UDC/LCCC Bridges to the Doctorate

描述（由申请人提供）：哥伦比亚特区大学（UDC）和乔治城大学医学中心，伦巴第综合癌症中心（LCCC）提议继续参与博士学位桥梁项目，该项目建立在目前由NIH/NCI p20和U56资助的成功合作伙伴关系的基础上。UDC癌症生物学预防与控制硕士学位课程是U56基金的一个成果，由UDC和LCCC联合教授。为了帮助减轻影响哥伦比亚特区的沉重癌症负担，建立了硕士学位课程，为有竞争力的少数民族学生提供知识和信心，使他们能够从硕士课程无缝过渡到有竞争力的博士课程。根据美国国立卫生研究院对博士课程桥梁的要求，我们提出以下目标，以增强学生的概念学习和技能。(1)在硕士课程中更新和实施高度竞争的课程，并提供课前强化课程（pce），以传授背景知识，帮助掌握以前对类似学生造成困难的课程材料；(2)通过让学生参加和出席期刊俱乐部和地方和国家科学会议、参加研究技能和教育讲习班、参加杰出的系列讲座和参加过渡兴趣小组来提高学业成绩；(3)为每位硕士生提供在研究密集型实验室进行暑期研究的机会(4)为LCCC的两名教师提供在UDC担任客座教授的机会。博士衔接课程的目标是培养硕士水平的学生，使他们能够进入LCC或类似机构的博士课程，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。

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.