UTSA MBRS RISE Program

UTSA MBRS RISE 计划

基本信息

批准号：
7902246
负责人：
EDWIN J BAREA-RODRIGUEZ
金额：
$ 99.73万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2000
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2000-03-01 至 2012-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7902246
关键词：
Academic achievement Address Affect Awareness Biology Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Research CCL7 gene Chemistry Colorado Communication Communities Development Diabetes Mellitus Disadvantaged Disease Doctor of Philosophy Educational Status Educational process of instructing Educational workshop Emotional Engineering Evaluation Feedback Fellowship Financial Support Foundations Funding Future Goals Grant Group Meetings Hypertension Individual Instruction Intramural Research Investments Journals Knowledge Laboratories Laboratory Research Leadership Learning Life Measurable Medical Mentors Minority Mission Monitor Motivation Participant Performance Physics Population Positioning Attribute Professional Ethics Program Evaluation Public Health Publications Recruitment Activity Reporting Research Research Personnel Research Project Grants Research Proposals Research Support Research Training Resources Rewards Rotation Schedule Science Selection Criteria Strategic Planning Students Sum Support Groups Techniques Testing Texas Training Training Programs Training Support Underrepresented Minority Universities Vision Visit Writing abstracting career cohort computer science cost effectiveness measure falls frontier global environment graduate student group support holistic approach improved innovation interest pre-doctoral programs role model skills success symposium technical writing

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) requests NIH/NIGMS support to continue its successful MBRS Minority Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program. The overall goal of the UTSA RISE program is to support and train underrepresented minority (URM) students so that they enter and succeed in premier biomedical doctoral programs, which is in accordance with the mission of the MBRS/MORE/NIGMS. The hypothesis to be tested is that successful implementation and execution of program specific aims will assist our URM MBRS-RISE students to progress to higher levels of training in biomedical research. The Specific Aims are: 1) Revise and enhance the UTSA comprehensive graduate biomedical research training program to focus on URM doctoral students in Biology and extend to Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Physics; 2) Revise and enhance current undergraduate program to focus exclusively on lower division undergraduate training for Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Physics majors; and 3) Conduct effective program evaluation and refinement. Professional, laboratory and personal development and support activities will continue at all levels. Further, new leadership and writing training will be implemented. The doctoral component will be refined to accommodate the additional majors, and training in grant writing will precede mandatory submission of dissertation proposals as federal grants. The successful undergraduate training component will be enhanced by providing a progressive introduction to research and the research lab for lower division students. Transitional and innovative Bootcamp activities at the rising sophomore level will provide the firm foundation in laboratory techniques prior to them joining a laboratory. These students will continue in mentored intramural research through their sophomore year, after which they will transition into our successful MARC-U*STAR research training program. Program evaluation will be continued and refined for all activities, with an additional focus on developing effective selection criteria for freshmen who will persist in research training in the MARC-U*STAR program. This proposal is innovative because it provides a holistic approach to training students by combining academic, research, leadership, and personal development activities that will help them to develop self-confidence, career path awareness, networking skills, and research proficiency. Overall, the UTSA MBRS-RISE program is dedicated to accomplishing the long term goal of increasing the number of URM students acquiring advanced degrees in the biomedical sciences, which will allow them to advance to competitive postdoctoral positions and launch rewarding careers in biomedical research. Project Narrative: Advances in public health are preceded by breakthroughs in scientific research. Providing funding for training for researchers, and recruiting younger students, who will pursue research as a career, is a direct investment in future medical advances. Training underrepresented minorities in research is particularly critical, as these students may pursue research that will address diseases that disproportionately affect minority populations, including diabetes and high blood pressure.

描述（由申请人提供）：得克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校（UTSA）请求NIH/NIGMS支持继续其成功的MBRS少数民族研究计划（RISE）计划。 UTSA RISE计划的总体目标是支持和培训代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生，以便他们进入并成功参加主要的生物医学博士课程，这与MBRS/More/More/Nigms的任务一致。要测试的假设是，特定目标的成功实施和执行将有助于我们的URM MBR-Rise学生进入生物医学研究的更高水平的培训。具体目的是：1）修改和增强UTSA综合研究生生物医学研究培训计划，以专注于生物学领域的URM博士生，并扩展到生物医学工程，化学，计算机科学和物理学； 2）修改和增强当前的本科课程，专门针对下级生物学，化学，计算机科学和物理专业的本科培训； 3）进行有效的计划评估和完善。专业，实验室和个人发展和支持活动将在各个层面继续进行。此外，将实施新的领导力和写作培训。博士部分将被完善以适应其他专业，赠款写作的培训将在强制提交论文建议之前作为联邦赠款。通过为下层学生提供渐进式研究和研究实验室的渐进式介绍，可以增强成功的本科培训组成部分。大二一级上升的过渡和创新的训练营活动将在实验室加入实验室之前为实验室技术提供企业基础。这些学生将在大二的时候继续进行指导的壁内研究，然后他们将过渡到我们成功的MARC-U*星级研究培训计划。计划评估将继续进行所有活动，并额外着重于为将继续在MARC-U*Star计划中进行研究培训的新生的有效选择标准。该建议具有创新性，因为它通过结合学术，研究，领导和个人发展活动为培训学生提供了整体方法，这将有助于他们发展自信心，职业道路意识，网络技能和研究水平。总体而言，UTSA MBRS-Rise计划致力于实现长期目标，即增加了在生物医学科学领域获得高级学位的URM学生的数量，这将使他们能够晋升到竞争性的博士后职位并在生物医学研究中发起奖励的照顾者。项目叙述：公共卫生的进步之前是科学研究的突破。为研究人员提供培训资金，并招募将作为职业从事研究的年轻学生，这是对未来医疗进步的直接投资。培训代表性不足的研究中的少数群体尤其重要，因为这些学生可能会进行研究，以解决对少数群体（包括糖尿病和高血压）造成不成比例的疾病。