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Initiative for Maximizing Student Development at Loma Linda University

Award Number: T32GM156669
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2025
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2025

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Initiative for Maximizing Student Development at Loma Linda University - Project Summary. In its most recent report, the NCSES Survey of Earned Doctorates revealed a significant educational disparity in the United States of America (USA), with only 8% and 9% of doctorate recipients in 2022 being African Americans and 9.0 Hispanic/Latinos, respectively. This educational inequality explains the low representation of scientists from underrepresented groups in the biomedical scientific workforce in academic, private, and governmental institutions. There is an urgent need to bridge this educational gap to have a diverse biomedical workforce that will stimulate innovation and creativity, advance biomedical research, and address health disparities. Loma Linda University (LLU) has had over two decades of successful partnerships with NIGMS in addressing this critical national challenge. Since 2001, the LLU Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Program (IMSD) R25 program has successfully trained and graduated a large cohort of underrepresented and disadvantaged Ph.D. students. These IMSD Trainees have been successfully transitioning into the biomedical workforce, becoming experts and leaders in their respective fields. The present application proposes a plan to implement the new Initiative for Maximizing Student Development T32 program at Loma Linda University (IMSD at LLU). This T32 program aims to increase diversity among the students graduating with a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from LLU by benefiting from our robust pipeline programs that attract promising Ph.D. students from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds. The new program will also leverage our over two decades of experience training doctoral students from diverse/disadvantaged backgrounds and propose to train 25 new Ph.D. IMSD Trainees during the next five years. The IMSD Trainees will be PhD students in the LLU School of Medicine (LLUSM) Integrated Biomedical Graduate Studies (IBGS) program. The Specific Aims are as follows: Aim 1 is to increase diversity among the students who graduate with a Ph.D. in the IBGS program. The NIGMS will fund the trainees during the first three years of graduate school. A combination of institutional research assistantships, PI support, and additional extramural fellowships will fully support each trainee after the third year to ensure their successful completion of the doctoral degree. Aim 2 is to enhance the competence of Ph.D. students to complete their degrees and facilitate a successful transition to a postgraduate biomedical position. IMSD Trainees will participate in a Personalized Training Program (PTP) to acquire additional skills and career development starting the summer before the first year of graduate school and lasting during their tenure in the Ph.D. program. Aim 3 is to enhance the PhD offerings of the IBGS program. The IMSD at LLU T32 program will actively promote the participation of all graduate students in the PTP and increase their literacy in health disparities and diversity. The program's outcomes and proposed enhanced curriculum and training plan will increase the number of students from diverse backgrounds completing doctoral degrees and significantly expand the number of these students entering the biomedical workforce.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $13,863 )
2025	2025	LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY	11145 ANDERSON ST STE 203	LOMA LINDA	CA	92350	SAN BERNARDINO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	1/22/2025	NEW	$245,106
2025	2025	LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY	11145 ANDERSON ST STE 203	LOMA LINDA	CA	92350	SAN BERNARDINO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	1	4/25/2025	NEW	$0
2025	2025	LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY	11145 ANDERSON ST STE 203	LOMA LINDA	CA	92350	SAN BERNARDINO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	002	1	8/28/2025	NEW	-$231,243
														Subtotal = $13,863

Grand Total All Awards = $13,863

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Initiative for Maximizing Student Development at Loma Linda University

Award Number: T32GM156669

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2025

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2025

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