Bridge to the Doctoral Degree: University of Puerto Rico to University of Medicin

通往博士学位的桥梁：波多黎各大学至医学院

• 批准号: 7342534
• 负责人: MICHAEL J LEIBOWITZ
• 金额: $ 21.38万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-30 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7342534
• 关键词: Acclimatization; Address; Admission activity; Award; Awareness; Biology; Biomedical Research; Data; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Curriculum; Employment; Enrollment; Environment; Exposure to; Frequencies; Funding; Funding Mechanisms; Goals; Grant; Hand; Individual; Institution; Left; Molecular; New Jersey; None or Not Applicable; Numbers; Phase; Placement; Pliability; Population; Preparation; Progress Reports; Puerto Rican; Puerto Rico; Qualifying; Range; Rate; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Schools; Science; Scientist; Students; Talents; Time; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Work; base; career; design; experience; improved; medical schools; programs; success

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal seeks to renew the Bridge to the Doctoral Degree: UPR to UMDNJ, which has been assisting underrepresented minority (URM) graduate students in making the transition from the M.S. Program in Biology at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayag|ez Campus (UPR-M) into the Ph.D. Programs in the Molecular Biosciences at UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Piscataway Campus, offered jointly with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (RU). The M.S. in Biology Program at UPR-M has a student population that is predominantly Puerto Rican, but the Program does not offer a Ph.D. to prepare students for careers as senior investigators in the biomedical sciences. However, UPR-M has a long record of producing excellent candidates for the Ph.D. at other institutions, including at UMDNJ-GSBS, Piscataway, and RU. To facilitate the transition of M.S. candidates at UPR-M, this 3-year Program was established, consisting of one year of course work at UPR-M, followed by 2 years of course work and research at UMDNJ. Students completing this Bridge program receive the M.S. degree from UPR and are admitted with advanced standing into the Ph.D. programs at UMDNJ-GSBS, interfacing with the existing UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program (IMSD Award), which supports URM candidates for the Ph.D. in their initial years of study. Now in the 9th year, we have enrolled 19 students in the program. Of these, 3 have completed the Ph.D., and 9 are progressing toward the M.S. or Ph.D. degrees. Among the 9 continuing students, 1 is at UPR-M and 8 are at UMDNJ, including 4 now at an advanced level of thesis research and 4 at the pre-qualifying exam phase. During the 8 years of the program, 7 students left the program during their first 3 years of study: 1 of these is in a Ph.D. program elsewhere, 2 entered medical school in PR, 1 is pursuing the M.S. at UPR-M, 2 are technical scientists and one is seeking scientific employment. None have left the biomedical sciences. We continue to modify the program to deal with issues of recruitment and selection of appropriate students, preparation at UPR-M, acclimatization during the transfer from UPR-M to UMDNJ, and program flexibility at UMDNJ. Based on the increased success rate of bridge students whose first research experience at UMDNJ preceded M.S. coursework at UPR-M, we propose to make an initial summer of research at UMDNJ as well as individual research at UPR-M integral parts of the program. This program continues to increase opportunities for talented Puerto Rican students at UPR-M, and to increase the number of URM students in the Ph.D. program of UMDNJ and Rutgers, thereby expanding the range of students entering biomedical research careers at the Ph.D. level, and creating a more nurturing environment for URM students at UMDNJ and RU.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案旨在更新博士学位的桥梁：UPR到Umdnj，该学位一直协助代表性不足的少数民族（URM）研究生从M.S.过渡到过渡。波多黎各大学生物学计划| EZ校园（UPR-M） Piscataway校园的Umdnj学院生物医学科学学院（GSB）的分子生物科学课程与新泽西州立大学（RU）共同提供。硕士在UPR-M的生物学计划中，学生人数主要是波多黎各人，但该计划没有提供博士学位。为学生作为生物医学科学高级研究人员的职业做好准备。但是，UPR-M在为博士学位生产出色的候选人方面有很长的记录。在其他机构，包括在Umdnj-GSB，Piscataway和Ru。促进M.S.的过渡UPR-M的候选人，这项为期3年的计划是建立的，由UPR-M的一年工作组成，然后在Umdnj进行了2年的课程工作和研究。完成此桥梁计划的学生将获得硕士学位来自UPR的学位，并获得高级博士学位。 UMDNJ-GSBS的计划与现有的UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline计划（IMSD奖）接口，该计划支持博士学位的URM候选人。在他们的最初学习中。现在，在第9年，我们已经招募了19名学生参加该计划。其中，有3个已经完成了博士学位，而9个正在迈向M.S.或博士学位学位。在9个持续学生中，1名在UPR-M和8位于UMDNJ，其中4个现在是在高级论文研究中进行的4个，在资格前考试阶段进行了4个。 在该计划的8年中，有7名学生在研究的前三年中离开了该计划：其中1位是博士学位。在其他地方的计划，有2个进入PR的医学院，正在攻读硕士学位。在UPR-M，有2位是技术科学家，其中1位正在寻求科学就业。没有人离开生物医学。我们继续修改该计划，以处理招聘和选择合适的学生的问题，在UPR-M上做准备，从UPR-M到UMDNJ的转移期间的适应性以及UMDNJ的计划灵活性。基于桥梁学生的成功率提高，他们在M.S. UPR-M的课程工作，我们建议在UMDNJ进行最初的研究以及该计划的UPR-M积分部分的个人研究。该计划继续为UPR-M上有才华的波多黎各学生增加机会，并增加博士学位的URM学生人数。 Umdnj和Rutgers的计划，从而扩大了从博士学位的生物医学研究职业的学生范围。水平，并为Umdnj和Ru的URM学生创造一个更具培养的环境。