UTAH - TEXAS BRIDGE TO BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS DOCTORATE

描述(由申请人提供)：这项提案将在德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校(UTB)和犹他大学(Utah University)医学院生物医学信息学(BMI)系之间建立合作伙伴关系。这一合作关系将是一个完美的选择，因为UTB是一所授予硕士学位的机构，少数族裔学生的比例很高，因此这一合作伙伴关系非常适合为代表不足的学生搭建博士学位桥梁。加州大学伯克利分校生物医学信息学系在美国少数民族学生中的代表性不足，并授予博士学位。这一合作关系将有助于为UTB学生在生物医学信息学领域竞争最激烈、最知名的博士项目之一攻读博士学位奠定基础。 生物医学信息学是一个相对较新的研究领域，但发展非常迅速。它现在被认为是必不可少的，不仅对提供高质量的医疗保健，而且对所有生物医学科学的进步都是如此。尽管高等院校的大多数学生和许多教职员工仍然不熟悉生物医学信息学领域，但它为博士水平的个人提供了许多研究、创造力和职业机会的挑战。生物医学信息学是跨学科的，因此要求成功的学生进入该学科时拥有广泛的基础基础课程。这些课程包括统计学、计算机科学、分子生物学和遗传学，以及社会和行为科学。这里提议的教育项目将为来自一个少数民族占很大比例的院校的学生奠定基础，使他们能够进入并成功完成一个至关重要、快节奏且仍处于新兴阶段的学科的博士课程。 拟议的衔接伙伴关系将：1)在德克萨斯大学和密歇根大学之间提供一个互动的硕士课程，这将使对生物医学信息学领域感兴趣的少数族裔学生做好充分的准备，以便被密歇根大学的BMI博士项目录取；2)为满足博士入学要求的学生提供接受机制和资助机制；3)密切监测学生的进步，并根据需要提供补救活动，以促进他们在项目中的成功；4)提供有效和可衡量的手段来评估该项目的成功。 这项提案将在德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校和犹他大学生物医学信息学系之间建立教育合作伙伴关系，作为博士学位计划的一部分。这项提案将教育美国在生物医学信息学领域中代表性不足的少数族裔。博士项目的一个方向是公共卫生信息学，与美国疾病控制与预防中心资助的公共卫生信息学卓越中心合作。其潜力是教育个人，他们可以在与公共卫生的许多方面相关的研究和管理方面提供帮助。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal will establish a partnership between several departments at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) and the University of Utah (U of U) Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) in the School of Medicine. The partnership would be a perfect fit under the "Bridges to the Doctorate for Underrepresented Students" because UTB is an institution granting terminal Master's degrees that has a high percentage of minority students. The U of U Department of BMI is underrepresentative of U.S. minority students and grants PhD degrees in the field of Biomedical Informatics. This partnership will help to establish a path for UTB students to move toward a doctoral degree in one of the most competitive and best known doctoral programs in Biomedical Informatics. Biomedical Informatics is a relatively new field of study, but it is growing very rapidly. It is now viewed as essential, not only to the delivery of high quality healthcare but also to the advancement of all the biomedical sciences. Although most students and many faculty members at institutions of higher learning are still unfamiliar with the field of Biomedical Informatics, it offers many challenges for research, creativity and career opportunities for individuals at the doctoral level. Biomedical Informatics is interdisciplinary, thus requiring that successful students come to the discipline with a broad base of basic courses. Such coursework includes statistics, computer science, molecular biology and genetics, as well as social and behavioral sciences. The education program proposed here will establish the groundwork to prepare students from an institution with a large percentage of underrepresented minorities for admission to and successful completion of a doctoral program in a vital, fast-paced and still-emerging discipline. The proposed bridging partnership will: 1) Provide an interactive Masters Program between UTB and the U of U which would adequately prepare minority students having an interest in the field of biomedical informatics for acceptance to the U of U BMI PhD program; 2) Provide mechanisms for acceptance and funding by the U of U BMI Department for bridging students who satisfy the PhD entrance requirements; 3) Closely monitor student progress and provide remedial activities as needed to promote their success in the program; 4) Provide an effective and measurable means of evaluating the success of the program. This proposal will establish an educational partnership between the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Utah Department of Biomedical Informatics as part of the Bridge to the Doctorate program. This proposal will educate U.S. underrepresented minorities in the field of Biomedical Informatics. One of the tracks of the doctoral program is in Public Health Informatics, in conjunction with the CDC-funded Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics. The potential is to educate individuals who can assist in research and administration related to many aspects of Public Health.