NCCU-WFU BIOMEDICAL BRIDGE TO THE Ph.D. PARTNERSHIP

描述（由申请人提供）：这是第一个桥梁的竞争延续博士学位。北卡罗来纳州中央大学（NCCU）硕士学位之间的生物医学科学研究生培训合作伙伴关系。和维克森林大学（WFU）博士程序.在第一轮资助中，我们在NCCU建立了这个项目，以支持四到六个硕士。学生在生物学（特别是在心血管和神经药理学研究），并已成功地发送我们的第一个桥梁硕士。在生物学毕业到WFU生理学和药理学博士。程序.我们现在提出了一个目标，即扩大两个合作机构的学习学科，并制定机制，促进我们学生学术培训两个阶段之间的平稳过渡。目标1建议扩大NCCU的计划，以接纳参与该机构正在开发的越来越多的研究学科的学生。这将作为NCCU正式开发化学MS内的生物化学内部未成年人完成。计划，并开发癌症生物学，生物信息学和生物加工的高级研究生课程。目标2建议扩大WFU的参与方案。这将通过纳入完善的博士学位来实现。生物化学，癌症生物学，神经科学，分子和细胞病理学。目标3建议加强向博士学位的过渡。学生阶段。这将通过促进学生参与NCCU和专业协会项目（其中培养学生研究沟通技能），并在WFU为学生在完成硕士学位期间纳入研究轮换模块来实现阶段，并继续发展研究合作的教师在两个机构，可以促进学生与研究人员在博士的互动。在进入Ph.D.之前，训练的阶段。在下一轮融资中，我们预计将能够支持6个M.S.学生通过两到三年的MS。研究生研究助学金和学费，送两个博士学位-每年指导本科生到WFU进行密集的夏季研究体验，并支持每个学生前往专业协会会议展示他们的工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the first competitive continuation of a Bridge to the Ph.D. graduate training partnership in the biomedical sciences between North Carolina Central University (NCCU) M.S. and Wake Forest University (WFU) Ph.D. programs. In the first cycle of funding, we built the program at NCCU to support four to six M.S. students in Biology (particularly in cardiovascular and neuropharmacology research), and have successfully sent our first Bridge M.S. in Biology graduate to the WFU Physiology and Pharmacology Ph.D. program. We now propose a goal to expand the disciplines of study at both partner institutions and to develop mechanisms to foster a smoother transition between the two phases of academic training for our students. Aim 1 proposes to expand the program at NCCU to embrace students participating in the expanding number of research disciplines that are being developed at this institution. This will be accomplished as NCCU formally develops an internal minor in biochemistry within the Chemistry M.S. program, and develops advanced graduate coursework in cancer biology, bioinformatics and bioprocessing. Aim 2 proposes to expand the participating programs at WFU. This will be accomplished with the inclusion of the well established Ph.D. programs in Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, and Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology. Aim 3 proposes to strengthen transition to the Ph.D. phase for students. This will be accomplished by fostering student participation in NCCU and professional society programs in which student research communications skills are developed, by incorporating research rotation modules at WFU for students during the completion of their M.S. phase, and by continuing to develop research collaborations between the faculty at the two institutions that can facilitate student interactions with researchers at the Ph.D. institution prior to entering the Ph.D. phase of the training. In the next cycle of funding, we expect to be able to support six M.S. students through two to three years of M.S. graduate research assistantships with tuition, send two Ph.D.-directed undergraduate students per year to WFU for an intensive summer research experience, and support travel for each student to a professional society meeting to present their work.