CWRU Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

美国人口正变得越来越多样化，但这并没有反映在目前的生物医学中 研究人员。国家卫生研究院对这种缺乏多样性感到担忧，并已 建立了各种支持机制，以确保劳动力多样性具有代表性 美国社会的多样性。美国国立卫生研究院的一个重要的多样性倡议是毕业后 研究教育计划或预科。预备课程的总体目标是培养新近毕业的学生 来自不同背景的理科毕业生在生物医学科学中的代表性不足，因此他们 具备在这些领域攻读博士或医学博士学位所需的知识和技能。案例 西部储备大学从2007年开始获得预科资金。这项计划被称为 CasePREP取得了显著的成功，录取了54名学者进入高级博士或医学/博士学位 全国各地的节目。目前的提案寻求通过资助八个项目来继续这一计划 案例预科奖学金每年再增加5年。CasePREP的关键组件包括 个人定制的研究生课程，专业资质增强，精心制作 体验式技能发展，沉浸在博士生体验中，并广泛接触 生物医学研究。事实上，案例预科学者在CWRU完成为期一年的学徒培训 医学院的实验室遍布我们14个授予博士学位的项目中的许多。 预备导师实验室资金充足，充满活力，由经验丰富的导师领导，拥有大量 少数民族培训经验。此外，案例预科奖学金将完成研究生水平 课程、GRE备考经验、专业技能发展和其他方面的丰富 活动。这些核心发展经验旨在进一步加强学生的 学术潜力和提高他们的研究技能，最终导致他们进入和 在全国范围内完成严格的生物医学博士学位课程。重要成果 评估将显示，研究生院的申请资格有所提高，研究和 演示技能，对研究职业的态度得到改善，成功率超过75% 分别准备进入博士课程和完成博士学位的奖学金预科。 重要的是，主要成果之一是Case Prep继续改善 CWRU和全国各地的生物医学博士项目。

The US population is becoming increasingly diverse, but that is not reflected in the current biomedical research workforce. The National Institutes of Health is concerned by this lack of diversity and has established a variety of supportive mechanisms to ensure that workforce diversity is representative of the diversity in American society. One important NIH diversity initiative is the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program or PREP. The overall goal of PREP is to develop recent baccalaureate science graduates from diverse backgrounds under-represented in biomedical sciences so that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to pursue PhD or MD-PhD degrees in these fields. Case Western Reserve University was awarded PREP funding beginning in 2007. The program, termed CasePREP, has been notably successful, matriculating 54 Scholars into upper-tier PhD or MD/PhD programs across the nation. The current proposal seeks to continue this program by funding eight Case PREP Scholars each year for an additional 5 years. The key components of CasePREP involve individually tailored graduate coursework, professional credentials enhancement, well-crafted experiential skill development, immersion in the PhD student experience, and extensive exposure to biomedical research. Indeed, Case PREP Scholars complete a one-year apprenticeship in CWRU School of Medicine faculty laboratories located throughout many of our 14 PhD-granting programs. PREP mentor laboratories are well funded, dynamic, and led by experienced mentors with substantial minority training experience. In addition, Case PREP Scholars will complete graduate level coursework, GRE preparation experiences, professional skills development, and other enrichment activities. These core developmental experiences are designed to further strengthen a student's scholarly potential and improve their research skills, ultimately leading to their matriculation into and completion of rigorous biomedical doctoral degree programs across the nation. Important outcome assessments will show improved graduate school application credentials, enhanced research and presentation skills, improved attitudes about research careers, and greater than 75% success rates in PREP Scholar matriculation into PhD programs and completion of the PhD degree, respectively. Importantly, one of the main outcomes is for Case PREP to continue improving diversity in the biomedical PhD programs at CWRU and across the nation.