Bridges to the Doctorate Program at Cal State LA

少数群体成员在国家生物医学研究企业中的参与不足， 大量人才的流失，这些人才没有被应用于解决国家许多生物医学领域的问题。 问题作为这种情况的部分解决方案，洛杉矶盆地的三个机构提出了一个 加州州立大学洛杉矶分校（B2D@CSLA）博士学位合作桥梁计划，以增加 少数民族优秀博士生生物医学科学的课程。这将通过增加 将少数民族学生从少数民族机构的强大MS课程转移到主要的博士课程 研究型大学。这些机构是加州州立大学，洛杉矶（加州州立大学洛杉矶分校），少数 授予MS作为其最高科学学位的机构，以及两个授予博士学位的主要研究 研究机构：洛杉矶加州大学（UCLA）和欧文加州大学。我们 建议每年培训一批25名少数民族学生在加州州立大学洛杉矶分校攻读硕士学位， 旨在提高他们的学术和研究成果的计划;将他们融入更广泛的 南加州生物医学研究社区;使他们接触到广泛的生物医学科学， 科学家;提高他们的转移率博士课程;并建立他们最终的基础 在生物医学科学领域的成功研究生涯。B2D@CSLA寻求进一步建立一个 在加州州立大学洛杉矶分校的环境，模仿在许多重要方面的博士课程：我们提供了一个强大的， 基于实验室的MS研究环境，研究员的研究兴趣驱动他们在实验室的位置。 我们为研究员设计了一个学术计划，以克服他们本科记录中的缺陷。我们 每月聘请特定学科的期刊俱乐部的研究员接受培训，在批判性分析的原始 研究文献我们举办三个强大的，每周科学研讨会系列整个学年， 为研究员和教师提供与博士授予机构的学术科学家互动的机会。 我们为研究员提供密切的指导，指导他们完成学术过程-指导 由一个本身由少数群体成员充分代表的学院提供。这些最佳做法， 并由NIH资助的学生培训计划制度化，使加州州立大学洛杉矶分校成为一个备受尊敬的 吸引大洛杉矶地区的少数民族科学毕业生获得他们的硕士学位，并继续 博士学位。该提案旨在从两个部门扩展加州州立大学洛杉矶分校的这些最佳实践 六个部门，从一个学院到三个学院，从6名学生到25名学生。

The under-participation of minority group members in the nation's biomedical research enterprise represents the loss of a large talent pool that has not been applied towards the solution of the Nation's many biomedical problems. As a partial solution to this situation, three institutions in the Los Angeles basin propose a collaborative Bridge to the Doctorate at Cal State LA (B2D@CSLA) program to increase the number of talented minority students in Ph.D. programs in the biomedical sciences. This will be done by increasing the transfer of minority students from strong MS programs at a minority institution into PhD programs at major research universities. These institutions are California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), a minority institution which awards the MS as its highest science degree, and two PhD-granting major research institutions: the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of California at Irvine. We propose to train each year a group of 25 minority students pursuing the MS degree at Cal State LA in a program designed to enhance their academic and research achievement; integrate them into the broader Southern California biomedical research community; expose them to a broad range of biomedical sciences and scientists; enhance their transfer rate to PhD programs; and establish the foundation for their eventual successful research careers in the biomedical sciences. B2D@CSLA seeks to further an established environment at Cal State LA that mimics a doctoral program in many important respects: We provide a strong, lab-based M.S. research environment where the research interests of the Fellows drive their placement in labs. We design an academic plan for the Fellows that overcomes deficiencies in their undergraduate records. We employ monthly discipline-specific journal clubs for Fellows to be trained in critical analysis of the original research literature. We host three strong, weekly science seminar series throughout the academic year that provide opportunities for Fellows and faculty to interact with academic scientists from PhD-granting institutions. And we provide close mentoring to our Fellows to guide them through the academic process—mentoring provided by a faculty that is itself well represented by minority group members. These best practices, initiated and institutionalized by NIH-funded student training programs, have made Cal State LA a well-respected magnet for minority science graduates in the Greater Los Angeles area to earn their MS degrees and proceed to the PhD degree. This proposal seeks to expand these best practices at Cal State LA from two departments to six departments, from one College to three Colleges, and from 6 students to 25 students.