Bridges to the Doctorate

描述(由申请人提供)：这项建议是为竞争续签UMD的桥梁到博士学位。已建立的博士桥项目通过硕士研究生项目将明尼苏达大学德卢斯分校(UMD)与明尼苏达双城大学(UMTC)的博士项目结合在一起。该博士生计划将每年为四名学生提供支持，让他们在密歇根大学攻读生物学、化学、生物化学、生理学、药理学或毒理学的硕士学位。重点将放在学生被同时录取到硕士和博士研究生项目上。一旦学生完成了他们的硕士学位，他们将准备进入UMTC的博士课程。UMD已经设立了一系列研讨会，以展示UMTC的不同博士项目。研究生院主任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教职员工的会议将提供有关预期项目的信息，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。通过将目标博士项目的一名成员纳入UMTC，将促进博士项目的无缝转移。UMD的其他研究生培训将包括开发两门学分课程：1)关键概念，以促进对健康问题的学术研究；2)研究中的负责任行为，以促进道德行为和探索 生物医学研究中的哲学概念。该计划目标是将至少两个 每年都有学生进入UMTC的生物医学研究研究生项目。这些学生将成为 建立在侦查工作的原则上，科学的方法，并欣赏 研究少数群体健康差距的重要性。

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.