UMB Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

 描述(由申请人提供)：尽管美国人口中的少数族裔比例不断上升，但在美国生物医学和行为科学领域，来自不同背景的博士生数量严重不足。通过参加几个以少数族裔(UR)为重点的辅导计划，先进生物医学研究(STAR)预科科学培训主任带来了独特的见解(从受训者的角度)，并对成为一名成功的导师所需的属性有了深刻的理解。这项星级准备旨在为有抱负的UR生物医学科学家提供专门而全面的培训计划。将采用高度实用和充满活力的个人发展计划(IDP)来解决学者项目的弱点，并加强他们的技能，以提高他们的竞争力，从而被一流的博士或医学博士项目录取。我们将利用与当地以UR为中心的本科生项目以及包括T32助学金在内的各种校园现有项目的持续互动，将T32资助的培训活动纳入国内流离失所者的定期参与。我们的假设是，积极参与综合的多维研究、临床和指导研究培训计划，加上学术发展方面的创新，将导致75%以上的预科学者从事生物医学研究事业。目标1是确保有杰出的生物医学研究经验，以建立和完善明星预科学者的研究技能。这将通过使用不同的优秀教职员工和学生社区、最先进的技术以及在明确强调卓越和生物医学研究的氛围中进行跨学科教育和培训的创新来实现。目标2是加强和扩大明星预科奖学金的学术组合，以促进被顶尖研究生项目录取。这一目标还将支持和指导预科奖学金通过研究生院申请过程的每一步，为奖学金学生准备GRE考试，并提供选择博士课程的直接经验。通过Aim 3，我们将为每一位明星预科学者提供一套个性化的高质量专业发展活动。预科学者将参加各种研究海报展示论坛、科学写作研讨会、多样性研讨会，并出席/出席国家科学会议。Aim 4将提供持续、动态的指导和以研究为中心的社区建设体验。通过这一目标，我们建议通过学者、导师和博士生之间的社交和学术活动来建立社区意识。我们将通过内部和外部评估员管理的个人诊断评估工具定期评估我们每个目标的成功程度，以确保获得积极和有意义的经验，成功地将学者项目过渡到研究生项目。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The number of Ph.D. students from diverse backgrounds is acutely underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral sciences in the United States despite the growing proportions of minorities in the population. Through participation in several underrepresented minority (UR)-focused mentoring programs, the Science Training for Advancing Biomedical Research (STAR)-PREP director brings unique insights (from a mentee's perspective) and a great understanding of the attributes required for being a successful mentor. This STAR- PREP is designed to provide aspiring UR biomedical scientists with a specialized but comprehensive training plan. Highly functional and dynamic individual development plans (IDP) will be employed to address the Scholars' weaknesses and strengthen their skills to increase their competitiveness leading to acceptance into top-notch Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. programs. We will take advantage of ongoing interactions with local UR- centered undergraduate programs and with various established programs including T32 grants on campus by incorporating into IDPs regular participation in T32-funded training activities. Our hypothesis is that active participation in an integrated multidimensional research, clinical and mentored research training program coupled with innovations in academic development will result in greater than 75% of PREP Scholars pursuing biomedical research careers. Aim 1 is to ensure an outstanding biomedical research experience to build and refine the STAR-PREP Scholar's research skills. This will be accomplished through use of a diverse community of outstanding faculty and students, state-of-the-art technologies and innovations in interdisciplinary education and training in an atmosphere that explicitly emphasizes excellence and biomedical research. Aim 2 is to strengthen and expand the STAR-PREP Scholar's academic portfolio to facilitate acceptance into a top-notch graduate program. This aim will also support and guide the PREP Scholar thru every step of the graduate school application process, prepare the Scholar for the GRE test and provide direct experience in select Ph.D. courses. Through Aim 3, we will provide a set of high- quality professional development activities individualized for each STAR-PREP Scholar. PREP Scholars will participate in a variety of research poster presentation forums, scientific writing workshops, diversity seminars and attend/present at a national science conference. Aim 4 will provide a continuous dynamic mentoring and community-building research-centered experience. Through this aim we propose to establish a sense of community through social and academic activities between Scholars, mentors and Ph.D. students. The success of each of our aims will be regularly assessed through individual diagnostic assessment tools administered by internal and external evaluators to ensure a positive and meaningful experience to successfully transition Scholars to graduate programs.