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: 8132942
• 负责人: JEROME Alan LANGER
• 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/8132942
• 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; Health; Individual; Institution; Left; Medicine; Minority; Molecular; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; New Jersey; Phase; Population; Preparation; Progress Reports; Puerto Rican; Puerto Rico; Qualifying; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Schools; Science; Scientist; Students; Talents; Time; Underrepresented Minority; United States; Universities; Work; abstracting; base; career; design; experience; flexibility; graduate student; 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。项目摘要/摘要 该提议旨在续签博士学位的桥梁：UPR到Umdnj，一直在协助 少数族裔（URM）的研究生从生物学硕士学位进行过渡 在波多黎各大学EZ校园（UPR-M）进入分子的博士学位 Piscataway Campus的Umdnj毕业生生物医学科学学院（GSBS）的生物科学家共同提供 与Rutgers一起，新泽西州立大学（RU） 人口主要是波多黎各人，但该计划没有提供博士学位。 作为生物医学科学的高级调查员的职业。 在其他机构的候选人，在umdnj-gsbs，piscataway和ru 在UPR-M中促进了M.S.候选人的过渡，该计划由一个 当然，在UPR-M上工作，然后在Umdnj进行了2年的课程工作和研究 该桥梁计划获得UPR的硕士学位 进入UMDNJ-GSB的博士学位 计划（IMSD奖），该计划在最初的研究中为URM候选人提供支持。 第9年，我们已经招募了19名学生 迈向硕士或博士学位。 umdnj，包括4现在的论文研究水平4，在资格考试阶段进行4。 在过程中的8年中，有7名学生在逗留的前三年离开了该计划：其中1名是Theese 一位博士学位，否则，有2个在PR中进入医学院，正在upr-m攻读硕士学位 科学家正在寻求科学工作 修改该计划以应对适当学生的招聘，准备 UPR-M，从UPR-M到UMDNJ的转移期间的适应性，以及基于UMDNJ的程序灵活性。 关于桥梁学生的成功率提高，他们的拳头研究经验在M.S. UPR-M的课程工作，我们建议在Umdnj和个人进行初步研究 该计划的UPR-M积分部分的研究继续增加 在UPR-M的Puerto Rican学生，并增加了博士学位的URM学生的数量 乌姆德（Umdnj）和罗格斯（Rutgers） 博士学位，为Umdnj和Ru的URM学生创造了一个更具培养的环境 在生物医学科学中，国家缺乏不信任的少数族裔科学家，这是你的 More Nigms办公室的博士学位课程的桥梁旨在通过实现少数民族来解决 M.S.从少数派服务的学校候选人 提案可以在波多黎各大学生物学候选人EZ校园到矩阵 进入新泽西大学医学和牙科的分子生物镜头的博士学位 Piscataway校园生物医学研究生院。 增加美国生物医学科学劳动力的多样性。 美国的博士学位科学家将来应为更多样化的学员提供榜样，并 促进针对少数民族社区特别关注的健康问题的研究。