Bridge to the Doctoral Degree University of Puerto Rico to Medicine and Dentistry

描述（由申请人提供）：增加生物医学劳动力的多样性，特别是在博士学位。预计将对国家产生重要和积极的影响。 研究议程。一种方法是增加来自生物医学科学中代表性不足的群体的学生人数，这些学生从MS过渡。博士学位然后完成博士学位并进入研究生涯。这一申请将有助于通过重新调整和加强一个成功的，长期的伙伴关系，这些目标之间的MS。波多黎各大学Mayagéez校区（UPRM）生物系课程和博士学位。美国新泽西州医学与牙科大学-罗伯特·伍德约翰逊医学院生物医学科学研究生院（UMDNJ）。本申请寻求“博士学位之桥：波多黎各大学到新泽西医学与牙科大学”的续期。“该计划自1998年成立以来已招收了29名学生，在UPR-Mayagéez招收学生并将他们过渡到博士学位方面取得了显着的成功。在UMDNJ的课程，其中许多是与罗格斯大学（RU）的联合计划。尽管桥梁学生的积极成果，大部分的教育和研究活动发生在UMDNJ/RU。因此，该方案既无助于在普审机制开发资源，也无助于在普审机制创造更强有力的培训环境。为了改善和扩大这种成功的合作伙伴关系的影响，目前的申请有其目的：（1）重组计划，以UPRM为中心，而不是在UMDNJ，从而提高整体硕士水平的培训环境，资源和课程在UPR-M生物系;（2）增加参与UPR-M学生的数量，并增加谁过渡到博士的数量。程序，特别是在UMDNJ/RU;和（3）保持或增加谁进入程序，并完成博士学位的学生的百分比。因为我们从以前的计划设计过渡到这个修改后的结构。主要课程特点包括：（1）学生将执行他们的大部分MS。课程和论文研究UPRM，包括新的研讨会通过基于网络的通信UMDNJ教师（开放给桥梁和非桥梁学生）进行。(2)一个夏天将在UMDNJ的实验室轮换，以补充他们的M. S。研究，并熟悉UMDNJ和周围地区。(3)顺利完成硕士学位在UPRM将允许转移到博士。UMDNJ/RU的程序与先进的立场在选定的博士学位。程序.拟议的计划将：提高UPR-M的能力;提供更强大，更多样化的博士学位。UMDNJ的学生人数;增加博士学位的UR科学家人数。加强生物/生物医学科学的劳动力队伍并使之多样化。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Increasing the diversity of the biomedical workforce, particularly at the Ph.D. level, is expected to have important and positive effects on the national research agenda. One approach is to increase the number of students from groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences who transition from the M.S. to the Ph.D., who then complete the Ph.D. and enter research careers. This application will contribute to these goals by refocusing and enhancing a successful, long-term partnership between the M.S. Program of the Biology Department of the University of Puerto Rico-Mayag¿ez Campus (UPRM) and the Ph.D. programs at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ). This application seeks renewal of the "Bridge to the Doctoral Degree: University of Puerto Rico to University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey." The program, which has enrolled 29 students since its inception in 1998, has had notable success in recruiting students at UPR-Mayag¿ez and transitioning them to the Ph.D. programs at UMDNJ, many of which are joint programs with Rutgers University (RU). Despite the positive outcomes for the Bridges students, most of the educational and research activities took place at UMDNJ/RU. Therefore, the program did not contribute to the development of resources at UPRM, nor to creating a stronger training environment at UPRM. To improve and expand the impact of this successful partnership, the current application has as its Aims: (1) to re-structure the program to be centered at UPRM, rather than at UMDNJ, thereby enhancing the overall Masters-level training environment, resources and curriculum in the Biology Department of UPR-M; (2) to increase the number of participating UPR-M students, and to increase the number who transition to Ph.D. programs, specifically at UMDNJ/RU; and (3) to maintain or increase the percent of students who enter the program and complete the Ph.D. as we transition from our previous program design to this revised structure. Major program features include: (1) Students will perform most of their M.S. coursework and thesis research at UPRM, including new seminars conducted via web- based communications by UMDNJ faculty (open to Bridges and non-Bridges students). (2) One summer will be spent in a laboratory rotation at UMDNJ, to complement their M.S. research, and become familiar with UMDNJ and environs. (3) Successful completion of the M.S. at UPRM will permit transfer to the Ph.D. programs of UMDNJ/RU with advanced standing in a chosen Ph.D. program. The proposed program will: enhance the capabilities of UPR-M; provide a stronger, more diverse Ph.D. student population at UMDNJ; increase the number of UR scientists at the Ph.D. level; and strengthen and diversify the workforce in the biological/biomedical sciences.