The UA Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities Program: Increasing Diversity

亚利桑那大学研究生院寻求NHLBI的支持以继续一项非常成功的夏季研究 为生物专业本科生提供的培训计划。暑期研究机会 该计划旨在通过以下方式增加攻读生物医学博士学位的人数 介绍这些学生在以下方面的研究：肺、心脏和血管、血液疾病和紊乱 监督在这些领域工作的经验丰富的UA教员，让他们参加关于生物医学的讲座 通过提高学生的技能，研究对某些人群影响不成比例的疾病和障碍 通过口头和海报展示他们的研究成果，并在研究生院提供广泛的援助 申请流程包括GRE准备研讨会。具体地说，我们正在申请资金以支持40 代表人数不足的本科生，每年10名助学金，参加为期10周的密集暑期 在三年级和四年级之间的暑假期间的研究经验。SROP，五年前开始提供 为HSIS、HBCU和低收入人口众多的地区性机构的学生提供研究机会，首先 新生代学生，已经为顶尖大学的博士项目的31名参与者做出了贡献 在全国范围内。这也有助于美国农业部大幅增加 生物医学领域博士生人数不足，从2001年的20人增加到63人 2005年秋季，增长了300%。该节目还表明，重点关注影响某些疾病和障碍的因素 不成比例的群体，刺激来自这些背景的年轻人进行暑期研究，并最终 生物医学领域的职业。

The University of Arizona's Graduate College seeks NHLBI support to continue a very successful summer research training program for underrepresented undergraduates with majors in biology. The Summer Research Opportunities Program aims to increase the number of underrepresented students who pursue Ph.D.s in biomedical science by introducing these students to research in pulmonary, heart and vascular, and blood diseases and disorders under the supervision of highly experienced UA faculty working in these areas, by exposing them to lectures on biomedical research on diseases and disorders affecting certain populations disproportionately, by increasing the students skills in presenting their research orally and through a poster, and by providing extensive assistance in the graduate school application process including a GRE Preparation workshop . Specifically, we are requesting funding to support 40 underrepresented undergraduate students, 10 in each year of the grant, to engage in a ten-week intensive summer research experience during the summer between their junior and senior years. SROP, started five years ago to provide research opportunities to students from HSIs, HBCUs and regional institutions with large populations of low income, first generation students, already has contributed to the enrollment of 31-participants in Ph.D. programs at top universities throughout the country. It has also contributed to the UA's ability to dramatically increase the number of underrepresented students in Ph.D. programs in biomedical areas, an increase from 20 students in 2001 to 63 students in fall 2005, a 300% increase. This program has also shown that a focus on diseases and disorders that affect certain groups disproportionately, stimulates young people from these backgrounds to pursue summer research and eventually careers in biomedical areas.