Integration of Biomedical Research into Education of Future PhD Candidates

描述(由申请者提供)：加州保利·波莫纳大学的长期目标是增加完成生物医学和行为科学博士学位课程的少数族裔学生人数。Cal Poly Pomona招收了大量未被充分代表的少数族裔学生。该计划的参与者将体验研究作为其学习和教学环境中不可或缺的一部分，因此，他们将把自己视为科学研究社区的一员。为了实现这一目标，我们开发了一个包含研讨会和研究经验的综合计划，学生可以在其中学习如何在学术上取得成功，并获得成为成功研究科学家所需的实验室技能和知识基础。一名专业评估员密切参与了提案的制定和编写，以确保在整个方案过程中整合适当的评价和评估工具。该计划分为三个部分：面向大二学生的邀请函，面向大三、大四学生的密集本科生邀请函，面向硕士研究生的密集研究生邀请函。为了实现该项目的目标，已确定了三个目标，并将其纳入不同的发展水平：1)学术支持，将侧重于发展学生在考试、学习和交流(口语、书面)方面的学术技能，以便他们能够保持博士项目接受所需的累积和科学GPA；2)研究沉浸和实验室技能发展，包括通过让学生在加州保利波莫纳大学或邻近的R1机构的教师研究导师的帮助下，在生产性研究实验室开展自己的研究项目，介绍并沉浸在科学研究中的活动；以及3)通过提供广泛背景的活动进行职业发展，参与者从中获得与博士项目相关的一般表现期望的个人知识和实践经验，包括期刊俱乐部、手稿准备、拨款撰写和他们的研究报告。RISE活动的最终结果将是学生申请几个博士生物医学研究项目，希望他们能被这些项目录取。RISE(科学加强研究倡议)的长期目标是增加进入并完成生物医学研究博士项目的少数族裔毕业生的数量。为了实现这一目标，我们设计了一个项目，为二年级、三年级、四年级和硕士学位学生提供研讨会和研究体验，强调将生物医学研究整合到他们的学习体验中的重要性。通过专注于提供学术支持、沉浸研究和实验室技能发展以及专业发展的活动，学生将逐步进入博士生物医学研究项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-range goal of the Cal Poly Pomona RISE (Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement) is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who complete Ph.D. degree programs in biomedical and behavioral sciences. Cal Poly Pomona enrolls a substantial number of underrepresented minority students. The participants of this program will experience research as an integral part of their learning and teaching environment, and as a result, they will identify themselves as members of the scientific research community. To achieve this goal, we have developed an integrated program of workshops and research experiences in which a student can learn how to be successful academically and to acquire the laboratory skills and knowledge base needed to become a successful research scientist. A professional evaluator has been intimately involved in the development and writing of the proposal to insure integration of the appropriate evaluation and assessment tools throughout the course of the program. This program is divided into three parts: Invitation for sophomores, Intensive-Undergraduate for juniors and seniors and Intensive- Graduate for MS students. To achieve the program goal, three objectives have been identified and incorporated into the different developmental levels: 1) Academic Support, which will focus on developing the students' academic skills in the areas of test-taking, studying, and communication (oral, written) so that they are able to maintain the cumulative and science GPAs necessary for Ph.D. program acceptance; 2) Research Immersion and Laboratory Skill Development which includes activities to both introduce and immerse students in scientific research by having them work on their own research project in a productive research laboratory with a faculty research mentor at Cal Poly Pomona or a neighboring R1 institution; and 3) Professional Development through activities which provide a broad context from which participants gain personal knowledge of and hands-on experience with the general performance expectations associated with Ph.D. programs including journal clubs, manuscript preparation, grant-writing, and presentation of their research. The RISE activities will culminate in the students applying to several Ph.D. biomedical research programs with the expectation of their acceptance into these programs. The long-range goal of the RISE (Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement) is to increase the number of underrepresented minority graduates who enter and complete Ph.D. programs in biomedical research. To achieve this, we have designed a program to give sophomores, juniors, seniors and Master's degrees students workshop and research experiences which emphasize the importance of integrating biomedical research into their learning experience. By focusing on activities which provide academic support, research immersion and laboratory skill development, and professional development, the students will progress toward acceptance into a Ph.D. biomedical research program.