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

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) ins...

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Published in:	Ethnicity & disease Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 681 - 692
Main Authors:	Norris, Keith C., McCreath, Heather E., Hueffer, Karsten, Aley, Stephen B., Chavira, Gabriela, Christie, Christina A., Crespi, Catherine M., Crespo, Carlos, D’Amour, Gene, Eagan, Kevin, Echegoyen, Lourdes E., Feig, Andrew, Foroozesh, Maryam, Guerrero, Lourdes R., Johanson, Kelly, Kamangar, Farin, Kingsford, Laura, LaCourse, William, Maccalla, Nicole Marie-Gerardi, Márquez-Magaña, Leticia, Mathur, Ambika, Maton, Kenneth, Mehravaran, Shiva, Morales, Danielle X., Nakazono, Terry, Ofili, Elizabeth, Okuyemi, Kolawole, Ott, Laura, Parangan-Smith, Audrey, Pfund, Christine, Purnell, Dawn, Reynolds, Arleigh, Rous, Phillip J., Saetermoe, Carrie, Snyder, Katherine, Vishwanatha, Jamboor K., Wagler, Amy, Wallace, Steven P., Seeman, Teresa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Ethnicity & Disease, Inc 2020
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult African Americans - statistics & numerical data American Indians or Alaska Natives - statistics & numerical data Asian Americans - statistics & numerical data Biomedical Research - education Cultural Diversity Educational Status Female Government Programs - statistics & numerical data Hispanic or Latino - statistics & numerical data Humans Income - statistics & numerical data Male Middle Aged National Institutes of Health (U.S.) - economics Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - statistics & numerical data Original Report: Training the Next Generation of Health Equity Researchers Prospective Studies Students - statistics & numerical data Surveys and Questionnaires United States Universities Whites - statistics & numerical data Workforce Young Adult United States Biomedical Research Workforce Training Underrepresented Students Diversity
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Summary:	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. Baseline description of first-year students entering college at BUILD institutions during 2015-2019. Ten colleges/universities that each received <$7.5mil/yr in NIH Research Project Grants and have high proportions of low-income students. 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. 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. 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.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Research concept and design: Norris, McCreath, Christie, Crespo, Eagan, Feig, Foroozesh, Guerrero, Johanson, Kamangar, Kingsford, Maccalla, Márquez-Magaña, Mathur, Maton, Ofili, Okuyemi, Parangan-Smith, Pfund, Reynolds, Rous, Saetermoe, Snyder, Vishwanatha, Wallace, Seeman; Acquisition of data: McCreath, Aley, Chavira, Christie, Crespo, Eagan, Echegoyen, Feig, Johanson, Kamangar, Kingsford, Maccalla, Márquez-Magaña, Mathur, Maton, Mehravaran, Ofili, Purnell, Saetermoe, Snyder, Vishwanatha, Wallace, Seeman; Data analysis and interpretation: Norris, McCreath, Hueffer, Crespi, Crespo, D’Amour, Eagan, LaCourse, Maccalla, Mathur, Maton, Mehravaran, Morales, Nakazono, Okuyemi, Ott, Pfund, Wallace, Seeman; Drafting of manuscript: Norris, McCreath, Hueffer, Chavira, Crespi, Echegoyen, Feig, Foroozesh, Guerrero, Kingsford, LaCourse, Maccalla, Mathur, Maton, Mehravaran, Morales, Okuyemi, Ott, Parangan-Smith, Purnell, Reynolds, Wagler, Seeman; Statistical expertise: McCreath, Crespi, Eagan, Guerrero, Maccalla, Maton, Nakazono, Seeman; Acquisition of funding: Norris, McCreath, Aley, Christie, Crespo, Echegoyen, Feig, Foroozesh, Johanson, Kamangar, Kingsford, Márquez-Magaña, Mathur, Maton, Morales, Ofili, Okuyemi, Pfund, Reynolds, Snyder, Vishwanatha, Wallace, Seeman; Administrative: Norris, McCreath, Hueffer, Chavira, Christie, D’Amour, Eagan, Echegoyen, Feig, LaCourse, Mathur, Mehravaran, Morales, Ofili, Ott, Parangan-Smith, Purnell, Reynolds, Rous, Saetermoe, Vishwanatha, Wagler, Wallace, Seeman; Supervision: Norris, McCreath, Christie, Saetermoe, Seeman. Competing Interests: None declared.
ISSN:	1049-510X 1945-0826
DOI:	10.18865/ed.30.4.681