G-RISE at UC Merced

我们建议在跨学科生物医学科学和技术的研究生研究培训计划 （I-BioSTeP）在加州大学默塞德，一个西班牙裔服务机构，于2005年开业。的 该计划的主要目标是在加州大学建立第一个博士水平的研究生培养计划 默塞德在生物医学科学培训不同的学生群体，以确定和解决紧迫的 生物学问题，使用定量的跨学科方法，为他们的竞争性 生物医学领域的职业。生物医学研究竞技场的变革性进展越来越多 需要来自许多不同领域的贡献，I-BioSTeP利用独特的跨学科 在UCM的结构，加入来自六个不同部门的教师，形成一个多元化的，跨学科的 研究社区，具有研究和教育的共同愿景。因为UCM仍然在其 发展阶段，像I-BioSTeP这样的倡议可以通过建立一个 高质量的培训和研究在校园的核心。作为该计划的一部分，我们将建立一个I- BioSTeP指定重点（研究生辅修）开放给所有科学和工程研究生 谁参加我们正在开发的新课程，从而提高整体研究生培训 在校园里提供。为高技能的生物医学研究人员开设培训计划 明天在加州大学默塞德也将对该地区产生巨大的影响，产生一个多样化的队列， 训练有素的专业人员，将提高周围的经济和教育水平， 和经济弱势群体。 我们的计划的具体目标是（i）增加我们的学员群体的多样性（ii）确保 （iii）培养受过广泛训练的毕业生， （iv）灌输归属感， 团队合作技能和（v）确保成功过渡到生物医学研究队伍。有 我们提出的计划中有许多独特的方面，专门针对这些目标，包括 我们目前的研究生团体和申请人的多样性，我们的目标，核心跨学科 课程与实验室组成部分的课程，一个夏桥计划，解决保留 让学生在上课前两个月出来，让他们沉浸在实践培训中， 和专业发展，如奖学金提案写作，跨学科的多个导师 结构和独特的职业发展计划，重点是在工作中重要的特定技能， 生物医学研究人员，但通常没有在这样的培训计划解决- 商业/创业技能和科学沟通技能。

We propose a graduate research training program in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Science and Technology (I-BioSTeP) at the University of California Merced, a Hispanic-serving institution that opened in 2005. The major objective of this program is the establishment of the first doctoral level graduate training program at UC Merced in the biomedical sciences to train diverse cohorts of students to identify and solve pressing biological problems using quantitative interdisciplinary approaches that prepare them for competitive careers in the biomedical field. Transformative advances in the biomedical research arena increasingly require contributions from many different fields and I-BioSTeP leverages the uniquely interdisciplinary structure at UCM, to join faculty from six different departments forming a diverse, interdisciplinary research community with a common vision for research and education. Because UCM is still in its developmental stages, an initiative like I-BioSTeP can have truly transformative impact by establishing a nucleus of high quality training and research on campus. As part of the program we will establish an I- BioSTeP designated emphasis (a graduate minor) open to all graduate students in science and engineering who participate in the new coursework we are developing, thus enhancing the overall graduate training offerings on campus. Opening a training program for the highly skilled biomedical research workforce of tomorrow at UC Merced will also have an enormous impact on the region, producing a diverse cohort of trained professionals that will raise the economic and educational standards of the surrounding educationally and economically disadvantaged communities. The specific objectives of our program are (i) to increase the diversity of our trainee cohorts (ii) to ensure retention and speed up the time to degree (iii) to produce graduates with a broad training in an interdisciplinary curriculum for biomedical sciences and (iv) to inculcate a sense of belonging and teamwork skills and (v) to ensure successful transition into the biomedical research workforce. There are many unique aspects of our proposed program that specifically address these objectives including the diversity of our current graduate student body and applicant pool that we target, a core interdisciplinary curriculum of courses with lab components, a summer bridge program that addresses retention by bringing students out two months before classes and immersing them in hands-on training, mentoring and professional development such as fellowship proposal writing, an interdisciplinary multiple mentor structure and a unique career development program that focuses on specific skills that are important in the biomedical research workforce but are commonly not addressed in such training programs - business/entrepreneurial skills and science communication skills.