RESEARCH IMPETUS IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AT CLARK ATL.

克拉克亚特兰大大学建议为其生物科学和化学专业的本科生和研究生制定和实施一项计划，以解决NIGMS/More科学加强研究倡议(RISE)的推动问题。RISE计划的本科生部分将为学生提供具体的丰富活动。这些课程包括：1)大学预科课程；2)关键的一年级课程(如普通生物学、普通化学)的小组复习课程；3)普通生物、普通化学、物理和微积分预科等课程的必备教程；以及4)每周一次的会议(RISE研讨会)，讨论的主题将包括适应大学生活、作为一名科学专业的挑战以及在科学领域的职业选择。这些学术充实活动将随着学生在其学术计划中的进步而改变，以便它们适合学生的发展阶段。本科生部分还将包括从大一新生后的暑期开始的研究学徒要求。这一学徒经历将包括关于具体研究技术的研讨会，以及分配给研究导师(从大二开始)实际研究表现和随后的研究报告。学术提升和研究见习相结合的目标是留住学生在科学专业轨道上，特别是在大一期间；增加申请和被研究生院录取的学生数量，以及成功完成生物医学博士学位课程的学生数量。RISE项目的研究生部分将提供一些学术充实，但主要是让学生更多地接触尖端研究技术，接触当今一些最著名的生物医学科学家，让这些学生有机会与多产的科学家一起进行研究，在各自领域的全国会议上展示他们的研究成果，并在同行评议的期刊上发表他们的结果。研究生崛起计划的目标是：1)增加完成博士项目的学生人数；2)增加发表论文的博士生人数；3)增加进入博士后培训的学位获得者人数。

Clark Atlanta University proposes to develop and implement a program addressing the impetus of the NIGMS/MORE Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) for its undergraduate and graduate students in the biological sciences and chemistry. The undergraduate component of the RISE program will provide students with specific enrichment activities. These include: 1) pre-freshman college preparatory courses; 2) group recitation sessions for key first-year courses (e.g., General Biology, General Chemistry); 3) required tutorials for courses such as General Biology, General Chemistry, Physics and Pre- calculus; and 4) a weekly meeting (RISE seminar) where topics of discussion will include adapting to college life, the challenges of being a science major, and the career options in the sciences. These academic enrichment activities will change as the student progresses through their academic programs so that they are appropriate for the developmental phase of the student. The undergraduate component will also contain a research apprenticeship requirement starting in the post-freshman summer. This apprenticeship experience will include workshops on specific research techniques and assignment to a research mentor (starting in the sophomore year) for actual research performance and subsequent research presentation. The goals of the combined academic enhancement and research apprenticeship are to retain students in the science major track especially during the freshman year; to increase the number to students who apply to and are accepted into graduate school, and to increase the number of students who successfully complete Ph.D. degree programs in the biomedical sciences. The graduate component of the RISE program will offer some academic enrichment but will mainly center on increased exposure of the students to cutting edge research technology, exposure to some of the most notable biomedical scientists today, opportunities for these student to do research with productive scientists, to present their research at national meetings in their field and to publish their results in peer-reviewed journals. The goals of the graduate RISE program are to: 1) increase the number of student who complete their Ph.D. program; 2) increase the number of publications authored doctoral students and 3) increase the number of degree recipients who enter into post-doctoral training.