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民族科学项目（MSP）获得了国家认可。MSP建立了一个致力于教师和资源计划的网络，以促进从社区学院到生物医学研究的学士学位，硕士和博士学位的过渡。与三个合作伙伴社区学院（富勒顿学院，橙子海岸学院和圣安娜学院）合作，橙子县桥梁生物医学研究（OCBBR）的目的是增加进入并完成生物医学科学学士学位并最终追求研究科学家职业生涯的人数。 在四年的运作中，我们开发了一个有70名学生参加的示范方案。这些学生中有51人（73%）转入四年制大学，18人（26%）仍在各自的社区学院就读，只有一名学生从社区学院毕业并获得护理学位，并决定在医院环境中就业。在转入四年制大学的学生中，31人（61%）转入加州大学系统内的大学。该计划通过其研讨会和UC教授的带薪实习为参与者提供生物医学科学研究培训，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提供有偿研究学徒，激励学生继续学习，加强他们的科学学术表现，并使OCBBR参与者与UCI学生和教授建立导师/同行关系，（2）提供研讨会，其中许多涉及美国健康差距的各个方面，和讲习班在UCI和社区学院，加强学生的研究和学术表现，并熟悉他们在UCI进行的不同类型的研究和在各个研究领域的就业机会，（3）监察学生在社区学院的学业进度，并鼓励他们精益求精;及（4）在转学过程的各方面协助学生，确保他们能够转往所选择的大学。

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.