Undergraduate Biomedical Research Training at UTEP

 应聘者描述：我们将寻找、培养和培训生物、化学、物理和数学等与生物医学相关的STEM专业的优秀学生，以进入强大的研究生课程，最终目标是毕业并在他们选择的领域获得博士学位。该计划将是研究密集型的，每个学生与我们最优秀的研究人员一起在一个小组中工作长达24个月，最终完成一篇研究论文的强制性写作和口头答辩。学生将被要求参加科学会议，最初以观察员的身份熟悉这种会议的文化和设计，然后向选定的科学界展示他们的研究成果。除了研究接触和培训，学生们还将有关于生物伦理学和负责任的研究行为的特别重点课程。生物伦理学课程将由哲学系的教师授课，将是一门专门针对MARC学生的课程，强度大，智力广泛，适合渴望获得博士学位和后来以研究为导向的职业生涯的学生。负责任的研究行为将成为每周一次的“研究导论”课程的一部分，并将由PD指导，作为对研究界开放的陷阱的更实际的日常调查。它将包括来自NIH研究诚信办公室和相关NSF办公室的“罪行”和“惩罚”的例子。“研究导论”课程还将包括一系列的“与学者的对话”，我们的顶尖大学学者来这里参加非正式会议，描述他们的工作，以及他们从学生到教师的个人故事，以及面临和克服的障碍。学生将被鼓励参加校外的暑期研究体验，因为我们的许多学生在我们这个有点与世隔绝的地区之外几乎没有经验，而且公认的理解是，他们的“本土”实验室、培训和个人才华使他们在研究生院具有竞争力，这对他们的发展往往非常重要。这样的体验可以是许多大学为这些学生受众组织的特殊计划；国家实验室计划，例如美国能源部、美国国防部，或研究主任做出的特殊安排。最后，我们设计了两个课程“生物信息学”和“科学创业”作为两个关键经验，以加强他们的培训和职业想法/选择。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We shall seek out, nurture, and train honors students in STEM majors related to biomedical disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics for entry into strong graduate programs with the ultimate goal of graduation with a Ph.D. degree in their chosen field. The program will be research intensive, each student working in a group with our finest research faculty for a period of up to 24 months with the experience culminating in the mandatory writing and oral defense of a research Thesis. The student will be expected to attend scientific meeting, initially as an observer to familiarize themselves with the culture and design of such meetings, and later to present their research results to the chosen scientific community. Along with the research exposure and training the students will have special focused classes on Bioethics and Responsible Conduct of Research. The Bioethics course will be taught by faculty from the Department of Philosophy and will be a specific course focused on the MARC students, intense and intellectually broad as befits students with aspirations of the Ph. D. degree and later research-oriented careers. The Responsible Conduct of Research will be part of a weekly "Introduction to Research" course and will be directed by the PD, as a more hands-on day to day inquiry into the pitfalls open to the research community. It will include examples of the "crime" and the "punishment" as evidenced from the NIH Office of Research Integrity and the related NSF office. The "Introduction to Research" class will also involve a series of "Conversations with Scholars" where our top University Scholars come for informal sessions to describe their work, and their personal stories en route from student to faculty, and the hurdles faced and overcome. The students will be encouraged to participate in a summer research experience off-campus in the knowledge that many of our students have little or no experience outside our somewhat isolated region and the received understanding that their "home" laboratory and training and personal talent makes them competitive for graduate school is often of great importance to their development. Such experiences can be special programs organized by many Universities for this student audience; National Laboratory Programs, e.g. DOE, DOD, or special arrangement made by the research director. Finally we have designed two classes "Bioinformatics" and "Entrepreneurship in Science" as two key experiences to enhance their training and career ideas/options.