Mentoring Young Minds to Increase Diversity in Biomedical Research

描述（由申请人提供）：与其他种族群体相比，生物医学科学中代表性不足的少数民族（URM）教师的数量极低。随着城市资源管理研究生和博士后研究员人数的增加，这种情况可能会得到扭转。这个应用程序的总体目标，在响应最大化学生多样性（IMSD）的倡议，是引导本科生进入博士学位。生物医学科学的课程。URM学者将在他们的本科学习中很早就参与动手实验台研究，首先作为暑期课程的一部分，在那里他们将被介绍给基本的实验室技术和科学思维。这一初步计划可能会增加URM学生在科学领域的保留（具体目标1）。暑期课程结束后，这些学生将加入实验室的成熟的调查人员谁将作为他们的导师。这些导师将进一步培养和激励学者攻读博士学位。度参与者将在他们的应用程序中得到帮助，以各种博士学位。具体目标（二）。达到最低要求的学者（GPA为3.0或以上，完成研究生课程，成绩为B或更好，以及学生导师的强烈推荐）将保证进入生物医学科学（BMS）博士学位。该计划在加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD），他们将支持两年，并在获得独立的资金，以完成他们的博士学位援助。度此外，这些学生将学习如何制定在博士后培训后获得教师职位的策略（具体目标3）。由于教育工作者是非常有影响力的榜样，直接负责的学习经验，教师的广泛的民族池是必要的，以保证在意见和经验所需的未来美国科学家的理想全面发展的财富。与其他族裔群体相比，在生物医学科学领域任职人数不足的少数族裔教师人数极低。随着URM博士人数的增加，这种情况可能会逆转。学生在生物医学科学，这是本申请的总体目标。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The number of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in biomedical sciences is extremely low in comparison with other ethnic groups. This situation could be reversed with an increase in the population of URM graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The overall objective of this application, in response to the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD), is to channel undergraduate students into Ph.D. programs in the biomedical sciences. URM scholars will be engaged very early on in their undergraduate studies in hands-on bench research, first as part of a summer program, where they will be introduced to basic laboratory techniques and scientific thinking. This initial program is likely to increase the retention of URM students in the field of science (specific aim 1). After the summer program, these students will join the laboratories of well- established investigators who will serve as their mentors. These mentors will further train and motivate the scholars to pursue Ph.D. degrees. Participants will be assisted in their applications to various Ph.D. programs (specific aim 2). Scholars that achieve a minimum of requirements (a GPA of 3.0 or above, completion of a graduate course with a grade of B or better, and a strong recommendation from the student's mentor) will have guaranteed admission into the Biomedical Science (BMS) Ph.D. program at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) where they will be supported for two years and aided in obtaining independent funding to complete their Ph.D. degrees. Moreover, these students will be educated on how to develop a strategy for obtaining faculty positions after postdoctoral training (specific aim 3). Since educators are highly influential role models and directly responsible for the learning experience, a wide ethnic pool of teachers is needed to guarantee the wealth in opinion and experience required for the desired well-rounded development of future American scientists. The number of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in biomedical sciences is extremely low in comparison with other ethnic groups. This situation could be reversed with an increase in the population of URM Ph.D. students in biomedical sciences, which is the overall objective of this application.