PATHWAYS TO THE DOCTORAL DEGREE

简介(改编自申请人摘要)：建议的申请人 为美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民制定培训计划 生物医学研究人员。为了实现这一目标，他们提出了计划 招收美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民到加州大学 明尼苏达州德卢斯大学(UMD)获得理科硕士学位，然后转学 这些学生前往明尼苏达双城大学(UMTC)学习 获得博士学位。这两个独立校区之间的合作将 从而产生组合的资源，为 培养这些学生的学业发展。在UMD， 申请者希望能够提供这些美国印第安人/阿拉斯加人 与本土学生在必要的文化环境中更 好客的态度比一所大型的研究密集型大学要好。一旦 已达到硕士学位要求，这些学生将转到 UMTC为未来的职业机会做准备。UMD被认可为 授予硕士学位，但不授予博士学位；然而，UMD拥有 许多支持美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民学生的机制。 UMTC有一所优秀的研究生院，拥有许多研究 机会，但它也是一家可能被视为 对美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民学生来说是禁止的。这个 拟议的计划将通过为这些学生提供 必要的学术和文化工具来参与科学竞争 丧失了他们的文化身份。UMD之前曾有本科生 美国印第安人中心开展的研究培训项目 和少数民族健康，让美国印第安人学生接触到 生物医学科学和卫生保健。然而，大多数学生都有 选择了医学职业，而不是从事研究职业。这 应用程序通过提供新的 接近。该应用程序结合了文化上适当的支持 机制和制度，使学生逐步从学士学位毕业， 通过医学硕士，进入博士学位项目。在开学的第一年 在项目期间，主要重点将放在开发 程序。该方案的全面实施将于年内完成。 第二年。从我们现有的潜在学生库中进行投射， 我们将能够立即填补至少四个学生职位 拟议的硕士学位课程，预计这个人才库将 增加四到八名学生。大多数程序都是 目前正在转学硕士项目的学生在 到明尼阿波利斯大学德卢斯分校的博士项目 由明尼苏达大学研究生院赞助。特例 两个项目年的重点将放在稳定这一点上 计划，通过为其继续提供资金以及通过 涉及美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民社区健康 组织对应届毕业生的指导和支持 程序。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract): The applicants proposed to develop a training program for American Indian/Alaskan Native biomedical researchers. To accomplish this goal, they proposed plan to recruit American Indians and Alaskan Natives to the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) to obtain an M.S. degree and then to transfer these students to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMTC) to obtain a Ph.D. A partnership between these two independent campuses will result in combined resources that produce a fertile environment for nurturing the academic development of these students. At UMD, the applicants expect to be able to provide these American Indian/Alaskan Native students with the necessary cultural environment in a more hospitable manner than a large research intensive university. Once the M.S. degree requirements have been met, these students will transfer to UMTC to prepare for future career opportunities. UMD is accredited to award the masters degree but not the doctoral degree; however, UMD has many support mechanisms for the American Indian/Alaskan Native students. UMTC has an outstanding graduate school with many research opportunities, but it is also a large institution that may be perceived as forbidding to the American Indian/Alaskan Native student. The proposed program would prepare these students by giving them the necessary academic and cultural tools to compete in the sciences without forfeiting their cultural identity. UMD has previously had undergraduate research training programs conducted by the Center of American Indian and Minority Health, exposing American Indian students to careers in biomedical sciences and health care. Most students, however, have chosen careers in Medicine and not followed a research career. This application directly addresses this deficiency by offering a new approach. The application incorporates culturally appropriate support mechanisms and systems to bring students stepwise from the baccalaureate, via the M.S., into a Ph.D. degree program. During the first year of the project period, primary emphasis will be placed on development of the program. Full implementation of the program will be accomplished in the second year. To project from our existing pool of potential students, we will be able to immediately fill at least four student positions in the proposed M.S. degree program, with expectations that this pool will increase by an additional four to eight students. Most procedures are currently in place to transfer students from an M.S. program in the Duluth campus to a Ph.D. program on the Minneapolis campus under the auspices of the University of Minnesota Graduate School. Particular emphasis will be focused during both project years on stabilizing this program through securing funds for its continuation, as well as by involving the American Indian/Alaskan Native community health organizations in the conduct and support of the proposed graduate program.