University of California, Santa Cruz, IMSD Program

描述（由申请人提供）：UCSC IMSD项目的主要目标是增加被忽视的少数民族学生在生物医学科学和相关领域获得博士学位的人数。我们打算通过关注两类学生来做到这一点。第一，增加攻读博士学位的本科生人数。其次，我们需要继续扩大少数民族学生在我们自己的博士项目中的数量。在过去的二十年里，我们的校园每年都将IMSD/MBRS参与者的数量增加一倍，这些参与者已经完成了博士学位。在接下来的十年里，我们需要继续提高博士学位的取得率。我们的主要目标是1)在未来十年培养70名博士，并在未来4年内达到28名的里程碑。这将通过我们的本科生在其他大学完成研究生课程和扩大我们自己的博士课程的结合来实现。2)我们的目标是在未来4年底有50名学生在攻读博士学位。3)我们希望在整个校园内增加少数民族生物医学研究生的数量。美国国家科学基金会2006年的数据显示，4.7%的博士学位和8.8%的美国公民学位授予了西班牙裔、非洲裔和印第安人。有了IMSD的支持，我们可以做得更好。对于我们的校园，我们设定了一个目标，即20%的美国公民学位授予少数民族学生。我们项目的主要组成部分是：1，一个密集的夏季培训项目；Ii，本科生在学年期间沉浸在学院的研究项目中；iii，为所有参与者提供每周研究报告课程；四、设有办公室并支持工作人员提供学业指导、个人辅导、职业建议；五、“卓越辅导”计划；第六，一个综合的研究生课程，既使用又加强了本科课程的元素。最重要的是，我们试图建立一个由教师、员工和学生组成的社区，他们相互支持，共同致力于显著提高代表性不足的少数民族在生物医学研究中的参与度。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of the UCSC IMSD Program is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who receive the PhD in the biomedical sciences and related fields. We intend to do this by focusing on two populations of students. First, we need to increase the number of undergraduate students who pursue and obtain the PhD. Second, we need to continue to expand the numbers of minority students in our own PhD programs. In each of the last two decades our campus has doubled the number of IMSD/MBRS participants that have gone on to complete the PhD. In the upcoming decade we need to continue to increase the rate of PhD achievement. Our major objectives are 1) to produce 70 PhDs in the next decade with a milestone of 28 in the next 4 years. This will be achieved by a combination of our undergrads completing graduate programs at other universities and by the expansion of our own PhD programs. 2) We aim to have 50 students in the PhD pipeline at the end of the next 4 years. 3) We want to increase the number of minority graduate students in the biomedical sciences for our whole campus. Data from the NSF for 2006 showed that 4.7% of all Ph.D.s and 8.8% of degrees to US citizens were awarded to Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans. With IMSD support we can do much better. For our campus we have set a target of 20 % of degrees to US citizens being awarded to minority students. The major components of our program are: i, an intensive summer training program; ii, immersion of undergraduates in faculty research programs during the academic year; iii, a weekly Research Reports course for all participants; iv, an office and support staff to provide academic guidance, personal counseling, and career advice; v, a "tutoring for excellence" program; and vi, a comprehensive graduate program that both uses and enhances elements of the undergraduate program. Most importantly, we try to build a community of faculty, staff, and students that support each other and share a commitment to significantly increasing the participation of underrepresented minorities in biomedical research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The students supported by this grant will be working on a wide variety of biomedically related research projects. In most cases their mentors will be principal investigators for NIH R01grants. However, the primary goal of the project is to prepare minority students for research careers in the biomedical sciences. The community of research scientists in the USA must become more representative of the diverse population of) our country if we are to meet the medical needs of all who live here.