Improving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Genomics and Engineering Research
The Center for Phycsical Genomics and Engineering is committed to the reruitment, academic and professional development, and support of a diverse, inclusive workforce. CPGE recruits, educates, and mentors individuals from all cultural, scientific, and socioeconomic backgrounds, with a special emphasis on individuals from backgrounds that have been historically underrepresented in the scientific workforce. Our student scholars, graduate fellows, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty represent significant diversity. CPGE aims to develop these trainees into leaders of the convergent science and engineering fields of the future.
The goals of the center include increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in the field of bioengineering. URM undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows have access to robust programs at Northwestern University designed to support their STEM career.
The Collaborative Learning and Integrated Mentoring in the Biosciences (CLIMB) program supports the development of critical skills in talented young scholars whose undergraduate preparation may not have been as research-oriented or academically rigorous as those of other students. Five underrepresented minority students are funded annually by CLIMB for the first two years of their PhD programs.
Northwestern University is a participant in the Big 10 consortium National Research Mentor Network, which supports mentor training for URM graduate students and postdocs.
The McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science hosts local chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and the Society of Women Engineers. These student groups are dedicated to developing student interest in engineering as well as skills in leadership, problem-solving, and interpersonal relationships.
