Abstract

Utilize holistic selection methods to identify 7 under-represented recent college graduates who show promise to become PhD educated biomedical scientists per year to participate in a one year post-bac program designed to help them enter and succeed in PhD study. 80% of the PREP post-bacs will meet the criteria to receive a certificate of completion, based on performance in a laboratory, passing a course in Molecular and Cellular Biology, improving standardized test scores, attending and participating in required ethics and safety training, graduate school application workshops, weekly analytical problems solving workshops (IGR), a writing course and skills building workshops. 75% of post-bascs will enroll in a high quality Ph.D., DO/Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. program in a biomedical related science. 85% of BCM SMART PREP alumni in Ph.D. programs will be retained and progress toward completion of the Ph.D We will disseminate results of the SMART PREP through presentations, discussions and, potentially, publications.

Public Health Relevance

Public Relevance: The BCM SMART PREP will enhance education of UR students and their progression into Ph.D. biomedical programs and careers. These post-bacs will develop the background to work on diseases that disproportionately affect minorities, serve as role models for UR students, help educate their communities about biomedical research and health care developments.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Education Projects (R25)
Project #
5R25GM069234-18
Application #
10091458
Study Section
NIGMS Initial Review Group (TWD)
Program Officer
Brown, Anissa F
Project Start
2003-08-01
Project End
2022-01-31
Budget Start
2021-02-01
Budget End
2022-01-31
Support Year
18
Fiscal Year
2021
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Baylor College of Medicine
Department
Anatomy/Cell Biology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
051113330
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77030

  Publications

Johnston, A N; Bu, W; Hein, S et al. (2018) Hyperprolactinemia-inducing antipsychotics increase breast cancer risk by activating JAK-STAT5 in precancerous lesions. Breast Cancer Res 20:42
Sprouse, Maran L; Shevchenko, Ivan; Scavuzzo, Marissa A et al. (2018) Cutting Edge: Low-Affinity TCRs Support Regulatory T Cell Function in Autoimmunity. J Immunol 200:909-914
Lopez, A Y; Wang, X; Xu, M et al. (2017) Ankyrin-G isoform imbalance and interneuronopathy link epilepsy and bipolar disorder. Mol Psychiatry 22:1464-1472
Woodard, Lauren E; Downes, Laura M; Lee, Yi-Chien et al. (2017) Temporal self-regulation of transposition through host-independent transposase rodlet formation. Nucleic Acids Res 45:353-366
Chiang, David Y; Lebesgue, Nicolas; Beavers, David L et al. (2015) Alterations in the interactome of serine/threonine protein phosphatase type-1 in atrial fibrillation patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 65:163-73
Baalman, Kelli; Marin, Miguel A; Ho, Tammy Szu-Yu et al. (2015) Axon initial segment-associated microglia. J Neurosci 35:2283-92
Chiang, David Y; Zhang, Min; Voigt, Niels et al. (2015) Identification of microRNA-mRNA dysregulations in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Int J Cardiol 184:190-7
Chiang, David Y; Li, Na; Wang, Qiongling et al. (2014) Impaired local regulation of ryanodine receptor type 2 by protein phosphatase 1 promotes atrial fibrillation. Cardiovasc Res 103:178-87
Chiang, David Y; Kongchan, Natee; Beavers, David L et al. (2014) Loss of microRNA-106b-25 cluster promotes atrial fibrillation by enhancing ryanodine receptor type-2 expression and calcium release. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 7:1214-22
Li, Na; Chiang, David Y; Wang, Sufen et al. (2014) Ryanodine receptor-mediated calcium leak drives progressive development of an atrial fibrillation substrate in a transgenic mouse model. Circulation 129:1276-1285

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