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: 7500799
• 负责人: MICHAEL J LEIBOWITZ
• 金额: $ 21.18万
• 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/7500799
• 关键词: Acclimatization; Address; Admission activity; Award; Awareness; Biology; Biomedical Research; Communities; Data; Dentistry; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Curriculum; Employment; Enrollment; Environment; Exposure to; Frequencies; Funding; Funding Mechanisms; Future; Goals; Grant; Hand; Health; Individual; Institution; Left; Medicine; Minority; Molecular; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; 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; United States; Universities; Work; abstracting; base; career; design; experience; improved; medical schools; programs; role model; success

6. Project Summary/Abstract 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. 7. Project Narrative There is a national shortage of underrepresented minority scientists in the biomedical sciences, which the Bridges to the Doctorate Program of the MORE Office of NIGMS was designed to address by enabling minority M.S. candidates from minority-serving schools to progress to Ph.D. candidacy at partner universities. This proposal enables M.S. candidates in Biology at University of Puerto Rico-Mayag¿ez Campus to matriculate into the Ph.D. programs in the Molecular Biosciences at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Piscataway Campus. This and other such programs should increase the diversity of the biomedical science workforce in the United States. A more diverse group of Ph.D.-level scientists in the U.S. should provide role models for more diverse trainees in the future, and should promote research into health issues of particular concern to minority communities.

6. 项目总结/摘要 该提案旨在更新通往博士学位的桥梁：UPR 至 UMDNJ，该桥梁一直在协助 代表性不足的少数族裔（URM）研究生从生物学硕士课程过渡 在波多黎各马亚格大学ez Campus (UPR-M) 进入分子博士课程 UMDNJ 生物医学科学研究生院 (GSBS) 皮斯卡塔韦校区联合开设生物科学 新泽西州立大学 (RU) 的 UPR-M 生物学硕士项目有一名学生。 人口主要是波多黎各人，但该计划不提供博士学位来帮助学生做好准备。 然而，UPR-M 有着悠久的生产记录。 其他机构（包括 UMDNJ-GSBS、Piscataway 和 RU To）的优秀博士候选人。 为了促进 UPR-M 硕士候选人的过渡，制定了这个为期 3 年的计划，其中包括 在 UPR-M 进行一年的课程学习，然后在 UMDNJ 学生进行 2 年的课程学习和研究。 完成此桥梁课程，获得 UPR 硕士学位并获得高级资格录取 进入 UMDNJ-GSBS 的博士课程，与现有的 UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline 对接 计划（IMSD 奖），为 URM 博士生的最初几年的学习提供支持。 第9年，我们招收了19名学生，其中3名已完成博士学位，9名是该项目的学生。 在 9 名继续攻读硕士学位或博士学位的学生中，1 名在 UPR-M，8 名在 UPR-M。 UMDNJ，其中 4 名目前处于论文研究高级阶段，4 名处于资格预审阶段。 在该项目的 8 年中，7 名学生在前 3 年的学习中退出了该项目：其中 1 人在 在其他地方攻读博士学位，2 人进入 PR 医学院，1 人正在 UPR-M 攻读硕士学位，2 人是技术专业 科学家和一名正在寻求科学工作的人都没有离开生物医学科学领域。 修改计划以处理招募和选择合适学生、准备工作的问题 UPR-M、从 UPR-M 转移到 UMDNJ 期间的适应以及 UMDNJ 的计划灵活性。 在取得硕士学位之前，在 UMDNJ 进行首次研究经历的桥梁学生的成功率有所提高。 在 UPR-M 的课程作业中，我们建议在 UMDNJ 以及个人进行最初的夏季研究 UPR-M 的研究是该计划的组成部分，该计划继续增加机会。 UPR-M 的优秀波多黎各学生，并增加 URM 博士项目的学生数量。 UMDNJ 和罗格斯大学，从而扩大了进入生物医学研究职业的学生范围 博士水平，并为 UMDNJ 和 RU 的 URM 学生创造一个更加培育的环境。 全国范围内生物医学领域缺乏代表性的少数族裔科学家， NIGMS MORE 办公室的博士项目桥梁旨在通过帮助少数族裔解决问题 来自少数族裔学校的硕士候选人可进入合作大学攻读博士学位。 提案使波多黎各马亚格大学生物学硕士候选人能够ez校园入学 进入新泽西医学和牙科大学分子生物科学博士课程- 皮斯卡塔韦校区生物医学科学研究生院这个项目和其他此类项目应该。 增加美国生物医学科学劳动力的多样性。 美国的博士级科学家应该为未来更加多样化的学员提供榜样，并且应该 促进对少数群体特别关注的健康问题的研究。