Bridges to the Doctorate between UDC and LCCC

描述(由申请人提供)：哥伦比亚特区大学(UDC)和乔治敦大学医学中心，隆巴迪综合癌症中心(LCCC)提议建立一个通往博士学位的桥梁，该桥梁将建立在目前由于NH/NCI P20和U56资助而存在的成功合作伙伴关系的基础上。UDC癌症生物学、预防和控制硕士学位课程是U56资助的产物，由UDC和LCCC联合授课。为了帮助减轻沉重的癌症负担对哥伦比亚特区的影响，设立了硕士学位课程，为将获得LCCC或类似机构肿瘤生物学课程录取的有竞争力的少数族裔学生提供服务。根据NIH对博士学位课程的要求，我们提出了以下目标，以增强学生的概念学习和技能：(1)通过启动课程强化活动，解决技术的使用、社区推广、课堂环境中的专业专家和基于研究的教学，开发和实施具有高度竞争力的课程。(2)通过参加科学会议、研究技能工作坊、杰出讲座和相关研讨会，提高学生的学习成绩。每个学生都将成为其中一个过渡兴趣小组(TRIG)的成员，该小组为学生提供机会，让他们接受来自两所院校的高水平学生和教职员工的指导。(3)为每一名硕士学生提供在乔治敦大学研究密集型实验室的暑期研究体验。第二个目标是通过STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学/NSF)研究和培训中心和HCOP(健康职业)与UDC的生物和环境科学系合作，建立硕士预科课程，但没有申请资金 机会计划/HRSA)，以增加准备充分的生物学专业学生的数量，并为硕士和博士学位课程提供一批学生。博士学位项目的目标是从硕士项目毕业，这些学生能够被LCCC或类似机构录取，并最终成为最适合将癌症生物学、预防和控制方法转化为研究的生物医学科学家，这些研究将有助于减轻影响少数族裔人口的沉重癌症负担。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and the Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) propose to establish a Bridges to the Doctorate that will be built upon the successful partnership that currently exist due to NH/NCI P20 and U56 funding. A UDC Masters Degree Program in Cancer Biology, Prevention and Control, an outgrowth from the U56 grant, is jointly taught by UDC and LCCC. To help alleviate the heavy cancer burden the impacts the District of Columbia, the Masters Degree Program was established to provide competitive minorities students who will gain admission to the Tumor Biology Program at LCCC or similar institutions. Consistent with the NIH requirements for the Bridges to the Doctorate Program, we propose the following objectives to augment the students conceptual leaning and skills: (1) To develop and implement a highly competitive curriculum by initiating curricular enhancement activities that address the use of technology, community outreach, professional experts in a classroom setting, and research-based instruction. (2) To improve the academic performance of students by having them attend scientific meetings, research skills workshops, distinguished lectures, and relevant seminars. Each student will become a member of one of the Transition Interest Groups (TRIGs) which provide opportunities for students to receive mentoring from upper level students and faculty from both institutions. (3) To provide each Masters Degree student with a summer research experience in a research-intensive laboratory at Georgetown University. A secondary objective, for which funds are not requested, will establish a Pre-Masters Program by working in conjunction with the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at UDC through the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics /NSF) Research and Training Center and the HCOP (Health Careers Opportunity Program /HRSA) to increase the number of well prepared students majoring in Biology and to provide a pool of students for the Masters and the Bridges to the Doctorate Programs. The goal of the Bridges to the Doctorate Program is to graduate from the Masters Program, students who are able to gain admission to LCCC or similar institution and eventually become biomedical scientists best suited to translate cancer biology, prevention and control methods into research that will help alleviate the heavy cancer burden impacting minority populations.