The applicants have proposed to expand the commitment to minority training at the University of Rhode Island (URI) and to strengthen its ongoing relationship with Howard University (HU) by building a bridge to a doctoral degree at the University of Connecticut (UCONN). Over the last several years, HU has been sending bachelor degree trained Exercise Science students to URI to study for the MS degree in Exercise Science. The University of Puerto Rico also sends its minority Exercise Science students to URI to study for their MS degree. The URI and UCONN have entered into a formal commitment to offer sponsorship to minority trainees. The four faculty scientists of both institutions will give these students one-on-one apprenticeship training in the laboratory procedures and techniques used in their ongoing funded research. These laboratory procedures are germane to many areas of basic physiology and include: spectrophotometric analysis, tissue preparation, electron microscopy procedures, other biochemical and histological techniques, and procedures necessary to study thermal balance and environmental stress. The skills acquired during this training program will provide these students with experiences that will allow them to compete with others in the broader discipline of physiology.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Education Projects (R25)
Project #
3R25GM051780-01S1
Application #
2190493
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (SSS (S8))
Project Start
1994-09-30
Project End
1996-09-29
Budget Start
1994-09-30
Budget End
1996-09-29
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
1995
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Rhode Island
Department
Miscellaneous
Type
Other Domestic Higher Education
DUNS #
135531015
City
Kingston
State
RI
Country
United States
Zip Code
02881
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