供领导机会；3)在毕业前的最后两个学期尽可能提供学术和财政支持；以及4)与研究生研究办公室(OGS)、有色人种研究生同行指导组织和其他机构合作，增加参加UNM研究生项目的少数族裔学生的数量。通过这些努力，90%的IMSD博士生将在6年内完成博士学位。将对IMSD学生和控制组进行评估，以确定每个计划要素的成功程度，确定需要改进的领域，并提供有关计划和系的入学、成功和挑战的信息。这些目标中的每一个都与IMSD方案的目标相一致，旨在使少数族裔研究生院的入学人数和成功人数持续增加。 公共卫生相关性：联合国大学少数民族学生发展倡议(IMSD)计划在下一个为期四年的活动方案中，为生物医学、行为和生物工程领域的研究生学位课程培养至少40名代表不足的少数族裔和其他学生，并帮助这些领域至少10名代表不足的少数族裔研究生完成学位课程。这些成就的意义在于，我们预计这些学生中的大多数将从事有助于减少健康差距(糖尿病、癌症、肥胖症、婴儿死亡率、艾滋病毒/艾滋病和酗酒)的研究职业，这些差距困扰着少数族裔和贫困人口。无论他们的研究在多大程度上有助于实现这一总体目标，所有民族和人民都将在一定程度上受益于这些努力的成果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of New Mexico is requesting $2.569 million to renew for four more years our Initiative for Minority Student Development (IMSD). Our IMSD prepares at least 40 students for graduate school, and supports at least 10 graduate students to complete their degrees in biomedical, behavioral and bioengineering fields. We expect most of them will pursue research careers that will help reduce health disparities (diabetes, cancer, obesity, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, and alcoholism) that afflict minorities and those in poverty. The aims and objectives we have used successfully in the current program and propose for the next four years are: Aim 1: To increase numbers of undergraduates prepared for research careers, we are expanding our recruitment/retention efforts. All IMSD undergraduates participate in: (1) a faculty-mentored research experience to develop technical and intellectual skills; (2) a 1-credit conference course involving preparing a research proposal, research poster presentations, bioethics, seminars, and career development activities; (3) participating in research symposia; (4) attending workshops on graduate school applications and the GRE; 5) writing graduate school applications and taking the GRE; 6) attending a Discovery and Innovation course to be exposed to multi/interdisciplinary research; and 7) participating in a Responsible Conduct of Research series. Through these efforts, we will increase to 60% the number entering graduate school upon graduation. Aim 2: To broaden multi/interdisciplinary research opportunities for all students at UNM in areas funded by NIH, we will: 1) add mentors in more science and engineering fields; 2) develop courses and workshops taught by faculty from Model Organism Databases, e.g. FlyBase at Harvard; 3) develop new collaborations with the Genomics and MCB T32, etc., at the University of Washington; and 4) increase student understanding of interdisciplinary research by creating new Discovery and Innovation courses in other departments. Aim 3: To increase the success of underrepresented graduate students at UNM, we will: 1) support/mentor 5 graduate students during their first two years; 2) provide leadership opportunities through the conference class (which they will help to teach) and peer mentoring; 3) provide academic and financial support, as available, in their last 2 semesters prior to graduation; and 4) work with the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS), the Peer Mentoring for Graduate Students of Color organization, and others to increase the number of minority students in UNM graduate programs. Through these efforts, 90% of the IMSD Ph.D. students will complete their doctoral degrees within 6 years. Evaluations of IMSD students and a control group will be carried out to determine the success of each program element, to identify areas for improvement, and to provide information about enrollments, success, and challenges to the program and departments. Each of these objectives is aligned with the goals for IMSD programs and aimed at making sustainable increases in minority graduate school enrollment and success. Public health relevance: The UNM Initiative for Minority Student Development (IMSD) plans during the next four-year program of activities to prepare at least 40 underrepresented minority and other students for graduate school degree programs in the biomedical, behavioral and bioengineering fields, and to assist at least 10 underrepresented minority graduate students in these fields to complete their degree programs. The significance of these accomplishments is that we expect most of these students will pursue research careers that will help reduce health disparities (diabetes, cancer, obesity, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, and alcoholism) that afflict minorities and those in poverty. To whatever extent their research will contribute toward this overall goal, to that extent will all ethnic groups and people benefit from the results of these efforts.