MBRS IMSD UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案旨在继续支持umdnj -罗格斯大学管道项目，以帮助代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生进入生物医学研究领域。中心目标1是增加在生物医学研究相关领域获得博士学位的URM学生的数量，然后从事研究工作。主要活动是本科生住宿夏季研究项目（“RISE at Rutgers/UMDNJ”）和URM研究生的培训，这些研究生在分子生物科学领域竞争激烈的研究生课程的核心课程中增加了灵活性和增强了支持服务，包括UMDNJ和罗格斯大学。我们将继续维护和完善这些项目。我们还将专注于吸引更多的罗格斯大学马里兰大学本科生参加暑期RISE项目或在其他机构的暑期研究经历，以及参加学年项目，该项目支持罗格斯大学马里兰大学的学生在学年期间进行研究。对于博士生，我们的目标是提高他们的表现，特别是通过增加对同伴辅导和认知技能评估的利用。我们也在探索增加课程灵活性的方法，以更好地满足学员的不同兴趣。目标二是鼓励和支持罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊医学院（RWJMS）的URM医科学生成为医师科学家。我们将继续为医学生在学年和夏季进行研究提供支持。我们还将增加医学博士/博士的机会和吸引力。程序。通过博士、医学博士或医学博士/博士学位，对URM学生进行生物医学研究职业培训。路径，满足国家对更多和更好的科学家的需求，在一个更多样化的生物医学研究环境中，同时服务于我们大学的战略目标，使学生和教师更多样化。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is for continued support of the UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program for assisting underrepresented minority (URM) students to enter careers in biomedical research. The central Goal 1 is to increase the number of URM students who obtain the Ph.D. degree in a field related to biomedical research, and who then pursue research careers. The principal activities are a residential summer research program for undergraduates ("RISE at Rutgers/UMDNJ") and the training of URM graduate students who have increased flexibility and enhanced support services in the Core Curriculum of the highly competitive Graduate Programs in the Molecular Biosciences, involving both UMDNJ and Rutgers. We will maintain and continue to refine these programs. We will also focus on attracting additional Rutgers URM undergraduates into the summer RISE program or summer research experiences at other institutions, and into the Academic Year Program that supports URM students performing research during the academic year. For Ph.D. students, our goals are to improve their performance, particularly through increased utilization of Peer Tutoring and Cognitive Skills assessments. We are also exploring additional approaches to curriculum flexibility to better match the diverse interests of our trainees. Goal 2 is to encourage and support URM medical students of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) to become physician-scientists. We will continue to provide support for medical students to perform research during the academic year and summers. We will also enhance opportunities and the desirability of the M.D./Ph.D. program. The training of URM students for biomedical research careers, through the Ph.D., M.D., or M.D./Ph.D. paths, serves a national need for more and better scientists, in a more diverse biomedical research environment, while serving the strategic goals of our Universities for a more diverse student body and faculty.