Bridges to the Doctorate

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案是为UMD桥梁的博士学位的竞争性更新。已建立的博士桥梁计划通过硕士研究生课程将明尼苏达大学杜卢斯（UMD）与明尼苏达大学双城分校（UMTC）的博士课程联系起来。博士课程将提供每年四名学生的支持，在UMD攻读生物学，化学，生物化学，生理学，药理学或毒理学硕士学位。重点将放在学生被接受进入MS和博士学位。研究生课程同时一旦学生完成硕士学位，他们将准备进入UMTC的博士课程。一个研讨会系列已在UMD成立，以展示在UMTC不同的博士课程。研究生课程主任（DGS）将根据他们的研究兴趣举办研讨会，然后与未来的本科生和硕士研究生会面。与DGS教师的会议将提供有关未来计划的信息，并提醒UMTC研究生课程的潜在候选人。DGS研讨会还将提供一个机制，以增加UMD和UMTC教师之间的合作活动。无缝转移到博士课程将包括在UMTC目标博士课程的成员促进。UMD的其他研究生培训将包括两门课程的开发：1）关键概念，以促进对健康问题的学术探究; 2）负责任的研究行为，以促进道德行为和探索 生物医学研究中的哲学概念。该计划的目标是放置至少两个 学生每年进入UMTC的生物医学研究生课程。这些学生将 建立在侦查工作的原则，科学的方法，并欣赏 研究少数民族健康差距的重要性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is for a Competitive Renewal of the UMD Bridges to the Doctoral Degree. The established Doctoral Bridge Program unites the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) through the Masters Graduate Programs with the Doctoral Programs at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMTC). The Doctoral Program will provide support for four students per year to work towards a MS degree in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology or Toxicology at UMD. An emphasis will be placed on students being accepted into the MS and Ph.D. graduate programs simultaneously. Once the students have completed their Masters degrees, they will be prepared to enter a doctoral program at the UMTC. A seminar series has been established at UMD to showcase the different doctoral programs at UMTC. The Directors of Graduate Studies (DGS) will present seminars based on their research interests, and then meet with prospective undergraduate and Masters level graduate students. The meeting with the DGS faculty will provide information about prospective programs and to alert the UMTC graduate programs as to potential candidates. The DGS seminars will also provide a mechanism to increase cooperative activities between UMD and the UMTC faculty. A seamless transfer into the doctoral program will be facilitated by including a member of the target doctoral program at UMTC. Additional graduate training at UMD will include the development of two courses for credit: 1) Critical Concepts, to promote academic inquiry into health issues; 2) Responsible Conduct in Research, to promote ethical behavior and exploration of philosophical concepts in biomedical research. The program objective is to place at least two students per year into a biomedical research graduate program at UMTC. These students will be established in the principals of investigative work, the scientific method, and appreciate the importance of research in minority health disparities.