Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学欧文分校（UCI）的学士学位后研究教育计划（PREP）旨在通过鼓励，指导和更好地准备最近的学士学位获得者，在从本科工作到研究生研究博士课程注册的关键过渡期间，增加被录取的代表性不足的少数民族研究生的数量。该项目的最终目标是培养训练有素的调查人员，以领导对少数民族和医疗服务不足人群产生不成比例影响的健康问题的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) at the University of California Irvine (UCI) aims to increase the pool of admitted underrepresented minority graduate students by encouraging, orienting and better preparing recent baccalaureate recipients during the critical transition from undergraduate work to enrollment in a graduate research doctorate program. The program ultimately aims to produce highly trained investigators to lead research in health problems that disproportionately affect minorities and the medically underserved population. During the course of the program, PREP scholars work as apprentice scientists to acquire advanced research skills and the competitiveness necessary for the successful pursuit of a graduate degree. The program also educates scholars about health disparities among minorities and motivates scholars to pursue research careers in this area. Scholars receive paid research training and practical experience in a faculty mentor's laboratory, undergraduate and graduate coursework, GRE test preparation, training in scientific writing and oral communication as well as opportunities to attend faculty seminars about health disparities and various topics in biomedical sciences.