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）和乔治城大学医学中心、伦巴第综合癌症中心（LCCC）提议建立一座通往博士学位的桥梁，该桥梁将建立在成功的基础上目前由于NH/NCI P20和U 56资助而存在的合作伙伴关系。UDC癌症生物学，预防和控制硕士学位课程是U 56赠款的产物，由UDC和LCCC共同教授。为了帮助减轻沉重的癌症负担的影响哥伦比亚特区，硕士学位课程的建立，以提供有竞争力的少数民族学生谁将获得录取到肿瘤生物学计划在LCCC或类似机构。与美国国立卫生研究院的桥梁博士学位课程的要求一致，我们提出了以下目标，以增加学生的概念学习和技能：（1）开发和实施一个高度竞争力的课程，通过启动课程增强活动，解决技术的使用，社区推广，专业专家在课堂上设置，和研究为基础的教学。(2)通过让学生参加科学会议，研究技能研讨会，杰出的讲座和相关研讨会来提高学生的学业成绩。每个学生都将成为过渡兴趣小组（TRIG）的成员之一，为学生提供机会，接受来自两个机构的高水平学生和教师的指导。(3)为每个硕士学位的学生在乔治敦大学的研究密集型实验室提供夏季研究经验。次要目标（不需要资金）将通过STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学/NSF）研究和培训中心与UDC生物和环境科学系合作建立硕士预科项目和HCOP（健康职业 机会计划/HRSA），以增加生物学专业准备充分的学生人数，并为硕士和博士学位课程的桥梁提供学生。桥梁博士课程的目标是从硕士课程毕业，学生能够获得LCCC或类似机构的录取，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，这将有助于减轻影响少数民族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.