Abstract

The University of New Mexico Postbaccalaureate Research and Education Program (UNM PREP) is a biomedical research training program, focused upon Minorities and socio- economically under-represented individuals who plan to enter a PhD program. Through a series of defined objectives, we shall: recruit high-quality under-represented Scholars to our program; develop and realize individualized training plans to provide laboratory research experience and academic training to improve the skill set of the Scholar; provide additional training modules to develop the professional skills of the Scholar; provide support and training in the successful application of the Scholars to PhD programs; investigate the parameters impacting graduate school retention; and utilize these data to improve graduate training at UNM. We anticipate that the results of this training will be to increase the numbers of under-represented individuals in the sciences, and to increase research focus and awareness upon reducing health disparities.

Public Health Relevance

of this project to human health is through the direct training of individuals in biomedical science fields, and their subsequent strong performance in PhD programs. Since our Scholars hail from populations associated with specific health disparities, we shall be training individuals who are highly motivated and skilled to carry out future research aimed at alleviating and curing these health disparities.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Education Projects (R25)
Project #
5R25GM075149-10
Application #
8812877
Study Section
Minority Programs Review Committee (MPRC)
Program Officer
Bender, Michael T
Project Start
2005-09-30
Project End
2017-02-28
Budget Start
2015-03-01
Budget End
2016-02-29
Support Year
10
Fiscal Year
2015
Total Cost
$398,144
Indirect Cost
$29,492

  Institution

Name
University of New Mexico
Department
Biology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
868853094
City
Albuquerque
State
NM
Country
United States
Zip Code
87106

  Publications

Thoma, Robert J; Meier, Andrew; Houck, Jon et al. (2017) Diminished auditory sensory gating during active auditory verbal hallucinations. Schizophr Res 188:125-131
Bolaños, Alfredo D; Coffman, Brian A; Candelaria-Cook, Felicha T et al. (2017) Altered Neural Oscillations During Multisensory Integration in Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 41:2173-2184
DeAguero, Joshua L; McKown, Elizabeth N; Zhang, Liwen et al. (2017) Altered protein levels in the isolated extracellular matrix of failing human hearts with dilated cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Pathol 26:12-20
Coombs, Kent E; Leonard, Alexander T; Rush, Matthew N et al. (2017) Isolated effect of material stiffness on valvular interstitial cell differentiation. J Biomed Mater Res A 105:51-61
Adema, Coen M; Hillier, LaDeana W; Jones, Catherine S et al. (2017) Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail. Nat Commun 8:15451
Delora, Adam; Gonzales, Aaron; Medina, Christopher S et al. (2016) A simple rapid process for semi-automated brain extraction from magnetic resonance images of the whole mouse head. J Neurosci Methods 257:185-93
Van Horn, David J; Wolf, Caitlin R; Colman, Daniel R et al. (2016) Patterns of bacterial biodiversity in the glacial meltwater streams of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 92:
Colman, Daniel R; Thomas, Raquela; Maas, Kendra R et al. (2015) Detection and analysis of elusive members of a novel and diverse archaeal community within a thermal spring streamer consortium. Extremophiles 19:307-13
Rush, Matthew N; Coombs, Kent E; Hedberg-Dirk, Elizabeth L (2015) Surface chemistry regulates valvular interstitial cell differentiation in vitro. Acta Biomater 28:76-85
Marquardt, K; Saha, M; Mishina, M et al. (2014) Loss of GluN2A-containing NMDA receptors impairs extra-dimensional set-shifting. Genes Brain Behav 13:611-7

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