Bridges to the Doctorate in Reproductive Biology

通往生殖生物学博士学位的桥梁

• 批准号: 7150392
• 负责人: FULLER W BAZER
• 金额: $ 20.78万
• 依托单位: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7150392
• 关键词: career; education evaluation /planning; health science research potential; mentoring /mentor; minority health professional; minority institution research support; reproductive system; science education; training; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed Bridges to the Doctorate in Reproductive Biology (BDRB) program creates a partnership between Texas A&M University (applicant institution) and two minority-serving institutions, Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Prairie View A&M University, to transition underrepresented students to the doctoral program in Reproductive Physiology in the Animal Science department. Specific goals of the program are: Goal 1: Recruit potential BDRB students by creating opportunities for underrepresented undergraduate students from the minority-serving institutions to develop and implement an inquiry-based scientific research project. The specific aim of this goal is to teach students how to conduct hypothesis- driven research. The expected outcome is to facilitate recruitment of students (both undergraduate and graduate) from the partnering institutions to the doctoral program in reproductive biology. Goal 2: Actively mentor BDRB students to ease their transition from the MS-granting partner institutions and increase the number of underrepresented students seeking doctoral degrees in reproductive biology at the applicant institution. BDRB faculty mentors from the minority-serving institutions who serve as Chairs of the Bridges master's students' graduate committees will be allowed to serve as members of the student's doctoral committee at TAMU. Goal 3: Promote retention of BDRB doctoral students in the interdisciplinary reproductive biology program for graduate education at TAMU. When BDRB students transfer to the PhD program at TAMU, they will be required to complete a series of core courses toward a degree in reproductive physiology and complete a series of lab rotations. The expected outcome of aligned curricula, lab rotations, and mentoring is to increase BDRB student retention at the PhD-granting institution. By recruiting students through training in the scientific method, promoting a smooth transition from the master's to the doctorate, and increasing student retention through curricula alignment and structured mentoring, the overall goal of the BDRB program is to increase the representation of minority students in research and academic careers in reproductive biology. Successful funding of the BDRB program at TAMU will train the next generation of scientists in these fields, and will increase the number of professional minority scientists and professors to train and mentor future underrepresented students in these disciplines.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的生殖生物学博士学位桥梁 (BDRB) 计划在德克萨斯 A&M 大学（申请人机构）与德克萨斯 A&M 大学金斯维尔分校和 Prairie View A&M 大学这两个少数族裔服务机构之间建立了合作伙伴关系，以将代表性不足的学生转入动物科学系生殖生理学博士课程。该计划的具体目标是： 目标 1：通过为少数民族服务机构中代表性不足的本科生创造机会来招募潜在的 BDRB 学生，以开发和实施基于探究的科学研究项目。该目标的具体目的是教学生如何进行假设驱动的研究。预期成果是促进合作机构招募生殖生物学博士课程的学生（本科生和研究生）。目标 2：积极指导 BDRB 学生，以帮助他们从授予 MS 的合作院校顺利过渡，并增加在申请院校攻读生殖生物学博士学位的代表性不足的学生数量。来自少数族裔服务机构、担任 Bridges 硕士生研究生委员会主席的 BDRB 教师导师将被允许担任 TAMU 学生博士委员会成员。目标 3：促进 BDRB 博士生保留在 TAMU 研究生教育跨学科生殖生物学项目中。当 BDRB 学生转入 TAMU 攻读博士学位课程时，他们将需要完成一系列获得生殖生理学学位的核心课程，并完成一系列实验室轮换。统一课程、实验室轮换和指导的预期结果是提高 BDRB 学生在博士学位授予机构的保留率。 BDRB 计划的总体目标是通过科学方法培训来招收学生，促进从硕士到博士的顺利过渡，并通过课程调整和结构化指导来提高学生保留率，从而提高少数族裔学生在研究和领域的代表性。生殖生物学的学术生涯。 TAMU BDRB 项目的成功资助将在这些领域培训下一代科学家，并将增加专业少数族裔科学家和教授的数量，以培训和指导这些学科中未来代表性不足的学生。