Albany State University Minority Access to Biomedical Careers - ASU MARC to

描述（由申请人提供）：奥尔巴尼州立大学（ASU）提出了“ASU MARC to BRIDGE”（其中BRIDGE指的是“为更深层次的成长和提高带来研究智能”），旨在增加攻读生物医学科学学位的少数民族学生的数量。亚利桑那州立大学计划通过多种途径实现这一目标，包括招聘有充分准备的生物、化学、数学和计算机科学专业的学生，并提供具有挑战性的学术教育准备和实习机会，以激励申请人认真追求生物医学科学事业。参与者将学习MARC的特定课程。课程将包括以下课程：研究伦理、科学传播、实验室研究技术、生物信息学和MARC研究。此外，学生将被要求遵守以下计划准则：参加校外研究。所有校外研究将在主要研究型大学或政府实验室进行；在少数民族学生生物医学研究年会（ABRCMS）研讨会和另一个国家科学会议上展示研究成果；与来自主要大学和行业的特邀研究人员参加系列学术研讨会；参加高级技能研究技术研讨会；参加由学院提供的一系列关于守门课程的教程，这些课程旨在为研究生入学加分；教师参与工作坊旨在实施创新的教学策略，以提高学生的学习。拟议的亚利桑那州立大学“从MARC到BRIDGE”计划旨在提供一系列活动，以激励和鼓励学生，并实现增加进入并成功完成博士或医学博士/博士学位的学生人数的目标。生物医学学位课程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Albany State University (ASU) proposed 'ASU MARC to BRIDGE' (where BRIDGE refers to "Bringing Research Intelligence for Deeper Growth and Exaltation") is designed to increase the number of minority students who pursue degrees in biomedical science. ASU plans to accomplish this goal through a variety of avenues that include the recruitment of well prepared Biology, Chemistry, Math and Computer Science majors and provide challenging academic education preparation and internship opportunities that would motivate applicants to seriously pursue biomedical science careers. The participants will follow a MARC specific curriculum. The curriculum will include the following courses: Research Ethics, Scientific Communication, Laboratory Research Techniques, Bioinformatics, and MARC Research. Additionally, students will be required to adhere to the following program guidelines: Participate in extramural research. All extramural research will be conducted at major research universities or governmental labs; Present their research findings at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Symposium and at another national scientific conference; Attend colloquium seminars series with invited guest researchers from major universities and industries; Attend advanced skills research technique workshops; Attend a series of tutorials on gate keeping courses offered by faculty aimed at scoring to be competitive for graduate school admission; Faculty participation in workshop aimed to implement innovative teaching strategy to improve student's learning. The proposed ASU' MARC to BRIDGE' program is designed to provide a cadre of activities that would motivate, and encourage students and bridge goal to increase the number of students who enter into and successfully complete Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree program in biomedical sciences. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed 'ASU MARC to BRIDGE' (where BRIDGE refers to "Bringing Research Intelligence for Deeper Growth and Exaltation") program will provide opportunities for the advance training of minority students. The MARC participants will be exposed to state-of-art methodologies in biomedical science research through a specialized curriculum, visiting scientist's seminars, workshops, extramural research, and attending and participating in local and national conferences. The students will have an opportunity to see visiting scientists as mentors and role models. The faculty and students may also develop their own research ideas or receive new research ideas by attending the seminars. The faculty will attend workshops aimed to implement innovating teaching pedagogies to improve student's learning. The students will be given the opportunity to present their work at scientific conferences. These efforts will lead to bridging our goal to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups in the biomedical science who enter into and successfully complete Ph.D. or M.D. /Ph.D. degree program. Publicity about the program and visiting scientists will enhance the college's visibility at the local, state, and national level.