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ASERT: Building Diversity and Excellence in the BioMedical Workforce
The Academic Science Education and Research Training (ASERT) program for postdoctoral fellows combines intensive mentored research with a certificate program in education pedagogy and teaching practice. "We created ASERT to address significant gaps in biomedical science education in preparing postdocs to be educators and assume positions as faculty at academic institutions," explains Angela Wandinger-Ness, PhD, Associate Professor in Pathology, who is the Principal Investigator and Research Director of the program. Fellows are supported for three years through an NIH Institutional Research and Career Development Award (IRACDA), with 75% time dedicated to research and 25% to teaching. Dedicated mentors in the fields of biology, bioengineering, and biomedical sciences guide fellows through development of research goals and help with publications and grant proposals. The program is one of 18 IRACDA sites nationally. Trainees receive additional funding to attend workshops and national conferences, as well as additional networking opportunities as participants of this prestigious program. They also obtain hands-on teaching experience with mentors at partner minority-serving institutions in New Mexico (CNM, New Mexico State University, and Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute). "ASERT is really about exchange and mutual benefit to all participants," says Sherry Rogers, PhD, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, who is the Education Director of the program. Fellows are ...From:unmhscViews:0 0ratingsTime:03:34More inScience Technology

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