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CGS trainees are a core group of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and young investigators who are engaged in CGS research, consultation, and policy activities.
CGS training opportunities include:
- Collaborating with CGS investigators on research, policy, and consultation projects
- Mentoring by CGS investigators
- Professional development opportunities
- Developmental awards ($3,000-10,000) to graduate students and young investigators for ELSI-related research
ELSI Journal Club. The ELSI Reading Group (journal club) meets monthly. CGS trainees, other students with ELSI interests, and invited faculty attend. The purpose is to foster awareness of important ELSI issues and to provide support to participants in designing their research. The group includes graduate students and postgraduates from anthropology, nursing, sociology, psychology, health policy, pediatrics, and neurobiology.
Training R03. One mission of the Centers for Excellence in ELSI Research (CEER) is training the next generation of ELSI researchers. To pursue this goal, CGS investigators Marcia Van Riper, PI; co-PIs Gail Henderson and Debra Skinner) received a grant from NHGRI / ELSI (R03 HG03982) to examine through interviews with CEER investigators, other ELSI researchers, and ELSI trainees the following question: What are the domains of knowledge and skills that postdoctoral and graduate trainees need to be able to conduct research on ELSI issues, transcend boundaries between disciplines, and translate research into social policy. We have used these interview responses to plan with investigators from other CEERs training initiatives and programs.
CGS is partnering with The Research Education Support (RES) Program at UNC (http://www.uncres.org/). One component of the RES is the Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience (SPGRE) Program (http://www.uncres.org/spgre.html), a 10-week program designed for underrepresented minority and disadvantaged undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. We are working with the SPRGE Program to identify students to work one-on-one with CGS investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students.
CGS has partnered with the UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program (http://echo.unc.edu/) to sponsor Developmental Awards for ELSI-related research by young investigators who are faculty at UNC or an HBCUs. ECHO works closely with North Carolina’s HBCUs to train new investigators in health disparities research.
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