ROADMAP FOR REACHING UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS IN GENOME SCIENCE EDISON R' FOWLKS, PH'D', PROFESS

1
ROADMAP FOR REACHING UNDERREPRESENTED
POPULATIONS IN GENOME SCIENCEEDISON R. FOWLKS,
PH.D., PROFESSORHAMPTON UNIVERSITYHAMPTON, VA
23668
2
VALUE IN PROVIDING ACCESS TO UNDERREPRESENTED
POPULATIONS

• The Right Thing to Do
• Valuable Untapped Human Resource
• Bring New Views Based on Experiences
• Increase Home-Grown Scientists

3
THESIS

• REACHING UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS FOR THE
  GENOME SCIENCES WILL REQUIRE
• RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION BY THE MAJOR
• AND UNDERREPRESENTED INSTITUTIONS
• CREATION OF AN ENVIRONMENT THAT EMBRACES
• THE GENOME/DIGITAL BIOLOGY AT INSTITUTIONS
• THAT SERVE UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS.
• DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE AND/OR
• MASTERS LEVEL GENOME AND DIGITAL BIOLOGY
• PROGRAMS AT UNDERREPRESENTED INSTITUTIONS

4
RECRUITMENT OF UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS
5
COMPONENTS OF A GENOME-DIGITAL BIOLOGY
ENVIRONMENT

• Institutional Commitment
• Genome Competent Leadership Profile
• Core Disciplines Faculty
• Genome Infrastructure
• Genome-Digital Biology Curriculum

6
INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT

• PHILOSOPHY
• CURRICULUM
• INFRASTRUCTURE
• SUPPORT

7
GENOME LEADERSHIP PROFILE

• Knowledge of Genome Science and the New
• Paradigm in Biology and Medicine
• Ability to Provide Leadership for Developing a
• Genome/Digital Biology Curriculum
• Commitment to Working with Underrepresented
• Populations
• Experience as a Teacher and Research Scientist
• Publications in Reputable Journals
• Grantsmanship Experience

8
CORE DISCIPLINES FACULTY

• M0LECULAR BIOLOGY
• MOLECULAR GENETICS
• EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
• BIOCHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY
• COMPUTER SCIENCE
• MATHEMATICS
• PHYSICS
• ENGINEERING
• NANOMOLECULAR BIOLOGY

9
GENOME INFRASTRUCTURE

• WET BENCH TEACHING LABS
• DRY BENCH TEACHING LABS
• DISTANCE LEARNING LABS
• FACULTY-STUDENTS RESEARCH LABS
• CUTTING-EDGE EQUIPMENT

10
Genome / Digital Biology CURRICULUM

• INTERDISCIPLINARY UNDER-
• GRADUATE AND/OR MASTERS
• CURRICULUM
• DRY AND WET LABS
• GENOME/DIGITAL BIOLOGY
• SEMINAR
• DISTANCE LEARNING
• RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

11
COLLABORATION AND INTERACTION WITH MAJOR
INSTITUTIONS

• DEVELOP COLLABORATIONS WITH
• UNDERREPRESENTED INSTITUTIONS
• DEVELOP SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAMS
• FOR UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS
• OFFER SPECIALIZED GENOME COURSES VIA
• OF DISTANCE LEARNING
• DEVELOP RESEARCH TEAM WITH FACULTY
• AT UNDERREPRESENTED INSTITUTIONS

12
PROPOSAL FOR GENOME ACCESS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED
POPULATIONS

• LAUNCH AN NIH-LIKE ROADMAP
• INITIATIVE FOR
• UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS
• DEVELOP MODEL INTEGRATED
• GENOME CURRICULUMS
• CREATE RESEARCH TEAMS WITH
• SCIENTISTS AT MAJOR INSTITUTIONS
• ESTABLISH A COLDSPRING HARBOR
• OR GCAT-TYPE SUMMER TRAINING
• WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS
• ORGANIZE A SYMPOSIUM FOR
• GENOME TEACHING AND RESEARCH

13
FUNDING FOR GENOME ACCESS

• NIH
• NSF
• DOE
• PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS
• CORPORATE SECTOR