U-RISE at UC Merced

加州大学默塞德分校的U*Rise-项目摘要 国家统计数据清楚地表明，代表人数不足的少数群体的数量存在差异。 获得生物医学或生物行为学科的更高学位。鉴于加州大学 加州大学默塞德分校(UC Merced)是一家老牌的拉美裔服务机构(HSI)，拥有 加州大学默塞德分校10所分校中，拉美裔本科生的录取率最高 是从NIH U*Rise T34培训拨款中实现最大利益的理想地点。我们的 拟议的U*Rise计划将支持以西班牙裔为主的本科生学者 考虑到我们的人口结构，但我们希望利用这个机会吸引更多来自其他地区的学生 背景，以增强我们校园的多样性，并最终增强我们训练池的多样性。因此， 我们的建议有可能产生最大的影响，帮助转变我们的多样性 本科生群体以及最终研究生队伍的多样性。数据来自 我们的校园表明有必要加强和丰富我们的量化技能 本科生通过计算和/或系统生物学方面的重点研究培训。 教师的专业知识和校外资助的历史，以支持加州大学默塞德分校的许多 计算生物学和应用数学组件使U*Rise计划专注于 在加州大学默塞德分校，量化技能具有高度相关性和可持续性。因此，U*在加州大学默塞德分校的崛起 将通过以下方式为本科生学者提供丰富的研究经验 在计算生物学和/或系统生物学领域提供独特的机会，包括 生物信息学、多种“组学”方法和大数据分析。我们的创新之处 计划的关键在于队列方法，在这种方法中，一群受训人员将在 项目和我们新颖的学习模块中。来自世界银行的强有力的机构承诺 常务副校长兼教务长，本科教育办公室，以及 本科生研究机会中心(UROC)将帮助确保培训的成功 以及我们所有学者的安置。利用其他机构资源，如加州大学默塞德分校的 健康科学研究所(HSRI)也将帮助该项目的成功。在……里面 摘要，鉴于加州大学默塞德分校的HSI状态、人口统计数据以及已证明的增强需求 以量化技能为重点的本科生学者培训使其成为一种理想的培训方式 机构建立一个可能产生很大影响的U*Rise计划。

U*RISE at UC Merced - Project Abstract National statistics clearly indicate a disparity in the number of underrepresented minorities obtaining higher degrees in biomedical or biobehavioral disciplines. Given that the University of California, Merced (UC Merced) is an established Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) with the highest percentage of Hispanic undergraduates enrolled of any of the 10 UC campuses, UC Merced is ideally situated to realize the greatest benefit from an NIH U*RISE T34 training grant. Our proposed U*RISE program will support undergraduate scholars of primarily Hispanic-descent given our demographics, but we expect to use this opportunity to attract more students from other backgrounds to enhance the diversity of our campus and ultimately of our training pool. Thus, our proposal has potential for the highest impact to help transform the diversity of our undergraduate student body and ultimately the diversity of the graduate ranks as well. Data from our campus indicate a justified need to enhance and enrich the quantitative skills of our undergraduate scholars via focused research training in computational and/or systems biology. Faculty expertise and a history of extramural funding to support UC Merced’s many computational biology and Applied Math components makes a U*RISE program focusing on quantitative skills highly pertinent and sustainable at UC Merced. Thus, U*RISE at UC Merced will emphasize providing an enriching research experience for undergraduate scholars by providing unique opportunities in computational biology and/or systems biology including bioinformatics, multiple “-omics” approaches, and big data analytics. The innovation in our program lies in the cohort approach in which cohorts of trainees will work collaboratively on projects and in our novel learning modules. The strong institutional commitment from the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, the Office of Undergraduate Education, and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) will help ensure the successful training and placement of all our scholars. Levering other institutional resources such as UC Merced’s Health Sciences Research Institute (HSRI) will also help succor the program’s successes. In summary, given UC Merced’s HSI status, demographics, and demonstrated need for enhanced training of its undergraduate scholars with a focus on quantitative skills makes it an ideal training institution to establish a U*RISE program with the potential for very high impact.