Orange County Bridge to Biomedical Research

描述(由申请人提供)：加州大学欧文分校(UCI)是一所顶尖的研究机构，其生物科学学院的少数族裔科学项目(MSP)获得了国家认可。MSP已经建立了一个致力于教师和资源项目的网络，以促进从社区大学到生物医学研究的学士、硕士和博士职业的过渡。奥兰治县生物医学研究之桥(OCBBR)与三所合作的社区学院(富勒顿学院、奥兰治海岸学院和圣安娜学院)合作，旨在增加进入并完成生物医学学士学位并最终成为研究科学家的少数族裔学生人数。 在运行的四年中，我们开发了一个有70名学生参与的示范项目。这些学生中有51人(73%)已转到四年制大学，18人(26%)仍在各自的社区学院就读，而只有一名学生从社区学院毕业，获得护理学位，并决定在医院环境中寻找工作。在转到四年制院校的学生中，31人(61%)转到加州大学系统内的大学。该计划通过其研讨会和加州大学教授的带薪实习为参与者提供生物医学研究方面的培训，以促进学生从副学士学位授予机构过渡到学士学位授予机构。 OCBBR将(1)在UCI提供付费研究学徒，以激励学生继续学习，增强他们的科学学术表现，并使OCBBR参与者能够与UCI的学生和教授建立导师/同行关系；(2)提供研讨会，其中许多研讨会涵盖美国健康差距的各个方面；以及在UCI和社区学院举办研讨会，以加强学生的研究和学术表现，并使他们熟悉在UCI进行的不同类型的研究和不同研究领域的职业机会，(3)监督学生在社区学院的学习进展，并激励他们出类拔萃；(4)在转学过程的各个方面帮助学生，确保他们能够转学到自己选择的大学。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The University of California, Irvine (UCI) is a top research institution that has gained national recognition for its Minority Science Programs (MSP) at the School of Biological Sciences. MSP has established a network of committed faculty and resource programs to facilitate the transition from community college to Baccalaureate, Master's and PhD careers in biomedical research. Working with three partner community colleges (Fullerton College, Orange Coast College, and Santa Ana College) the aim of the Orange County Bridge to Biomedical Research (OCBBR) is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students entering and completing a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Science and ultimately pursuing careers as research Scientists. In the four years of operation, we have developed a model program in which 70 students have participated. Fifty one (73%) of these students have transferred to four-year universities, 18 (26%) are still attending their respective community college, while only one student graduated from their community college with a nursing degree and decided to seek employment in a hospital environment. Of the students who transferred to four-year institutions, 31(61%) transferred to universities within the University of California system. The program has provided the participants with training in biomedical science research through its workshops and paid internships with UC professors to facilitate the transition of students from associate- to baccalaureate-degree granting institutions. OCBBR will (1) provide paid research apprenticeships at UCI that motivate students to continue their studies, strengthen their scientific academic performance, and enable OCBBR participants to establish mentor/peer relationships with UCI students and professors, (2) offer seminars, many of which cover aspects of health disparities in the US, and workshops at UCI and the community colleges that strengthen students' research and academic performance and familiarize them with different types of research conducted at UCI and career opportunities in various research fields, (3) monitor students' academic progress at the community colleges and motivate them to excel and (4) assist students in all aspects of the transfer process to ensure that they are able to transfer to the university of their choice.