University of California, Santa Cruz, IMSD Program

描述(由申请者提供)：UCSC IMSD项目的主要目标是增加在生物医学科学和相关领域获得博士学位的少数族裔学生人数。我们打算通过关注两个学生群体来做到这一点。首先，要增加攻读博士学位的本科生数量。其次，我们需要继续扩大我们自己的博士生项目的少数民族学生人数。在过去二十年中的每一年里，我们的校园都使继续完成博士学位的IMSD/MBR参与者的数量翻了一番。在接下来的十年里，我们需要继续提高博士学位的获得率。我们的主要目标是：1)未来10年培养70名博士，未来4年培养28名博士。这将通过我们的本科生在其他大学完成研究生课程和扩大我们自己的博士课程来实现。2)我们的目标是在未来4年内有50名学生正在攻读博士学位。3)我们希望为整个校园增加生物医学科学方面的少数族裔研究生人数。美国国家科学基金会2006年的数据显示，4.7%的博士学位和8.8%的美国公民学位授予了拉美裔、非裔美国人和美洲原住民。有了IMSD的支持，我们可以做得更好。对于我们的校园，我们设定了20%的美国公民学位授予少数族裔学生的目标。我们计划的主要组成部分是：i，强化暑期培训计划；ii，本科生在学年期间沉浸在教师研究计划中；iii，为所有参与者提供每周一次的研究报告课程；iv，办公室和支持人员，提供学术指导、个人咨询和职业建议；v，“卓越辅导”计划；vi，综合研究生计划，既利用并加强本科计划的内容。最重要的是，我们试图建立一个由教职员工和学生组成的社区，相互支持，共同致力于显著增加未被充分代表的少数群体参与生物医学研究。 与公共健康相关：这笔助学金资助的学生将从事各种与生物医学相关的研究项目。在大多数情况下，他们的导师将是NIH R01拨款的主要调查人员。然而，该项目的主要目标是为少数民族学生在生物医学科学领域的研究生涯做好准备。如果我们要满足住在这里的所有人的医疗需求，美国的研究科学家群体必须更能代表我们国家多样化的人群。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of the UCSC IMSD Program is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who receive the PhD in the biomedical sciences and related fields. We intend to do this by focusing on two populations of students. First, we need to increase the number of undergraduate students who pursue and obtain the PhD. Second, we need to continue to expand the numbers of minority students in our own PhD programs. In each of the last two decades our campus has doubled the number of IMSD/MBRS participants that have gone on to complete the PhD. In the upcoming decade we need to continue to increase the rate of PhD achievement. Our major objectives are 1) to produce 70 PhDs in the next decade with a milestone of 28 in the next 4 years. This will be achieved by a combination of our undergrads completing graduate programs at other universities and by the expansion of our own PhD programs. 2) We aim to have 50 students in the PhD pipeline at the end of the next 4 years. 3) We want to increase the number of minority graduate students in the biomedical sciences for our whole campus. Data from the NSF for 2006 showed that 4.7% of all Ph.D.s and 8.8% of degrees to US citizens were awarded to Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans. With IMSD support we can do much better. For our campus we have set a target of 20 % of degrees to US citizens being awarded to minority students. The major components of our program are: i, an intensive summer training program; ii, immersion of undergraduates in faculty research programs during the academic year; iii, a weekly Research Reports course for all participants; iv, an office and support staff to provide academic guidance, personal counseling, and career advice; v, a "tutoring for excellence" program; and vi, a comprehensive graduate program that both uses and enhances elements of the undergraduate program. Most importantly, we try to build a community of faculty, staff, and students that support each other and share a commitment to significantly increasing the participation of underrepresented minorities in biomedical research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The students supported by this grant will be working on a wide variety of biomedically related research projects. In most cases their mentors will be principal investigators for NIH R01grants. However, the primary goal of the project is to prepare minority students for research careers in the biomedical sciences. The community of research scientists in the USA must become more representative of the diverse population of) our country if we are to meet the medical needs of all who live here.