San Diego PREP Scholars Program

描述(由申请人提供)：圣地亚哥州立大学(SDSU)和加州大学圣地亚哥分校(UCSD)提出了一个联合学士学位后研究教育计划(PREP)。该项目将由SDSU管理，最初将有SDSU的细胞和分子生物学小组(13名教授)和UCSD-医学院生物医学博士项目的细胞和分子生物学家(30名教授)参与。学生(每年10名)将从这两个机构的各种研究/培训计划中招募。眼前的目标是增加SDSU-UCSD和全国范围内基础生物医学博士和医学博士/博士课程录取人数不足的申请人数量。更长期的目标是增加研究型大学教师职位上代表不足的少数族裔科学家的数量。我们建议通过专注于以下具体目标来实现这些目标：1)每年接受10名未被充分代表的应届大学毕业生作为受薪入门级实验室技术人员参加为期两年的培训，强调通过执业生物医学科学家对受训者进行指导。2)为所有学员提供强有力的课程，包括(1年级)发展写作和演讲技能、生物医学研究中的伦理问题和GRE准备，以及(2)准备和提交研究生院的申请、生物统计学、期刊俱乐部和研讨会，每月与PI和协调员举行小组会议。3)让每名一年级的学员与导师一起参加一次全国性的科学会议。4)让每个二年级学员在导师的陪同下，以讲演者的身份参加一次全国科学会议(海报会议)。5)让每个学生在第二年结束前准备并提交一篇科学论文以供发表。6)让每个学生都被录取参加生物医学科学的博士或医学博士/博士培训计划。7)提供一个培养少数族裔学生的档案袋和批判性思维技能的课程，使他们在生物医学科学的任何研究生课程中都具有竞争力。外部咨询委员会将每年对整个计划进行评估。这一预科项目的独特之处来自于两个相邻校区的优势结合在一起，这两个校区都有联合研究生项目和少数族裔研究/培训项目；专注于研究和数据交流；以及参与博士教育的强大教师的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): San Diego State University (SDSU) and University of California San Diego (UCSD) propose a joint Post Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP). The program will be administered by SDSU and will initially involve the Cell & Molecular Biology group (13 professors) of SDSU and the cell & molecular biologists (30 professors) from the UCSD-Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program at the School of Medicine. Students (10 per year) will be recruited from the various research/training programs at both institutions. The immediate goal is to increase the number of under-represented applicants accepted to the Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. programs in basic biomedical sciences both at SDSU-UCSD and nationally. The longer-term goal is to increase the number of under-represented minority scientists in faculty positions at research universities. We propose to achieve these goals by focusing on the following specific aims: 1) Annually to accept 10 underrepresented recent college graduates to enter training as salaried entry-level laboratory technicians for a two-year program that emphasizes mentoring of trainees by practicing biomedical scientists. 2) To provide strong coursework to all trainees, including (year 1) development of writing and speaking skills, ethical issues in biomedical research, and GRE preparation and (year 2) preparation and submission of applications to graduate school, bio-statistics, journal club, and seminars, with monthly group meeting with PI and coordinator throughout. 3 ) To have each 1st year trainee attend a national scientific meeting with the mentor. 4) To have each 2nd year trainee attend a national scientific meeting as a presenter (poster session), accompanied by the mentor. 5 ) To have each student prepare and submit for publication a scientific paper by the end of the second year. 6) To have each student accepted into a Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. training program in the biomedical sciences. 7) To provide a program that develops the portfolios and critical thinking skills of minority students so that they will be competitive for any graduate program in biomedical sciences. An external Advisory Board will assess the entire Program annually. The unique character of this PREP program derives from the combination of the strengths of two neighboring campuses that have joint Graduate programs as well as minority research/training programs; the focus on research and communication of data; and the participation of strong faculty who are involved in Ph.D. education.