MBRS IMSD Program at the University of California, Irvine

加州大学欧文分校（UCI）的MBRS-IMSD项目的目标是增加 以及完成博士学位的代表性不足（UR）的本科生和研究生的学术卓越。 获得生物医学科学学位，并晋升到具有竞争力的博士后职位。在过去的十年里， 该项目使大学本科生攻读博士学位的比率提高了几倍。程序 毕业后和UR研究生完成博士学位的人数。在UCI的节目。程序 这些要素包括学术准备、研究培训、密集辅导和专业发展。 在教师导师的指导下进行的独立付费研究是一个核心要素， 准备IMSD学生研究生院和研究为重点的职业生涯。研究培训始于 新生一年的原始项目是由参与者开发的发展。80多名教师 作为IMSD学员的导师。该计划提供了一系列 内容，以提高兴趣，动机和学术准备的本科生（新生到 进入PhD。生物医学科学课程，包括一个同行辅导/指导计划， 科学课程，系列研讨会，期刊俱乐部，进度报告会议，科学研讨会 通信，并申请研究生院。Graduate组件旨在提供 为UR博士提供全面的培训学生在研究生院出类拔萃。该计划提供夏季 为即将到来的UR博士提供研究培训学生准备他们的研究生核心课程，一个研讨会， 第一年后准备口试，第二年学生准备论文的一系列活动 研究项目和竞争性的校外资助提案，在国家会议上提交论文 会议，专业发展研讨会的学术博士后职位搜索和 在非部门环境中提供有关研究生学习和职业发展的咨询和指导。

The objective of the MBRS-IMSD Program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is to increase the number and academic excellence of underrepresented (UR) undergraduate and graduate students that complete Ph.D. degrees in biomedical sciences and advance to competitive postdoctoral positions. During the past decade, the program increased by several fold the institutional rate at which UR undergraduates enter Ph.D. programs following graduation and the number of UR graduate students completing Ph.D. programs at UCI. Program elements are academic preparation, research training, intense mentoring and professional development. Independent paid research conducted under the direction of faculty mentors serves as a core element to prepare IMSD students for graduate school and research-focused careers. Research training begins in the freshmen year with the development of original projects that are developed by participants. Over 80 faculty with funded research programs serve as preceptors of IMSD trainees. The program offers a series of components to increase the interest, motivation and academic preparedness of undergraduates (freshmen to seniors) to enter Ph.D. programs in biomedical sciences, including a peer tutoring/mentoring program of science classes, a seminar series, journal club, progress report sessions, workshops on scientific communications, and application to graduate school. The graduate component is designed to provide a comprehensive training for UR Ph.D. students to excel in graduate school. The program provides summer research training for incoming UR Ph.D. students to prepare them for the graduate core classes, a workshop to prepare oral exams after the first year, a series of activities for second year students to prepare a dissertation research project and competitive proposals for extramural funding, presentation of papers at national conferences, professional development workshops on the academic postdoctoral positions search and counseling and orientation about graduate studies and career development in a non-departmental setting.