Expand Participation by Minorities in Biomedical Science

扩大少数族裔对生物医学科学的参与

• 批准号: 7085039
• 负责人: MICHAEL FINLEY SUMMERS
• 金额: $ 1.13万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-30 至 2009-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7085039
• 关键词: academic achievement; career; clinical research; education evaluation /planning; health science manpower; health science profession; health science research; health science research potential; health science research support; minority health professional; postgraduate education; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Established in 1996, the IMSD "Biomedical Graduate Fellows Program" has literally transformed graduate education at UMBC. Since its inception, underrepresented minority (URM) enrollment in participating PhD programs (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Engineering, and Human Services Psychology) has increased from 0%, 1%, 2%, 0% and 8%, respectively, to current levels of 13%, 16%, 18%, 13% and 21%, respectively. Total underrepresented minority enrollment in these departments has increased from 5 students prior to the program to 30 currently enrolled students, with 6 additional IMSD students recently receiving PhD degrees. Eighteen IMSD students are projected to earn PhD degrees in the next four years. Progression rates have dramatically increased, with 40% of the IMSD fellows advancing to the PhD within 5 years, compared to 25% for non-URM students and 11% for non-IMSD URM students. Interest continues to climb, with 39 applications in AY-04 for 8 available positions. Interest in the Undergraduate Summer Research outreach component also continues to grow, with more than 100 applicants for 15 Summer-03 positions. Doctoral student retention rates exceed departmental and national averages for all departments except Chemistry. The Chemistry retention rate (53%) is below the departmental average (72%) and well below expectations and must be addressed. Future goals include (1) program and possibly departmental curriculum modifications to improve Chemistry retention rates, (2) addition of two years of support for 2 MD/PhD students, which will promote growth of minority participation in the MD/PhD program, (3) inclusion of the School of Pharmacy as a new participating department, (4) increasing the number of participating graduate students from 8 to 10 new incoming students per year to accommodate the additional faculty, and (5) expanding the Undergraduate Summer Research outreach component from 15 to 25 students.

描述（由申请人提供）：IMSD“生物医学研究生项目”成立于 1996 年，彻底改变了 UMBC 的研究生教育。自成立以来，参与博士课程（生物科学、化学、生物化学、工程和人类服务心理学）的少数族裔 (URM) 入学率分别从 0%、1%、2%、0% 和 8% 增加到目前的水平分别为 13%、16%、18%、13% 和 21%。这些院系的少数族裔入学人数已从该项目之前的 5 名学生增加到目前的 30 名学生，另有 6 名 IMSD 学生最近获得了博士学位。预计 18 名 IMSD 学生将在未来四年内获得博士学位。升读率显着提高，40% 的 IMSD 研究员在 5 年内升读博士学位，而非 URM 学生的升读率为 25%，非 IMSD URM 学生的升读率为 11%。兴趣持续攀升，AY-04 有 39 份申请申请 8 个空缺职位。对本科生暑期研究外展项目的兴趣也在持续增长，已有 100 多名申请者申请了 15 个 Summer-03 职位。除化学系外，所有系的博士生保留率都超过系和全国平均水平。化学保留率 (53%) 低于部门平均水平 (72%)，远低于预期，必须予以解决。未来的目标包括 (1) 项目和可能的部门课程修改，以提高化学保留率，(2) 为 2 名医学博士/博士生提供两年的支持，这将促进少数族裔参与医学博士/博士项目的增长，(3 ）将药学院纳入新的参与院系，（4）将参与研究生的人数从每年 8 名新入学学生增加到 10 名新入学学生，以容纳额外的教师，以及（5）将本科生暑期研究外展部分从15 至25名学生。