CWRU Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

美国人口正变得越来越多样化，但这并没有反映在目前的生物医学领域。 研究人员。美国国立卫生研究院对这种缺乏多样性感到担忧， 建立了各种支持机制，以确保员工队伍的多样性代表了 美国社会的多样性。一个重要的国家卫生研究院多样性倡议是后学士学位 研究教育计划或PREP。PREP的总体目标是发展最近的学士学位 来自不同背景的科学毕业生在生物医学科学中的代表性不足， 拥有必要的知识和技能，在这些领域攻读博士学位或MD-PhD学位。情况 西储大学从2007年开始获得PREP资助。该计划被称为 CasePREP取得了显著的成功，录取了54名学者进入上层博士或MD/PhD 全国各地的节目。目前的提案旨在通过资助8个项目来继续这一计划。 案例准备学者每年额外5年。CasePREP的关键组件包括 个性化定制的研究生课程，专业证书的增强，精心制作的 体验技能发展，沉浸在博士生的经验，并广泛接触到 生物医学研究事实上，案例准备学者在CWRU完成为期一年的学徒 医学院的教师实验室位于我们的14个博士学位授予项目中的许多项目。 PREP导师实验室资金充足，充满活力，由经验丰富的导师领导， 少数民族培训经验。此外，案例准备学者将完成研究生水平 课程作业、GRE准备经验、专业技能发展和其他充实 活动这些核心发展经验旨在进一步加强学生的 学术潜力和提高他们的研究技能，最终导致他们进入预科， 在全国范围内完成严格的生物医学博士学位课程。重要成果 评估将显示改进的研究生院申请证书，加强研究， 演讲技巧，改善对研究职业的态度，以及超过75%的成功率， PREP学者进入博士课程和完成博士学位，分别。 重要的是，主要成果之一是案例准备继续提高多样性， 生物医学博士课程在CWRU和全国各地。

The US population is becoming increasingly diverse, but that is not reflected in the current biomedical research workforce. The National Institutes of Health is concerned by this lack of diversity and has established a variety of supportive mechanisms to ensure that workforce diversity is representative of the diversity in American society. One important NIH diversity initiative is the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program or PREP. The overall goal of PREP is to develop recent baccalaureate science graduates from diverse backgrounds under-represented in biomedical sciences so that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to pursue PhD or MD-PhD degrees in these fields. Case Western Reserve University was awarded PREP funding beginning in 2007. The program, termed CasePREP, has been notably successful, matriculating 54 Scholars into upper-tier PhD or MD/PhD programs across the nation. The current proposal seeks to continue this program by funding eight Case PREP Scholars each year for an additional 5 years. The key components of CasePREP involve individually tailored graduate coursework, professional credentials enhancement, well-crafted experiential skill development, immersion in the PhD student experience, and extensive exposure to biomedical research. Indeed, Case PREP Scholars complete a one-year apprenticeship in CWRU School of Medicine faculty laboratories located throughout many of our 14 PhD-granting programs. PREP mentor laboratories are well funded, dynamic, and led by experienced mentors with substantial minority training experience. In addition, Case PREP Scholars will complete graduate level coursework, GRE preparation experiences, professional skills development, and other enrichment activities. These core developmental experiences are designed to further strengthen a student's scholarly potential and improve their research skills, ultimately leading to their matriculation into and completion of rigorous biomedical doctoral degree programs across the nation. Important outcome assessments will show improved graduate school application credentials, enhanced research and presentation skills, improved attitudes about research careers, and greater than 75% success rates in PREP Scholar matriculation into PhD programs and completion of the PhD degree, respectively. Importantly, one of the main outcomes is for Case PREP to continue improving diversity in the biomedical PhD programs at CWRU and across the nation.