MBRS IMSD Program at the University of California Irvine

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学欧文分校（UCI） MBRS-IMSD计划的目标是增加代表性不足（UR）的本科生和研究生完成生物医学科学博士学位并进入竞争激烈的博士后职位的数量和学术成就。在过去的十年中，该项目增加了几倍的机构率，大学本科生进入博士课程毕业后和大学研究生在UCI完成博士课程的数量。项目内容包括学术准备、研究培训、密集指导和专业发展。在教师导师的指导下进行的独立付费研究是为MBRS学生准备研究生院和以研究为重点的职业生涯的核心要素。研究训练从大一开始，由参与者开发原创项目。100多名拥有资助研究项目的教师担任MBRS学员的导师。该计划提供了一系列的组成部分，以增加本科生（从大一到大四）进入生物医学科学博士课程的兴趣，动机和学术准备，包括科学课程的同伴辅导/指导计划，研讨会系列，期刊俱乐部，进度报告会议，科学交流研讨会，以及研究生院的申请。研究生部分旨在为博士研究生提供全面的培训，使其在研究生院脱颖而出。该项目为即将入学的博士研究生提供暑期研究培训，为他们的研究生核心课程做准备，为第一年之后的口试做准备，为第二年的学生准备一系列活动

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the MBRS-IMSD Program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is to increase the number and academic excellence of underrepresented (UR) undergraduate and graduate students that complete PhD degrees in biomedical sciences and advance to competitive postdoctoral positions. During the past decade, program increased by severalfold the institutional rate at which UR undergraduates enter PhD programs following graduation and the number of UR graduate students completing PhD programs at UCI. Program elements are academic preparation, research training, intense mentoring and professional development. Independent paid research conducted under the direction of faculty mentors serves as a core element to prepare MBRS students for graduate school and research-focused careers. Research training begins in the freshmen year with the development of original projects that are developed by participants. Over 100 faculty with funded research programs serve as preceptors of MBRS trainees. The program offers a series of components to increase the interest, motivation and academic preparedness of undergraduates (freshmen to seniors) to enter PhD programs in biomedical sciences, including a peer tutoring/mentoring program of science classes, a seminar series, journal club, progress report sessions, workshops on scientific communications, and application to graduate school. The graduate component is designed to provide a comprehensive training for UR Ph.D. students to excel in graduate school. The program provides summer research training for incoming UR PhD students to prepare them for the graduate core classes, a workshop to prepare oral exams after the first year, a series of activities for second year students to prepare a dissertation research project and competitive proposals for extramural funding, presentation of papers at national conferences, professional development workshops on the academic postdoctoral positions search and counseling and orientation about graduate studies and career development in a non-departmental setting.