Baseline characteristics of the 2015-2019 first year student cohorts of the nih building infrastructure leading to diversity (Build) program

Keith C. Norris; Heather E. McCreath; Karsten Hueffer; Stephen B. Aley; Gabriela Chavira; Christina A. Christie; Catherine M. Crespi; Carlos Crespo; Gene D’Amour; Kevin Eagan; Lourdes E. Echegoyen; Andrew Feig; Maryam Foroozesh; Lourdes R. Guerrero; Kelly Johanson; Farin Kamangar; Laura Kingsford; William LaCourse; Nicole Marie Gerardi Maccalla; Leticia Márquez-Magaña; Ambika Mathur; Kenneth Maton; Shiva Mehravaran; Danielle X. Morales; Terry Nakazono; Elizabeth Ofili; Kolawole Okuyemi; Laura Ott; Audrey Parangan-Smith; Christine Pfund; Dawn Purnell; Arleigh Reynolds; Phillip J. Rous; Carrie Saetermoe; Katherine Snyder; Jamboor K. Vishwanatha; Amy Wagler; Steven P. Wallace; Teresa Seeman

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Baseline characteristics of the 2015-2019 first year student cohorts of the nih building infrastructure leading to diversity (Build) program

Keith C. Norris, Heather E. McCreath, Karsten Hueffer, Stephen B. Aley, Gabriela Chavira, Christina A. Christie, Catherine M. Crespi, Carlos Crespo, Gene D’Amour, Kevin Eagan, Lourdes E. Echegoyen, Andrew Feig, Maryam Foroozesh, Lourdes R. Guerrero, Kelly Johanson, Farin Kamangar, Laura Kingsford, William LaCourse, Nicole Marie Gerardi Maccalla, Leticia Márquez-MagañaAmbika Mathur, Kenneth Maton, Shiva Mehravaran, Danielle X. Morales, Terry Nakazono, Elizabeth Ofili, Kolawole Okuyemi, Laura Ott, Audrey Parangan-Smith, Christine Pfund, Dawn Purnell, Arleigh Reynolds, Phillip J. Rous, Carrie Saetermoe, Katherine Snyder, Jamboor K. Vishwanatha, Amy Wagler, Steven P. Wallace, Teresa Seeman

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Objective: 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. Ethn Dis. 2020;30(4):681-692; doi:10.18865/ ed.30.4.681

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	681-692
Number of pages	12
Journal	Ethnicity and Disease
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18865/ED.30.4.681
State	Published - 2020

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Underrepresented Students
Workforce Training

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Norris, K. C., McCreath, H. E., Hueffer, K., Aley, S. B., Chavira, G., Christie, C. A., Crespi, C. M., Crespo, C., D’Amour, G., Eagan, K., Echegoyen, L. E., Feig, A., Foroozesh, M., Guerrero, L. R., Johanson, K., Kamangar, F., Kingsford, L., LaCourse, W., Maccalla, N. M. G., ... Seeman, T. (2020). Baseline characteristics of the 2015-2019 first year student cohorts of the nih building infrastructure leading to diversity (Build) program. Ethnicity and Disease, 30(4), 681-692. https://doi.org/10.18865/ED.30.4.681

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Norris, KC, McCreath, HE, Hueffer, K, Aley, SB, Chavira, G, Christie, CA, Crespi, CM, Crespo, C, D’Amour, G, Eagan, K, Echegoyen, LE, Feig, A, Foroozesh, M, Guerrero, LR, Johanson, K, Kamangar, F, Kingsford, L, LaCourse, W, Maccalla, NMG, Márquez-Magaña, L, Mathur, A, Maton, K, Mehravaran, S, Morales, DX, Nakazono, T, Ofili, E, Okuyemi, K, Ott, L, Parangan-Smith, A, Pfund, C, Purnell, D, Reynolds, A, Rous, PJ, Saetermoe, C, Snyder, K, Vishwanatha, JK, Wagler, A, Wallace, SP & Seeman, T 2020, 'Baseline characteristics of the 2015-2019 first year student cohorts of the nih building infrastructure leading to diversity (Build) program', Ethnicity and Disease, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 681-692. https://doi.org/10.18865/ED.30.4.681

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AU - McCreath, Heather E.

AU - Hueffer, Karsten

AU - Aley, Stephen B.

AU - Chavira, Gabriela

AU - Christie, Christina A.

AU - Crespi, Catherine M.

AU - Crespo, Carlos

AU - D’Amour, Gene

AU - Eagan, Kevin

AU - Echegoyen, Lourdes E.

AU - Feig, Andrew

AU - Foroozesh, Maryam

AU - Guerrero, Lourdes R.

AU - Johanson, Kelly

AU - Kamangar, Farin

AU - Kingsford, Laura

AU - LaCourse, William

AU - Maccalla, Nicole Marie Gerardi

AU - Márquez-Magaña, Leticia

AU - Mathur, Ambika

AU - Maton, Kenneth

AU - Mehravaran, Shiva

AU - Morales, Danielle X.

AU - Nakazono, Terry

AU - Ofili, Elizabeth

AU - Okuyemi, Kolawole

AU - Ott, Laura

AU - Parangan-Smith, Audrey

AU - Pfund, Christine

AU - Purnell, Dawn

AU - Reynolds, Arleigh

AU - Rous, Phillip J.

AU - Saetermoe, Carrie

AU - Snyder, Katherine

AU - Vishwanatha, Jamboor K.

AU - Wagler, Amy

AU - Wallace, Steven P.

AU - Seeman, Teresa

N1 - Funding Information: Of note, despite prior efforts, disparities in National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 funding awards made to doctoral-trained underrepresented minority biomedical scientists persist, even after adjustment for educational background, country of origin, training, previous research awards, publication record, and employer characteristics.12 Indeed, the low rate of R01 grants awarded to African Americans still persisted after adjusting for smaller professional networks and lower rates of grant application resubmission,12 spurring a 2012 Report from the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Working Group on Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce. The report recommended that the NIH pursue evidence-based and/or theory-informed strategies to increase diversity in the biomedical/health professional workforce.11 A more recent report suggests lower NIH funding award rates for minorities persist and the need to pursue the Working Group recommendations still remains.13 Funding Information: Work 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 SCHOL ARS - 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. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Ethnicity and Disease, Inc.. All rights reserved.

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N2 - Objective: 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. Ethn Dis. 2020;30(4):681-692; doi:10.18865/ ed.30.4.681

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