Baseline Characteristics of the 2015-2019 First Year Student Cohorts of the NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Program

dc.contributor.authorNorris, Keith C.
dc.contributor.authorMcCreath, Heather E.
dc.contributor.authorHueffer, Karsten
dc.contributor.authorAley, Stephen B.
dc.contributor.authorChavira, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorChristie, Christina A.
dc.contributor.authorCrespi, Catherine M.
dc.contributor.authorCrespo, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorD’Amour, Gene
dc.contributor.authorEagan, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorEchegoyen, Lourdes E.
dc.contributor.authorFeig, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorForoozesh, Maryam
dc.contributor.authorGuerrero, Lourdes R.
dc.contributor.authorJohanson, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorKamangar, Farin
dc.contributor.authorKingsford, Laura
dc.contributor.authorLaCourse, William
dc.contributor.authorMaccalla, Nicole Marie-Gerardi
dc.contributor.authorMárquez-Magaña, Leticia
dc.contributor.authorMathur, Ambika
dc.contributor.authorMaton, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorMehravaran, Shiva
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Danielle X.
dc.contributor.authorNakazono, Terry
dc.contributor.authorOfili, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorOkuyemi, Kolawole
dc.contributor.authorOtt, Laura
dc.contributor.authorParangan-Smith, Audrey
dc.contributor.authorPfund, Christine
dc.contributor.authorPurnell, Dawn
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, Arleigh
dc.contributor.authorRous, Phillip J.
dc.contributor.authorSaetermoe, Carrie
dc.contributor.authorSnyder, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorVishwanatha, Jamboor K.
dc.contributor.authorWagler, Amy
dc.contributor.authorWallace, Steven P.
dc.contributor.authorSeeman, Teresa
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-13T19:11:15Z
dc.date.available2024-05-13T19:11:15Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractObjective: The biomedical/behavioral sciences lag in the recruitment and advancement of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. In 2014 the NIH created the Diversity Program Consortium (DPC), a prospective, multi-site study comprising 10 Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) institutional grantees, the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and a Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC). This article describes baseline characteristics of four incoming, first-year student cohorts at the primary BUILD institutions who completed the Higher Education Research Institute, The Freshmen Survey between 2015-2019. These freshmen are the primary student cohorts for longitudinal analyses comparing outcomes of BUILD program participants and non-participants. Design: Baseline description of first-year students entering college at BUILD institutions during 2015-2019. Setting: Ten colleges/universities that each received <$7.5mil/yr in NIH Research Project Grants and have high proportions of low-income students. Participants: First-year undergraduate students who participated in BUILD-sponsored activities and a sample of non-BUILD students at the same BUILD institutions. A total of 32,963 first-year students were enrolled in the project; 64% were female, 18% Hispanic/Latinx, 19% African American/Black, 2% American Indian/Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 17% Asian, and 29% White. Twenty-seven percent were from families with an income <$30,000/yr and 25% were their family's first generation in college. Planned outcomes: Primary student outcomes to be evaluated over time include undergraduate biomedical degree completion, entry into/completion of a graduate biomedical degree program, and evidence of excelling in biomedical research and scholarship. Conclusions: The DPC national evaluation has identified a large, longitudinal cohort of students with many from groups historically underrepresented in the biomedical sciences that will inform institutional/national policy level initiatives to help diversify the biomedical workforce.
dc.description.sponsorshipWork reported in this publication was supported by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund and Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity (USA) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) through the following awards: ReBUILDing Detroit - 8UL1GM118982, 8TL4GM118983, 8RL5GM118981; MSU ASCEND - RL5GM118972, TL4GM118974, 5UL1GM118973; UAF BLaST - RL5GM118990, TL4 GM 118992, 1UL1GM118991; BUILD PODER - 5TL4GM118977, 5RL5GM118975, 8UL1GM118976; STEM BUILD at UMBC - TL4GM118989, UL1GM118988, RL5GM118987; SF BUILD - RL5GM118984, TL4GM118986, 1UL1GM118985; BUILDing SCHOLARS - RL5GM118969, TL4GM118971, UL1GM118970; Project Pathways - UL1GM118967 8TL4GM118968, RL5GM118966; BUILD EXITO - UL1GM118964, RL5GM118963, TL4GM118965; CSULB BUILD - UL1GM118979, TL4GM118980, RL5GM118978; NRMN U54GM119024 and U54GM119023 and the CEC at UCLA - U54GM119024 and U54GM119024– 03:S1. The work was conducted by members of the Diversity Program Consortium of the Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-funded Workforce Program. In addition, the CEC is supported by the following NIH offices, centers and institutes: Office of the Director (Common Fund and Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity), Fogarty International Center, NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, NICHD, NCATS, NIGMS, NCI, NIDA, NCCIH, NLM, NINDS, NIEHS, NIDCR, NIDDK, NIAMS, NINR, NIDCD, NHGRI, NIMH, NEI, NHLBI, NIAID, NIMHD, NIBIB, NIA, and NIAAA. All CEC co-authors were supported by the above referenced funding. The work is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official view of the National Institutes of Health.
dc.description.urihttps://ethndis.org/archive/files/ethndis-30-681.pdf
dc.format.extent12 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m22nsw-ocmk
dc.identifier.citationNorris, Keith C, Heather E McCreath, Karsten Hueffer, Stephen B Aley, Gabriela Chavira, Christina A Christie, Catherine M Crespi, et al. “Baseline Characteristics of the 2015-2019 First Year Student Cohorts of the NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Program” Ethnicity & Disease 30, no. 4 (2020). https://ethndis.org/archive/files/ethndis-30-681.pdf.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/33947
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEthnicity & Disease
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Office of the Dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Psychology Department
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Physics Department
dc.subjectBiomedical Research
dc.subjectDiversity
dc.subjectUnderrepresented Students
dc.subjectWorkforce Training
dc.titleBaseline Characteristics of the 2015-2019 First Year Student Cohorts of the NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Program
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2635-9460

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