Training Program in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

项目总结/摘要 在分子，细胞和发育生物学（MCDB）的研究生培训计划是一个学生- 中心的跨学科培训计划，包括来自5个部门的29名主要研究者， 目前有76名博士生正在接受培训。该MCDB计划是一个更大的4个培训轨道之一， 伞计划称为生物医学科学与工程计划（PBSE），其中包括- 通过研究生物医学科学中各种主题的研究人员。 被MCDB培训计划录取的学生可以与任何PBSE进行研究轮换 教师，从而获得机会，探索不同的研究课题和方法。MCDB 学生参加旨在培养独立和批判性思维的课程，以及理解， 生物医学科学的关键原则。这些课程指导学生严谨性和可重复性 并建立在不同职业中取得成功所需的基本能力。除了核心课程， 学生们学习伦理学课程、赠款写作课程、教育学课程、职业规划课程， 和选修课。项目主任，论文咨询委员会，和研究生Advis- 教育委员会密切监测学生的进步，并在必要时进行干预，以确保保留和 圆满完成计划。获得学位的平均时间为5.9年。 最有动力和最有前途的MCDB学生被选为培训补助金支持的基础上 他们的学术记录，他们的参与和表现在核心课程和研究轮值表， 选择。培训补助金的学生通常在他们加入论文实验室后不久就被选中， 2-3年。每年需要12名学生的支持，但我们注意到，我们计划中的所有学生 受益于NIH支持的研究生课程的高标准和目标，以及 指导和培训，我们已经实施，以满足这些标准和目标。 MCDB培训计划可以指出一些重要成就。一个雄心勃勃的和 非常成功的努力，建立一个包容性和多样化的计划，使我们达到30%的URM 在培训中的学生，以及培训教师中超过50%是妇女。我们密切跟踪 职业成果为我们的学生，这表明，73%的毕业生在过去的13年里， 他们在科学领域取得了成功，另外20%的人正在接受博士后培训。与 在美国国立卫生研究院的支持下，我们创建了一个令人兴奋的新职业规划课程， 追求不同职业的技能和灵感。我们的核心课程的全面重组， 使其保持最新且相关。这些创新共同推动了 我们的培训计划，其中产生优秀的毕业生谁带来独特的技能和多样性， 国家生物医学科学的劳动力。

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT The graduate Training Program in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (MCDB) is a student- centered interdisciplinary training program that includes 29 principal investigators from 5 departments, with 76 PhD students currently in training. The MCDB program is 1 of 4 training tracks within a larger umbrella program called the Program in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (PBSE), which encom- passes investigators who study diverse topics in biomedical science. Students admitted into the MCDB Training Program can do research rotations with any of the PBSE faculty, thereby gaining opportunities to explore diverse research topics and methodologies. MCDB students take courses designed to foster independent and critical thinking, as well as an understand- ing of key principles of biomedical science. The courses instruct students in rigor and reproducibility and build basic competencies needed for success in diverse careers. In addition to the core courses, students take an ethics course, a grant writing course, a pedagogy course, a career planning course, and elective courses. The Program Director, a Thesis Advisory Committee, and the Graduate Advis- ing Committee closely monitor student progress and intervene as necessary to ensure retention and successful completion of the program. The average time to degree is 5.9 years. The most motivated and promising MCDB students are selected for Training Grant support based on their academic records and their engagement and performance in core courses and research rota- tions. Training Grant students are usually selected soon after they join a thesis lab for support in Years 2-3. Support is requested for 12 students per year, but we note that all students in our program benefit from the high standards and goals of NIH-supported graduate programs and the innovations in mentoring and training that we have implemented to meet those standards and goals. The MCDB Training Program can point to a number of important achievements. An ambitious and highly successful effort to build an inclusive and diverse program has allowed us to reach 30% URM students in training, as well as a training faculty that is greater than 50% women. We closely track career outcomes for our students, which shows that 73% of our graduates over the last 13 years have gone on to successful careers in the sciences and an additional 20% are training as postdocs. With support from the NIH, we created an exciting new Career Planning course that equips students with the skills and inspiration to pursue diverse careers. A complete restructuring of our core courses has kept them current and relevant. Together, these kinds of innovations have helped drive the success of our training program, which produces outstanding graduates who bring unique skills and diversity to the national biomedical science workforce.