UDC/LCCC Bridges to the Doctorate

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)提议继续参与建立在NIH/NCI P20和U56资助下目前存在的成功合作伙伴关系的博士学位桥梁项目。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。为了帮助减轻影响哥伦比亚特区的沉重癌症负担，设立了硕士学位课程，为有竞争力的少数族裔学生提供知识和信心，使他们能够从这个MS课程无缝过渡到有竞争力的博士学位课程。为了符合NIH对博士学位项目的要求，我们提出了以下目标，以增强学生的概念学习和技能。(1)更新和实施硕士课程中竞争激烈的课程，并提供课程前增强器(PCE)，以便传授背景知识，帮助掌握以前对类似学生造成困难的课程中的材料；(2)通过让学生参加并出席期刊俱乐部和地方和国家科学会议来提高学业成绩，参加研究技能和教育研讨会，以及属于过渡兴趣小组(TRIG)的杰出讲座系列，这是一个学生指导小组，(3)为每名硕士学生提供在研究密集的实验室进行暑期研究的经验(4)，为LCCC的两名教员提供机会，担任UDC的客座教授。博士桥计划的目标是培养能够被LCC或类似机构的博士项目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有助于缓解健康差距的研究的生物医学科学家的硕士研究生。 哥伦比亚特区大学(UDC)和乔治城大学医学中心、隆巴迪综合癌症中心(LCCC)提议继续参与建立在NIH/NCI P20和U56资助下目前存在的成功合作伙伴关系基础上的博士学位之桥。该提案将促进倡议、战略和活动，以增加从事癌症研究的少数族裔学生的数量。这些少数民族癌症研究人员的涌入将有助于缓解美国的健康差距。

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 continue their participation in the Bridges to the Doctorate that has been built upon the successful partnership that currently exist due to an NIH/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 that impacts the District of Columbia, the Masters Degree Program was established to provide competitive minorities students with knowledge and confidence that will allow for seamless transition from this MS program to a competitive Doctorate Program. Consistent with the NIH requirements for the Bridges to the Doctorate Program, we propose the following objectives to augment the students' conceptual learning and skills. (1) update and implement a highly competitive curriculum in the Masters Program and provide pre-course enhancers (PCEs) in order to impart background to help master material found in courses that have previously caused difficulty to similar students, (2).To improve academic performance by having students attend and present at journal club and local and national scientific meetings, participate in research skills and education workshops, and a distinguished lectures series and belong to a Transition Interest Groups (TRIGs), a student-mentoring group,(3) To provide each Masters student with a summer research experience in a research-intensive laboratory (4) to provide an opportunity for two faculty members from the LCCC to serve as visiting professors at UDC. The goal of the Bridges to the Doctorate Program is to graduate Master-level students who are able to gain admission to PhD programs at LCC or similar institution and eventually become biomedical scientist best suited to translate cancer biology, prevention, and control methods into research that will help alleviate health disparities. The University of the District of Columbia(UDC) and the Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center(LCCC) propose to continue their participation in the Bridges to the Doctorate that has been built upon the successful partnership that currently exist due to an NIH/NCI p20 and U56 funding. The proposal will promote initiatives, strategies, and activities that will increase the number of minority students pursuing careers in cancer research. The influx of these minority cancer researchers will help alleviate health disparities in the nation.