San Diego State University Minority Biomedical Research Support Program

描述（由申请人提供）：SDSU少数民族生物医学研究支持计划（MBRS） IMSD计划的总体目标是增加来自代表性不足的群体获得生物医学，行为和物理科学博士学位的学生数量。我们将促进他们接触科学、学术界和从事研究工作。该项目每年将为12名本科生提供教师指导，以培养他们的研究技能、定制建议、课外经历，并在项目期间与同行交流。我们汇集了一批令人印象深刻的、专注的研究导师，他们将为我们的学生提供实践研究培训，以及一个管理和评估计划，以衡量和确保项目和学生的成功。我们将为学生提供高度个性化的互动体验，使他们成为未来成功的科学领袖，从而提高学术科学家的多样性。此外，我们还提供了我们的项目对本科生和毕业生的影响的文件。我们将利用这些评估数据和反馈继续改进。我们将增加SDSU MBRS IMSD项目中追求博士级学术生涯的少数族裔学生的数量。我们的培训计划将使学生在博士培训项目中具有很强的竞争力，这样至少60%的本科毕业生将直接进入生物医学，行为和物理科学的博士课程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall aim of the SDSU Minority Biomedical Research Support Program (MBRS) IMSD program is to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups who attain Ph.D. degrees in the biomedical, behavioral and physical sciences. We will facilitate their exposure to science, academia and careers as researchers. The program will provide 12 undergraduates with faculty mentoring to develop their research skills, customized advising, extracurricular experiences, and opportunities for communicating with engaged peers each year during the course of the project period. We have assembled an impressive and dedicated set of research mentors who will provide our students with hands-on research training, as well as a management and assessment plan that will measure and ensure program and student success. We will provide a highly personalized, interactive experience to the students so that they can become the successful science leaders of tomorrow, and thereby improve the diversity of academic scientists. Further, we provide documentation of the effects our program have had upon undergraduates and graduates. We will use such evaluative data and feedback to continue to improve. We will increase the number of underrepresented and ethnic minority students from the SDSU MBRS IMSD program who are pursuing doctoral-level academic careers. Our training program will result in students with strong, highly competitive applications for doctoral training programs such that at least 60% of our graduating undergraduate seniors will directly enter into Ph.D. programs in the biomedical, behavioral and physical sciences. To accomplish this long-term goal, we plan to (1) provide year-round mentored research experiences that will allow MBRS students to acquire excellent research and laboratory skills; and (2) develop MBRS students' critical thinking, oral and written communication skills by providing opportunities to present their research before professional audiences and to contribute to manuscripts leading to publications. We propose three secondary aims related to program evaluation: (1) to systematically measure program outcomes with mixed methods of quantitative and qualitative data collection and the establishment of a comprehensive electronic tracking database; (2) to use the data to continuously improve the program by keeping/maintaining program elements that are most effective and modifying/changing those that are least effective; and (3) to document the process of the SDSU MBRS IMSD program so that it becomes a model of accountability and success for other NIGMS mentoring programs. Impact on Public Health: Nearly all objectives listed for Healthy People 2010 contained references to health disparities. The end to health disparities is one of the top priorities for almost every federal, state, and local health agency. The SDSU MBRS IMSD proposal is designed to train talented underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These students will then be able use their scientific and leadership skills to help end health disparities through research and through policy implementation.