U-RISE at UC Merced

U*RISE在加州大学默塞德分校-项目摘要 国家统计数据清楚地表明，代表性不足的少数群体的人数不均衡 获得生物医学或生物行为学科的更高学位。鉴于大学 加州，默塞德（UC默塞德）是一个建立西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）与 加州大学默塞德分校是加州大学10个校区中西班牙裔本科生入学率最高的一个。 是理想的位置，以实现从NIH U*RISE T34培训补助金的最大利益。我们 拟议的U*RISE计划将支持主要是西班牙裔的本科学者 考虑到我们的人口统计，但我们希望利用这个机会吸引更多的学生从其他 背景，以提高我们的校园的多样性，并最终我们的培训池。因此，在本发明中， 我们的建议有可能产生最大的影响，以帮助改变我们的多样性， 本科生的身体，并最终研究生队伍的多样性以及。数据从 我们的校园表明，有必要加强和丰富我们的定量技能 本科学者通过集中研究培训在计算和/或系统生物学。 教师的专业知识和校外资金的历史，以支持加州大学默塞德的许多 计算生物学和应用数学组件使U*RISE计划专注于 在加州大学默塞德具有高度相关性和可持续性的定量技能。因此，U*RISE在UC默塞德 将强调为本科学者提供丰富的研究经验， 在计算生物学和/或系统生物学中提供独特的机会，包括 生物信息学、多种“组学”方法和大数据分析。我们的创新 该计划在于队列的方法，其中学员的队列将协同工作， 项目和我们新颖的学习模块。政府的坚定体制承诺 执行副校长和教务长，本科教育办公室，和 本科生研究机会中心（UROC）将帮助确保成功的培训 以及我们所有学者的位置勒韦林其他机构资源，如UC默塞德的 健康科学研究所（HSRI）也将帮助该计划的成功。在 总结，考虑到UC默塞德的HSI状态、人口统计学特征和已证实的增强 对本科学者的培训侧重于定量技能，使其成为理想的培训 机构建立一个U*RISE计划具有非常高的影响力的潜力。

U*RISE at UC Merced - Project Abstract National statistics clearly indicate a disparity in the number of underrepresented minorities obtaining higher degrees in biomedical or biobehavioral disciplines. Given that the University of California, Merced (UC Merced) is an established Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) with the highest percentage of Hispanic undergraduates enrolled of any of the 10 UC campuses, UC Merced is ideally situated to realize the greatest benefit from an NIH U*RISE T34 training grant. Our proposed U*RISE program will support undergraduate scholars of primarily Hispanic-descent given our demographics, but we expect to use this opportunity to attract more students from other backgrounds to enhance the diversity of our campus and ultimately of our training pool. Thus, our proposal has potential for the highest impact to help transform the diversity of our undergraduate student body and ultimately the diversity of the graduate ranks as well. Data from our campus indicate a justified need to enhance and enrich the quantitative skills of our undergraduate scholars via focused research training in computational and/or systems biology. Faculty expertise and a history of extramural funding to support UC Merced’s many computational biology and Applied Math components makes a U*RISE program focusing on quantitative skills highly pertinent and sustainable at UC Merced. Thus, U*RISE at UC Merced will emphasize providing an enriching research experience for undergraduate scholars by providing unique opportunities in computational biology and/or systems biology including bioinformatics, multiple “-omics” approaches, and big data analytics. The innovation in our program lies in the cohort approach in which cohorts of trainees will work collaboratively on projects and in our novel learning modules. The strong institutional commitment from the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, the Office of Undergraduate Education, and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) will help ensure the successful training and placement of all our scholars. Levering other institutional resources such as UC Merced’s Health Sciences Research Institute (HSRI) will also help succor the program’s successes. In summary, given UC Merced’s HSI status, demographics, and demonstrated need for enhanced training of its undergraduate scholars with a focus on quantitative skills makes it an ideal training institution to establish a U*RISE program with the potential for very high impact.