UC Davis Biology Education Program

描述(由申请人提供)：尽管在过去的二十年里 少数民族本科生入学率较高，但仍有相当大的比例 非洲裔美国人、土著美国人、西班牙裔美国人的代表性不足， 和太平洋岛民的生物医学研究事业。解决这个问题 包括增加这些攻读博士学位的学生的数量 与生物医学相关的科学领域。在IMSD的资助下，我们开发了一套 协调一致的一系列浓缩活动，以支持和 从大一到大一，鼓励少数民族学生在学业和经济上 研究生的第二年。我们培养了卓越的学术成就 一年级本科生通过一个有组织的学术补充计划 化学和数学的课程作业，生物成功的看门人，而 更多的高级本科生参加了一系列协调一致的 旨在磨练他们的口语和书面能力的学术充实活动 交流技能，以及提高他们对生物的兴奋。 对我们本科生IMSD项目的评估表明，研究经验表明 是这些拥有生物学学位的学生毕业的关键因素 平均分为3.0分。它还表明，开始这项研究经历 大一的时候可能会让学生分心。因此，在这方面 更新建议，我们已经取消了一项研究中的新生安置 实验室，取而代之的是夏季实验室技能课程，并提供研究 为学生提供了开始二年级的机会。这些活动 将在研究人员和研究人员之间建立调查伙伴关系 本科少数民族学生，培养学生的侦查技能， 证明研究是一个可行的职业选择，并增加 有资格进入研究生院的少数民族学生。我们还将继续 为少数族裔学生提供经济、学术和个人支持 他们头两年的研究生学习。进入博士生将 参加夏季桥牌项目，包括7周的实验室轮换 有一位经验丰富的研究导师，外加每周的小组会议，旨在 提高口头和书面沟通能力，并讨论当前研究 来自校园专家的话题。这些集体活动，将持续到 研究生的第一年，将有助于铺平成功的道路 研究生院和生物医学研究职业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Although the past two decades have seen higher undergraduate enrollments of minorities, there remains significant underrepresentation of African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Pacific Islanders in biomedical research careers. Solving this problem involves increasing the number of these students who pursue doctoral programs in sciences related to biomedicine. With IMSD funding, we have developed a coherent, coordinated series of enrichment activities which support and encourage minority students academically and financially from freshman through the second year of graduate school. We have cultivated academic excellence in freshman undergraduates through a structured academic program of supplemental course work in chemistry and math, gate-keepers to success in biology, while more advanced undergraduates have participated in a series of coordinated academic enrichment activities designed to hone their oral and written communication skills as well as enhance their excitement about biology. Evaluation of our undergraduate IMSD program indicates that research experience is a critical factor for graduation of these students with a degree in Biology and a 3.0 average. It also suggests that beginning this research experience during the freshman year can be a distraction to the students. Thus, in this renewal proposal, we have eliminated the placement of freshmen in a research lab, substituting a summer lab skills course instead, and providing research opportunities for the students starting their sophomore year. These activities will create investigative partnerships between research faculty and undergraduate minority students, develop the students' investigative skills, demonstrate that research is a viable career option, and increase the number of minority students eligible for graduate school. We will also continue to provide financial, academic, and personal support to minority students during their first 2 years of graduate study. Entering doctoral students will participate in a summer bridge program involving a 7 week laboratory rotation with an experienced research mentor plus weekly group meetings designed to enhance oral and written communication skills and to discuss current research topics from campus experts. These group activities, which will continue through the first year of graduate school, will help smooth the way for success in graduate school and biomedical research careers.