PARTNERING TO A BIOMEDICAL PHD

UTMB生物医学科学研究生院提出了一项合作计划，以增加入学并获得博士学位的少数民族学生的数量。 该计划与6所机构合作，其中4所在德克萨斯州，2所在路易斯安那州，其学生总数超过36，000名本科生，其中70%是服务不足的少数民族学生。 该计划代表了对国家和国家生物医学研究人员多样性需求的增加。 该计划利用现有的GSBS特殊招聘策略，包括年度本科生研究研讨会（URS）和年度夏季本科生研究计划（SURP）。 扩大参与的学生从合作学校在URS作为特邀嘉宾，并在SURP作为暑期研究员建议。该计划的其他主要特点包括：1）通过新的通用入学计划进入合作学校的本科生进入GSBS; 2）实施灵活，可选的过渡轨道第一年课程，为可能需要的学生提供额外的准备和特殊学习技能; 3）密切个别指导，以最大限度地提高成功保留和完成博士学位的机会;职业发展计划和活动，使学生个人丰富的技能，准备他们有竞争力的后续博士后培训和最终就业。 该计划还提供合作学校教师和GSBS教师之间的协作互动，这将有利于和丰富两者。 其中包括：1）合作伙伴教师在URS的额外参与; 2）在UTMB为合作伙伴教师的休假研究机会; 3）由GSBS计划核心教师访问合作伙伴学校给研究研讨会，是客座教师，并与学生对话的机会生物医学研究提出作为一种职业选择。 从最初接触到最终就业的学生的广泛结果分析和跟踪将用于监测该计划的成功。

The UTMB Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences proposes a Partnering Program to increase the number of underserved minority student who enroll and graduate with a PhD. The Program partners with 6 institutions, 4 in Texas and 2 in Louisiana whose combined student body is over 36,000 undergraduates, 70 percent of whom are underserved minority students. The Program represents a response to the increased need for diversity in the biomedical research workforce of the state and the nation. The Program utilizes existing GSBS special recruitment strategies, including the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) and the annual Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP). Expanded participation of students from partnering schools in the URS as special guests and in SURP as summer researchers is proposed. Additional key features of the Program include: 1) Entry of partner school undergraduates into the GSBS through a new Generic Admission Program; 2) Implementation of a flexible, optional Transition Track first year curriculum which provides additional preparation and special study skills for students who may need them; 3) Close individual mentoring to maximize opportunities for successful retention and completion of the PhD; and 4) Career development programs and activities to give students personal enrichment skills that prepare them to be competitive for subsequent postdoctoral training and eventual employment. The Program also offers collaborative interactions between partnering school faculty and GSBS faculty that will benefit and enrich both. These include: 1) Additional participation of partner faculty in the URS; 2) Sabbatical research opportunities at UTMB for partner faculty; 3) Visits by the GSBS Program core faculty to partner schools to give research seminars, be guest teachers, and dialog with students about the opportunities biomedical research presents as a career option. Extensive outcomes analysis and tracking of students from initial contact to eventual employment will be used to monitor success of the Program.