University of California, Santa Cruz, IMSD Program

描述（由申请人提供）：UCSC IMSD计划的主要目标是增加在生物医学科学及相关领域获得博士学位的代表性不足的少数民族学生的数量。我们打算通过关注两个学生群体来做到这一点。一是增加攻读博士学位的本科生数量。其次，我们需要继续扩大少数民族学生在我们自己的博士课程的数量。在过去的二十年中，我们的校园每年都使IMSD/MBRS参与者的数量翻了一番，这些参与者已经完成了博士学位。在未来的十年里，我们需要继续提高博士学位的获得率。我们的主要目标是：1）在未来十年内培养70名博士，在未来四年内达到28名的里程碑。这将通过我们的本科生在其他大学完成研究生课程的组合，并通过我们自己的博士课程的扩展来实现。2)我们的目标是在未来4年年底有50名学生进入博士课程。3)我们希望在整个校园增加生物医学科学的少数民族研究生的数量。美国国家科学基金会2006年的数据显示，4.7%的博士学位和8.8%的学位授予了西班牙裔、非洲裔和土著美国人。在IMSD的支持下，我们可以做得更好。对于我们的校园，我们已经设定了一个目标，即20%的学位授予美国公民被授予少数民族学生。我们计划的主要组成部分是：一，密集的暑期培训计划;二，沉浸在教师的研究计划在学年本科生;三，每周的研究报告课程，为所有参与者;四，办公室和支持人员提供学术指导，个人咨询和职业建议;五，“卓越辅导”计划;和vi，一个综合性的研究生课程，既使用和增强本科课程的元素。最重要的是，我们试图建立一个教师，工作人员和学生的社区，相互支持，并共同致力于显着增加在生物医学研究中代表性不足的少数民族的参与。 公共卫生相关性：该补助金支持的学生将从事各种生物医学相关的研究项目。在大多数情况下，他们的导师将是NIH R 01资助的主要研究者。然而，该项目的主要目标是培养少数民族学生从事生物医学科学的研究工作。如果我们要满足所有居住在这里的人的医疗需求，美国的研究科学家社区必须更能代表我们国家的多样化人口。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of the UCSC IMSD Program is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who receive the PhD in the biomedical sciences and related fields. We intend to do this by focusing on two populations of students. First, we need to increase the number of undergraduate students who pursue and obtain the PhD. Second, we need to continue to expand the numbers of minority students in our own PhD programs. In each of the last two decades our campus has doubled the number of IMSD/MBRS participants that have gone on to complete the PhD. In the upcoming decade we need to continue to increase the rate of PhD achievement. Our major objectives are 1) to produce 70 PhDs in the next decade with a milestone of 28 in the next 4 years. This will be achieved by a combination of our undergrads completing graduate programs at other universities and by the expansion of our own PhD programs. 2) We aim to have 50 students in the PhD pipeline at the end of the next 4 years. 3) We want to increase the number of minority graduate students in the biomedical sciences for our whole campus. Data from the NSF for 2006 showed that 4.7% of all Ph.D.s and 8.8% of degrees to US citizens were awarded to Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans. With IMSD support we can do much better. For our campus we have set a target of 20 % of degrees to US citizens being awarded to minority students. The major components of our program are: i, an intensive summer training program; ii, immersion of undergraduates in faculty research programs during the academic year; iii, a weekly Research Reports course for all participants; iv, an office and support staff to provide academic guidance, personal counseling, and career advice; v, a "tutoring for excellence" program; and vi, a comprehensive graduate program that both uses and enhances elements of the undergraduate program. Most importantly, we try to build a community of faculty, staff, and students that support each other and share a commitment to significantly increasing the participation of underrepresented minorities in biomedical research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The students supported by this grant will be working on a wide variety of biomedically related research projects. In most cases their mentors will be principal investigators for NIH R01grants. However, the primary goal of the project is to prepare minority students for research careers in the biomedical sciences. The community of research scientists in the USA must become more representative of the diverse population of) our country if we are to meet the medical needs of all who live here.