Minority Bridges Program

描述（由申请人提供）：该桥梁方案已实施五年。自成立以来，我们已经吸引了52名学生参加该计划，我们建议在未来三年内再增加30名学生。迄今取得的成果非常令人鼓舞。11名布里奇斯研究员已经进入范德比尔特博士课程;一名已经毕业，几名即将毕业，目前所有人的声誉都很好。14名研究员将在即将到来的一年进入范德比尔特大学或其他一流研究生院的跨学科研究生课程（IGP），化学和物理生物学课程（CPB）或医学科学家培训课程（MSTP）。我们的10名桥梁学生在其他地方的博士课程。两名研究员正在接受住院医师培训，两名在医学院学习。两名研究员选择了工业或政府部门的其他科学背景，11名研究员尚未决定职业道路。一些尚未决定的研究员可能会进入博士课程，我们定期与他们中的大多数人通信。对于那些参加研究生课程的学生，我们没有记录任何自然减员的情况。桥梁计划对我们的学生产生了显着的影响。桥梁确保深入接触生物医学研究，并提供了许多丰富的机会，如伦理讲座和讨论，GRE准备班，交流课程和高级研讨会，这有利于在科学调查职业生涯的准备。在我们最初的提案和最后一次更新的提案中，我们概述了具体目标，以实现我们增加少数民族参与生物医学研究的目标。这些目标概括如下，与评论报告我们的努力和成就，并为确保我们的学生的成功新思路。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Bridges Program has been in operation for five years. Since its inception, we have brought 52 students into the Program, and we propose that another 30 students join during the next three-year period. The results thus far are very encouraging. Eleven Bridges Fellows have entered Vanderbilt PhD programs; one has graduated, several are about to graduate, and all are currently in good standing. Fourteen Fellows are in line for entry in the upcoming year into the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP), Chemical & Physical Biology Program (CPB), or Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at Vanderbilt University or other front-ranked graduate schools. Ten of our Bridges students are in PhD programs elsewhere. Two Fellows are in residency training, and two are in medical school. Two Fellows have chosen other science settings in industry or government, and eleven have not yet decided on a career path. Some of the undecided will probably enter PhD programs, and we correspond regularly with most of them. For those students enrolled in graduate programs we record no instances of attrition. The Bridges Program has had a marked influence on our students. Bridges insures an in-depth exposure to biomedical research and provides numerous enrichment opportunities, such as ethics lectures and discussions, GRE preparation classes, communication courses, and advanced seminars, which facilitate preparation for a career in scientific investigation. In our initial proposal and the last renewal of that proposal, we outlined Specific Aims to achieve our goal of increasing minority participation in biomedical research. These aims are recapitulated below, with comments reporting on our efforts and accomplishments, and new ideas for ensuring the success of our students.