PARTNERING TO A BIOMEDICAL PHD

UTMB生物医学研究生院提出了一项合作计划，以增加注册并毕业于博士学位的服务不足的少数族裔学生的数量。该计划与6所院校合作，其中4所在德克萨斯州，2所在路易斯安那州，这些机构的学生总数超过3.6万名，其中70%是服务不足的少数族裔学生。该计划代表了对州和国家生物医学研究劳动力日益增长的多样性需求的回应。该计划利用现有的GSBS特别招生战略，包括年度本科生研究研讨会(URS)和一年一度的夏季本科生研究计划(SURP)。建议扩大来自伙伴学校的学生作为特邀嘉宾参加城市研究中心的活动，并作为暑期研究人员参加SURP。该计划的其他主要特点包括：1)伙伴学校本科生通过新的通用录取计划进入GSBS；2)实施灵活的、可选的第一年过渡轨道课程，为可能需要的学生提供额外的准备和特殊学习技能；3)密切的个人指导，以最大限度地增加成功保留和完成博士学位的机会；以及4)职业发展计划和活动，使学生获得个人充实的技能，为后续的博士后培训和最终就业做好准备。该计划还提供合作学校教师和GSBS教师之间的协作互动，这将使双方受益并丰富。这些措施包括：1)更多的伙伴教员参与URS；2)UTMB为伙伴教员提供休假研究机会；3)GSBS计划核心教员访问合作学校，举办研究研讨会，担任客座教师，并与学生对话，讨论生物医学研究作为职业选择的机会。将使用广泛的结果分析和对学生从最初接触到最终就业的跟踪来监测该计划的成功。

The UTMB Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences proposes a Partnering Program to increase the number of underserved minority student who enroll and graduate with a PhD. The Program partners with 6 institutions, 4 in Texas and 2 in Louisiana whose combined student body is over 36,000 undergraduates, 70 percent of whom are underserved minority students. The Program represents a response to the increased need for diversity in the biomedical research workforce of the state and the nation. The Program utilizes existing GSBS special recruitment strategies, including the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) and the annual Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP). Expanded participation of students from partnering schools in the URS as special guests and in SURP as summer researchers is proposed. Additional key features of the Program include: 1) Entry of partner school undergraduates into the GSBS through a new Generic Admission Program; 2) Implementation of a flexible, optional Transition Track first year curriculum which provides additional preparation and special study skills for students who may need them; 3) Close individual mentoring to maximize opportunities for successful retention and completion of the PhD; and 4) Career development programs and activities to give students personal enrichment skills that prepare them to be competitive for subsequent postdoctoral training and eventual employment. The Program also offers collaborative interactions between partnering school faculty and GSBS faculty that will benefit and enrich both. These include: 1) Additional participation of partner faculty in the URS; 2) Sabbatical research opportunities at UTMB for partner faculty; 3) Visits by the GSBS Program core faculty to partner schools to give research seminars, be guest teachers, and dialog with students about the opportunities biomedical research presents as a career option. Extensive outcomes analysis and tracking of students from initial contact to eventual employment will be used to monitor success of the Program.