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Principal Investigator: Lun-Ching Chang
Organization: FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
Fiscal Year: 2024
Award: $199,661
Funding agency: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
ABSTRACT Florida Atlantic University (FAU), the University of Miami (UM) and Florida International University (FIU) propose a six-week Florida Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science (Florida SIBDS) focused on health disparities related to cardiovascular and infectious diseases. Currently, Florida SIBDS would be the first SIBDS in the southeastern United States. FAU and FIU are both Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) and State Universities, and the University of Miami is a private institution; all institutions have significant funded research activity. Florida SIBDS is innovative: 1) It introduces rigorous quantitative careers to young adults through the combined efforts of faculty from three pre-eminent institutions; 2) The leadership team and faculty have unique complementary skillsets in biostatistics, epidemiology, health economics, computational biology, AI, machine learning (ML), and big data analytics; and 3) SIBDS students will be actively involved in “learning through teaching”, culminating in a short curriculum they will teach to first year high school students. This novel partnership approach will address the shortage of biostatisticians in government, academia and industry by providing a well-qualified pipeline of future biostatisticians and data scientists, many of whom may not have had the opportunity due to lack of awareness, educational access and financial barriers. Florida SIBDS will recruit nationally to enroll 136 undergraduate and early graduate school students over five years with requisite mathematics coursework and a budding interest in health, while targeting students who will be introduced to biomedical and behavioral science research; recruitment methods include social media, websites, professional organizations and personal contacts with administrators and student influencers. Florida SIBDS will engage students in a multi-faceted, peer and faculty mentored, intensive 6-week training experience driven by research questions that highlight health disparities and social drivers of health, using current cardiovascular and infectious diseases databases. Although the curriculum encompasses basic, advanced and cutting-edge statistical and data science methods delivered in ways to engage students, it also highlights scientific communication, collaborative skills, project teamwork, social interactions and career guidance. Quantitative and qualitative methods will be used to evaluate peer and faculty mentors and students annually. An External Advisory Committee, pedagogy and evaluation consultants, leadership team and student advisors will use their experience and these data to inform the curriculum. Florida SIBDS alumni will retain mentorships with faculty and have access to revised curriculums for five years after completion.
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