Bridges to the Doctorate

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案是针对UMD博士学位桥梁的竞争性更新。已建立的博士桥梁项目将明尼苏达大学德卢斯分校（UMD）通过硕士研究生课程与明尼苏达大学双城分校（UMTC）的博士课程联合起来。博士课程每年将为四名学生提供支持，以获得UMD生物学，化学，生物化学，生理学，药理学或毒理学的硕士学位。重点将放在学生同时接受硕士和博士研究生课程。一旦学生完成硕士学位，他们将准备进入UMTC的博士课程。UMD建立了一系列研讨会，以展示UMTC的不同博士课程。研究生研究主任（DGS）将根据他们的研究兴趣举办研讨会，然后会见未来的本科生和硕士研究生。与DGS教员的会议将提供有关潜在项目的信息，并提醒UMTC研究生项目潜在的候选人。DGS研讨会还将提供一种机制，以增加UMD和UMTC教员之间的合作活动。通过包括UMTC目标博士课程的成员，将促进无缝转移到博士课程。UMD的额外研究生培训将包括两门学分课程的开发：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，促进道德行为和探索

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.