York College MARC U-STAR Program

描述（由申请人提供）：约克学院/纽约市立大学的MARC U* STAR培训计划旨在培养和激励成绩优异的少数族裔本科生在毕业后进入生物医学科学博士课程，在研究生院取得成功，并进入生物医学科学博士水平的研究职业。该计划将通过学生在最后两年本科学习期间的强化培训和研究经验来实现这一目标。受训者将学习研究方法的课程，并参加为期两年的讨论会，向他们介绍目前的研究和研究技术，包括杂志俱乐部课程、讲习班和实地考察。学员还将在教师导师的直接监督下，每周工作15小时，完成导师的研究。大四前的那个夏天，学员将在一家研究密集型机构的实验室实习，并完成一次报告。在大四，学员将开展一个独立的研究项目，并进行原创研究，最终完成一篇高级荣誉论文。受训人员还将参加他/她所在学科的专业会议，制作海报并做口头报告。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MARC U* STAR Training Program at York College/CUNY is designed to train and motivate high achieving underrepresented minority undergraduates to matriculate in PhD programs in the biomedical sciences upon graduation, to succeed in graduate school and to enter PhD-level research careers in the biomedical sciences. The program will accomplish this through intensive training and experience in research during the students last two years of undergraduate study. Trainees will take a course in research methodology and participate in a two year seminar in which they will be introduced to current research and research techniques, including a journal club course, workshops and field trips. The trainees will also work 15 hours per week under direct supervision of a faculty preceptor on the preceptor's research. The summer before the senior year the trainee will intern in a laboratory at a research-intensive institution that will result in a presentation. In the senior year the trainee will develop an independent research project and conduct original research leading to a senior honors thesis. The trainee will also attend professional meetings in his/her discipline, present posters and make oral presentations.