UC Davis MARC Scholar Program

加州大学戴维斯分校 MARC 学者计划

• 批准号: 8478132
• 负责人: BARBARA Ann HORWITZ
• 金额: $ 15.57万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-06-01 至 2015-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8478132
• 关键词: Area; Biology; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Communication; Data; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Experimental Designs; Foundations; Gender; Goals; Grant; Health; Interdisciplinary Study; Measurable; NCI Scholars Program; Oral; Process; Program Development; Ramp; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Schools; Science; Series; Structure; Students; Underrepresented Minority; Ursidae Family; Writing; early experience; experience; health disparity; interest; programs; skills

The UC Davis MARC Scholars Program will prepare underrepresented minority (URM) students to enter doctoral programs in areas related to biomedical research. For this, we propose a two-pronged program: (1) the Pre-MARC component (called the UC Davis Biology Undergraduate Scholars Program or BUSP) - a professional development program for freshman and sophomore biology students thatfeatures structured and challenging academic enhancement activities, academic and personal advising, and early experience in research; and (2) the MARC Scholars Program for junior and senior level students that will build on the BUSP program and include intensive research experiences as well as a series of activities that will enhance the Scholars' oral & written communication skills; engage them in discussions of multidisciplinary research topics, research integrity, and experimental design; provide them with advice and experience in preparing oral and written scientific presentations; provide them with experience in grant writing; and provide them guidance in the graduate school application process.The overall goal of the MARC Scholars Program is to increase the number of URMs who successfully pursue PhD or MD/PhD degrees in areas of biomedical research. Our Specific (and measurable) Aims are to: (1) establish a 4 year program that will provide a strong foundation for URM students to enter and complete a PhD program in an area of biomedical science [i.e., they will graduate with at least a 3.0 GPA in a participating major, score in the top 50th percentile on the GRE, gain expertise as a student researcher with respect to understanding experimental design and data interpretation, and gain experience in presenting their research both regionally and nationally (e.g., at ABRCMS, SACNAS)]; (2) recruit and admit into the MARC program, 10junior honor URMs interested in biomedical research each year (except in year 1,when we will admit 8 students as we ramp up the program); and (3) have at least 40% of the senior MARC Scholars enter PhD (or MD/PhD) programs in biomedically related disciplines (i.e., an average of 4/year as opposed to 2.5/yrfrom the BUSP- honors program). Increasing the number of URMs involved in biomedical research is important for increasing the diversity of ideas and backgrounds brought to bear on many current health issues -- including racial and gender-related health disparities.

加州大学戴维斯分校MARC学者计划将准备代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生进入 与生物医学研究相关的博士课程。为此，我们提出了一个双管齐下的方案： (1)Pre-MARC部分（称为加州大学戴维斯分校生物学本科学者计划或BUSP）-a 专业发展计划，为大一和大二生物学生的特点结构化 具有挑战性的学术提升活动，学术和个人建议，以及早期的经验， 研究;和（2）MARC学者计划的初级和高级水平的学生，将建立在 BUSP计划，包括密集的研究经验，以及一系列的活动，将提高 学者的口头和书面沟通技巧;让他们参与多学科研究的讨论 主题，研究完整性和实验设计;为他们提供建议和经验，准备 口头和书面科学演讲;为他们提供撰写资助的经验;并为他们提供 在研究生院申请过程中的指导。MARC学者计划的总体目标是 增加在生物医学领域成功攻读博士或医学博士/博士学位的URM人数 research.我们的具体（和可衡量的）目标是：（1）建立一个4年计划，将提供一个 URM学生进入并完成生物医学科学领域博士课程的坚实基础 [i.e.,他们将以至少3.0的GPA在参与的专业毕业，得分在前50百分位的 GRE，作为学生研究员获得关于理解实验设计和数据的专业知识 解释，并获得经验，介绍他们的研究都在区域和国家（例如，在 （2）招募并录取10名对以下项目感兴趣的初级荣誉URM， 生物医学研究每年（除了在第一年，当我们将录取8名学生，因为我们坡道 （3）至少有40%的高级MARC学者进入博士（或MD/PhD）课程， 生物医学相关学科（即，平均4/年，而BUSP为2.5/年-荣誉 程序）。增加参与生物医学研究的统一资源管理的数量对于增加 各种各样的想法和背景带来了对当前许多健康问题的影响-包括种族和 与性别有关的健康差距。