University of Michigan Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (UM PREP)

项目总结/摘要 密歇根大学学士后研究教育计划（UM PREP）于2009年成立。 2009年，提高代表性不足的学生成功竞争生物医学入学的能力 研究生课程，并成功地从优秀的博士学位获得博士学位。方案跨越 在全国范围内广泛的生物医学学科。通过国家卫生研究院的支持和 机构基金，UM PREP学者将接受以下方面的研究培训：1）医学生物医学科学 学校（通过生物医学科学计划，包括13个研究生学位授予计划），2） 生物医学工程通过工程学院（包括生物医学，化学，机械， 材料科学工程），3）化学、化学生物学、分子、细胞和发育生物学， 文学、科学和艺术学院的心理学，4）药物科学和医学 药学院的化学，5）公共卫生学科，包括流行病学和生物统计学， 公共卫生学院，6）人体运动学学院的人体运动科学，以及7）口腔健康 科学，感觉生物学和癌症生物学在牙科学院。密歇根大学致力于 招募各个层次的多元化和有才华的学生群体（从K-12到本科， 本科到研究生和专业课程）。这一承诺得到了一个主要的 密歇根大学校长Mark Schlissel发起的多样性努力（http：www.diversity.umich.edu）。现在 在其第五年，并由罗伯特塞勒斯博士，首席多样性官领导，密歇根大学已承诺 8500万美元用于资助各个学校，学院制定的50项计划中的2,500多项行动项目 和校园单位。自2009年成立以来，UM PREP已经培训了107名学者，目前我们正在培训 一群11名UM PREP学员。在这107名UM PREP校友中，有83人获得了博士学位。或医学博士/博士 项目（77%博士学位）入学率）。在这83名学生中，24名UM PREP校友成功地 获得了博士学位。生物医学相关领域的学位，而47名UM PREP学员正在积极追求 他们的博士学位学位（85%博士学位）留存率）。此外，UM PREP校友在以下方面非常成功： 获得10名NSF GRFP获奖者的个人奖学金，以及5名NIH博士前奖学金， 包括著名的F99/K 00奖。目前非常成功的UM的延续和扩展 密歇根大学的PREP项目，得到了医学院、工程学院、 文学，科学和艺术学院，妇女教育中心+（CEW+）和拉克姆 研究生院将为来自全国各地的有前途的UM PREP学者提供所需的准备 既要成功申请严格的研究生课程，又要在录取后取得成功。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The University of Michigan Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (UM PREP) was inaugurated in 2009 to increase the ability of underrepresented students to successfully compete for admission to biomedical research graduate programs and to succeed in obtaining doctoral degrees from excellent Ph.D. programs across a broad range of biomedical disciplines throughout the country. Through a combination of NIH support and institutional funds, UM PREP scholars will receive research training in: 1) biomedical sciences in the Medical School (through the Program in Biomedical Sciences, comprised of 13 graduate degree-granting programs), 2) biomedical engineering through the College of Engineering (including biomedical, chemical, mechanical, and materials science engineering), 3) Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and Psychology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, 4) Pharmaceutical Science and Medicinal Chemistry in the School of Pharmacy, 5) public health disciplines, including Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, 6) the science of human movement in the School of Kinesiology, and 7) oral health sciences, sensory biology and cancer biology in the School of Dentistry. The University of Michigan is committed to recruiting a diverse and talented student population at all levels (from K-12 to undergraduate, and from undergraduate to graduate and professional programs). This commitment has been highlighted by a major diversity effort initiated by University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel (http://www.diversity.umich.edu). Now in its fifth year, and led by Dr. Robert Sellers, Chief Diversity Officer, the University of Michigan has committed 85 million dollars to fund more than 2,500 action items from 50 plans developed by individual schools, colleges and campus units. Since its inception in 2009, UM PREP has trained 107 scholars, and we are currently training a cohort of 11 UM PREP trainees. Of these 107 UM PREP alumni, 83 matriculated in Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs (77% Ph.D. matriculation rate). Of those 83 matriculants, 24 UM PREP alumni have successfully obtained their Ph.D. degrees in biomedically relevant fields, while 47 UM PREP trainees are actively pursuing their Ph.D. degrees (85% Ph.D. retention rate). Further, UM PREP alumni have been extremely successful in obtaining individual fellowships with 10 NSF GRFP awardees, and five individual NIH predoctoral fellowships, including a prestigious F99/K00 award. The continuation and expansion of the current, highly successful UM PREP program at the University of Michigan, with support from the Medical School, College of Engineering, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Center for the Education of Women+ (CEW+) and the Rackham Graduate School will provide promising UM PREP scholars from around the country with the needed preparation both to apply successfully to rigorous graduate programs and to succeed once they matriculate.