Promoting Underrepresented Minority Advancement in the Sciences (PUMAS)

项目概要/摘要 格拉德斯通寻求通过提供八个夏季研究机会来增加生物医学研究的多样性 为那些传统上在科学领域代表性不足的本科生提供服务。我们的计划， 促进在科学中代表性不足的少数民族的进步（PUMAS）的目标是：1）增加 获得理科学士学位的代表性不足的少数民族学生人数; 2） 扩大和多样化未来的研究生院的学生人数。我们的最终目标是增加 URM生物医学研究科学家数量众多。 PUMAS计划将招收两类本科生。首先，我们将招收学生参加4年制 我们的Gladstone Summer Scholars（GSS）高中实习计划将为您提供来自各大高校的实习机会。GSS 学生已经经历了一个夏天的经验，在格莱斯顿实验室工作，因此， PUMAS将重新吸引这些已经完成第一年课程的目标URM学生 本科生工作，追求他们对生物医学研究的热情。第二，我们将招收学生参加 社区学院的学生，他们打算转学到四年制大学。我们将与大学合作， 加州伯克利分校（UCB），转移联盟项目（TAP），以确定URM学生在社区学院， 旧金山弗朗西斯科/湾区。我们将寻找已经完成大部分数学和科学课程的学生 要求，并希望转移到一个科学计划在一个4年制学校。 在为期八周的时间里，PUMAS的参与者将与格莱斯顿的一位科学导师配对， 研究项目。他们将花费80%的时间进行生物医学研究，包括独立的 研究活动、一对一指导、实验室会议、科学讲座、研讨会、期刊俱乐部，以及 其他学术和专业发展活动。他们将花费20%的时间参与 补充教育活动。这包括每周研讨会的主题，如准备研究生 学校申请，格拉德生院生活的初级读本，以及一系列的公开演讲练习课程， 提高学生的科学沟通能力。PUMAS学生还将参加20小时的 实验室技能训练营和一个关于负责任的研究行为的三级系列。美洲狮 课程将以海报会议结束，学生在海报会议中描述他们的工作，假设和结果， 格莱斯顿和加州大学旧金山分校的科学界 学生对科学事业的热情必须在实验室实习期间和之后培养 体验.因此，Gladstone将继续让学生参与各种后续活动，例如 确保在格拉德斯通或其他机构连续的夏季研究经验，并帮助学生 申请大学和研究生院的竞争性奖学金。最终，目标是 增加URM学生追求生物医学研究作为职业的数量。

Program Summary/Abstract Gladstone seeks to increase diversity in biomedical research by providing eight summer research opportunities for undergraduate students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. Our program, Promoting Underrepresented Minority Advancement in the Sciences (PUMAS) aims 1) to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students who receive baccalaureate degrees in science and 2) expand and diversify the future graduate school student population. Our ultimate goal is to increase the number of well-trained URM biomedical research scientists. The PUMAS program will recruit two types of undergraduates. First, we will recruit students attending 4-year colleges and universities from our Gladstone Summer Scholars (GSS) high school internship program. GSS students have already experienced one summer experience working in Gladstone laboratories; therefore PUMAS will reengage these already targeted URM students who have completed their first year of undergraduate work to pursue their passion for biomedical research. Second, we will recruit students attending community college who intend to transfer to a 4-year university. We will partner with the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Transfer Alliance Project (TAP) to identify URM students at community colleges in the San Francisco/Bay Area. We will seek students who have completed most of their math and science requirements and are looking to transfer to a science program at a 4-year school. For eight weeks, PUMAS participants will be paired with a scientific mentor at Gladstone to work on a specific research project. They will spend 80% of their time conducting biomedical research, including independent research activities, one-on-one mentoring, laboratory meetings, scientific lectures, seminars, journal clubs, and other academic and professional development activities. They will spend 20% of their time participating in supplementary educational activities. This includes weekly workshops on topics such as preparing graduate school applications, primer on grad school life, and a series of public speaking practice sessions geared towards improving student's scientific communication skills. PUMAS students will also participate in a 20-hr Laboratory Skills Bootcamp and a three-class series on the responsible conduct of research. The PUMAS program will culminate with a poster session in which students describe their work, hypothesis and results to the scientific community at Gladstone and UCSF. A student's passion for a scientific career must be cultivated both during and after a laboratory internship experience. Thus, Gladstone will continue to engage students in a variety of follow-up activities, such as securing a successive summer research experience at Gladstone or at other institutions and assisting students with applications for competitive fellowships in both college and graduate school. Ultimately, the aim is to increase the number of URM students pursuing biomedical research as a career.