MINORITY STUDENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

少数族裔学生发展 (MSD) 计划将协助 UNC-CH 招收和支持越来越多的学生 少数群体代表性不足。默沙东在 UNC-CH 的基石 将进行指导，并将由多个部分组成，涉及 UNC-CH 本科生、研究生、医学和牙科学生。 此外，其他学校的本科生也将通过 暑期研究计划，为 UNC-CH 毕业生提供渠道 课程（以及其他研究生课程）。该计划将 建立在 UNC-CH 强大的研究活动及其优势的基础上 努力加强和促进其毕业生和学生的多样性 专业的学生团体。该计划还将允许少数族裔 医学和牙科学生将度过暑假和全年收获 研究经验并为其奠定基础 可以建立研究和学术生涯。在稳定状态下，程序 每年将为至少 58 名学生（包括 MSD 研究生助理）涵盖所有组成部分。通过默沙东，UNC-CH 将 加强和扩大现有计划，并将制定更多计划 旨在提高代表性不足的研究竞争力的计划 本科生、研究生和医学/牙科专业的少数民族学生 学校层面，以促进他们在生物医学研究方面的职业生涯。

The Minority Student Development (MSD) Program will assist UNC-CH in enrolling and supporting increased numbers of students from underrepresented minority groups. The cornerstone of MSD at UNC-CH will be mentoring and will consist of multiple components involving UNC-CH undergraduate, graduate, medical, and dental students. Moreover, undergraduates from other schools will be involved via a summer research program to form a pipeline to UNC-CH graduate programs (and to other graduate programs as well). The program will build on the strengths of UNC-CH's strong research activities and its efforts in enhancing and promoting diversity among its graduate and professional student body. The program will also allow minority medical and dental students to spend summers and a full year gaining research experiences and establishing a foundation upon which they can build research and academic careers. At steady state, the program will provide annual support for at least 58 students (including MSD graduate assistants) across all components. Through MSD, UNC-CH will strengthen and expand current programs, and will develop additional programs to enhance the research competitiveness of underrepresented minority students at the undergraduate, graduate, and medical/dental school level to facilitate their careers in biomedical research.