UTSA MBRS RISE Program

UTSA MBRS RISE 计划

• 批准号: 7902246
• 负责人: EDWIN J BAREA-RODRIGUEZ
• 金额: $ 99.73万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-03-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7902246
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) requests NIH/NIGMS support to continue its successful MBRS Minority Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program. The overall goal of the UTSA RISE program is to support and train underrepresented minority (URM) students so that they enter and succeed in premier biomedical doctoral programs, which is in accordance with the mission of the MBRS/MORE/NIGMS. The hypothesis to be tested is that successful implementation and execution of program specific aims will assist our URM MBRS-RISE students to progress to higher levels of training in biomedical research. The Specific Aims are: 1) Revise and enhance the UTSA comprehensive graduate biomedical research training program to focus on URM doctoral students in Biology and extend to Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Physics; 2) Revise and enhance current undergraduate program to focus exclusively on lower division undergraduate training for Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Physics majors; and 3) Conduct effective program evaluation and refinement. Professional, laboratory and personal development and support activities will continue at all levels. Further, new leadership and writing training will be implemented. The doctoral component will be refined to accommodate the additional majors, and training in grant writing will precede mandatory submission of dissertation proposals as federal grants. The successful undergraduate training component will be enhanced by providing a progressive introduction to research and the research lab for lower division students. Transitional and innovative Bootcamp activities at the rising sophomore level will provide the firm foundation in laboratory techniques prior to them joining a laboratory. These students will continue in mentored intramural research through their sophomore year, after which they will transition into our successful MARC-U*STAR research training program. Program evaluation will be continued and refined for all activities, with an additional focus on developing effective selection criteria for freshmen who will persist in research training in the MARC-U*STAR program. This proposal is innovative because it provides a holistic approach to training students by combining academic, research, leadership, and personal development activities that will help them to develop self-confidence, career path awareness, networking skills, and research proficiency. Overall, the UTSA MBRS-RISE program is dedicated to accomplishing the long term goal of increasing the number of URM students acquiring advanced degrees in the biomedical sciences, which will allow them to advance to competitive postdoctoral positions and launch rewarding careers in biomedical research. Project Narrative: Advances in public health are preceded by breakthroughs in scientific research. Providing funding for training for researchers, and recruiting younger students, who will pursue research as a career, is a direct investment in future medical advances. Training underrepresented minorities in research is particularly critical, as these students may pursue research that will address diseases that disproportionately affect minority populations, including diabetes and high blood pressure.

描述(由申请人提供)：德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校(UTSA)请求NIH/NIGMS支持其成功的MBRS少数民族研究计划(RISE)。UTSA RISE计划的总体目标是支持和培训代表不足的少数族裔(URM)学生，使他们能够进入并成功攻读一流的生物医学博士课程，这与MBRS/MORE/NIGMS的使命一致。需要检验的假设是，项目特定目标的成功实施和执行将帮助我们的URM MBR-RISE学生进步到更高水平的生物医学研究培训。 具体目标是：1)修订和加强UTSA综合研究生生物医学研究培养计划，将重点放在生物医学博士生身上，并扩展到生物医学工程、化学、计算机科学和物理；2)修订和加强现有的本科计划，专门针对生物、化学、计算机科学和物理专业的低级本科培养；以及3)进行有效的计划评估和细化。各级将继续开展专业、实验室和个人发展和支助活动。此外，还将实施新的领导力和写作培训。博士部分将进行优化，以适应额外的专业，在强制性提交学位论文提案作为联邦拨款之前，将进行拨款撰写培训。成功的本科生培训部分将通过为低级学生提供研究和研究实验室的渐进介绍来加强。正在升入二年级的过渡性和创新性训练营活动将为他们在进入实验室之前提供坚实的实验室技术基础。这些学生将在大二期间继续进行有指导的校内研究，之后他们将过渡到我们成功的MARC-U*STAR研究培训计划。将继续对所有活动进行计划评估，并进一步注重为将坚持在MARC-U*STAR计划中进行研究性培训的新生制定有效的选择标准。这项建议具有创新性，因为它提供了一种将学术、研究、领导力和个人发展活动相结合的整体方法来培训学生，这些活动将帮助他们培养自信、职业道路意识、网络技能和研究能力。总体而言，UTSA MBRS-RISE计划致力于实现增加URM学生获得生物医学科学高级学位的长期目标，这将使他们能够晋升到竞争激烈的博士后职位，并在生物医学研究领域开始有价值的职业。 项目简介：在公共卫生领域取得进展之前，科学研究取得了突破性进展。为研究人员的培训提供资金，并招募更年轻的学生，他们将以研究为职业，这是对未来医学进步的直接投资。在研究方面培训代表性不足的少数族裔尤为关键，因为这些学生可能会选择研究那些对少数族裔人口影响不成比例的疾病，包括糖尿病和高血压。