York College MARC U-STAR Program

描述(由申请者提供)：约克大学/纽约州立大学的MARC U*STAR培训计划旨在培训和激励成绩优异的少数族裔本科生毕业后攻读生物医学博士课程，在研究生院取得成功，并进入生物医学科学博士水平的研究生涯。该计划将通过强化培训和学生在本科学习的最后两年的研究经验来实现这一点。受训者将参加一门研究方法课程，并参加为期两年的研讨会，在研讨会上，他们将被介绍当前的研究和研究技术，包括期刊俱乐部课程、讲习班和实地考察。受训者还将在教员导师的直接监督下，每周工作15个小时。高三之前的那个夏天，实习生将在一家研究密集型机构的实验室实习，这将导致一次演讲。在四年级，学员将开发一个独立的研究项目，并进行原创性研究，从而获得高级荣誉论文。学员还将参加他/她所在专业的专业会议，展示海报和口头陈述。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MARC U* STAR Training Program at York College/CUNY is designed to train and motivate high achieving underrepresented minority undergraduates to matriculate in PhD programs in the biomedical sciences upon graduation, to succeed in graduate school and to enter PhD-level research careers in the biomedical sciences. The program will accomplish this through intensive training and experience in research during the students last two years of undergraduate study. Trainees will take a course in research methodology and participate in a two year seminar in which they will be introduced to current research and research techniques, including a journal club course, workshops and field trips. The trainees will also work 15 hours per week under direct supervision of a faculty preceptor on the preceptor's research. The summer before the senior year the trainee will intern in a laboratory at a research-intensive institution that will result in a presentation. In the senior year the trainee will develop an independent research project and conduct original research leading to a senior honors thesis. The trainee will also attend professional meetings in his/her discipline, present posters and make oral presentations.