South Carolina Post-Baccalaureate Research Program

描述（由申请人提供）：许多有才华的少数民族学生有能力在生物医学科学博士学位。他们没有必要的背景，或者他们的证书不能反映他们的能力。为了让聪明的、代表性不足的少数民族学生更深入、更长时间地接触生物医学科学，南卡罗来纳州大学建立了一个PREP项目，增加了合格的URM生物医学博士申请者的数量。通过为少数民族学生提供在生物医学研究实验室全职工作的机会，同时为研究生院做准备。迄今为止，已有13名PREP学者被生物医学博士学位录取。程序. PREP计划的具体目标是：1）招募合格的URs谁拥有最近的学士学位在生物医学相关领域和坚定的承诺，以获得进入博士学位。生物医学科学专业。2)通过积极参与实验室与教师和研究生/博士后研究员的指导关系，提高PREP学者的研究技能。3)为了提高分析，英语和所有学者的定量技能，通过动手培训，特别课程，并参加研讨会和期刊俱乐部，使所有PREP学者都有竞争力接受一个备受尊敬的研究生课程作为博士生。4)帮助学者在南加州大学和研究界其他地方的同行和教师之间建立关系，以便PREP学者有明确的职业目标和强大的支持网络。5)为了帮助准备学者建立必要的接受进入一个高质量的生物医学科学博士学位证书。程序. USC PREP的目标是至少75%的学者将被这样一个项目接受，至少80%将获得博士学位。生物医学科学学位。 公共卫生相关性：少数群体在进行生物医学研究的科学家中的代表性通常不足。然而，研究受益于具有不同观点的科学家之间的互动。因此，增加训练有素的少数民族科学家人才库将大大有利于生物医学研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many talented minority students have the ability to do well in a biomedical science Ph. D. program, but either they do not have the necessary background or their credentials do not reflect their abilities. To provide deeper and longer exposure of bright, underrepresented minority students to biomedical science, the University of South Carolina established a PREP program that has increased the number of qualified URM applicants to biomedical Ph. D. programs by offering minority students the opportunity to work full-time in biomedical research laboratories while preparing for graduate school. To date 13 PREP scholars have been accepted into biomedical Ph. D. programs. The specific goals of the PREP program are: 1) To recruit qualified URs who have both a recent baccalaureate degree in a bio-medically relevant field and a strong commitment to obtaining entrance into a Ph. D. program in the biomedical sciences. 2) To improve research skills of PREP scholars through active laboratory participation in a mentored relationship with a faculty member and with graduate students/postdoctoral fellows. 3) To improve the analytical, English and quantitative skills of all scholars through hands on training, special course offerings, and participation in seminars and journal clubs so that all PREP scholars are competitive for acceptance to a well-respected graduate program as a doctoral student. 4) To help the scholars establish relationships among peers and faculty at USC and elsewhere in the research community so that the PREP scholar has well-defined career goals and a strong support network. 5) To help the PREP Scholars establish the credentials necessary for acceptance into a high quality biomedical science Ph. D. program. The goal of USC PREP is that at least 75% of the scholars will be accepted by such a program and that at least 80% will earn Ph.D. degrees in the biomedical sciences. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Minority groups are generally under-represented among scientists who are conducting biomedical research. However, research benefits from interactions among scientists with diverse perspectives. Therefore, increasing the pool of well-trained minority scientists will greatly benefit biomedical research.