Wayne State University is submitting a proposal for the Initiative for Minority Student Development (IMSD) that will serve as a continuation for our current MBRS Associates Program. This program will make innovations to our current program to address the goal of increasing minority participation in biomedical research for the 21st century. Our program will involve both an undergraduate and graduate student component. The undergraduate component will identify students at the freshman level and following identification sixteen will identify students at the freshman level and following identification sixteen students will be selected twice per year to take a course """"""""Introduction to investigative Sciences"""""""". This course is designed to sharpen the students' already developed skills in mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology. But more importantly this class is also designed to enhance students' ability to (1) use computer assisted learning techniques for introductory science courses, (2) develop and improve writing skills, (3) enhance presentation skills and (4) work in groups to achieve their academic goals. These cohort of students will be tracked by their participation in the """"""""Independent Study"""""""" class. This class is designed to maintain contact with these students and follow their progress and development. Select numbers of these students will be placed in the IMSD supported research or other supported research programs. Mentors will direct research experiences that are designed to enhance their scientific development. The design will give us the opportunity to impact a large pool of minority students (32/year) and guide the most serious into research positions. The graduate students will be recruited to the university by our program or individual departments. Once identified these students will be guided toward the very best mentors and academic areas that are consistent with their career goals. In addition, these graduate students will spend time working with and tutoring undergraduate students in both the """"""""Introduction to Investigative Sciences"""""""" class and the """"""""Independent Study"""""""" course. Working in the individual departments with their mentors plus working with the undergraduate students, these graduate students will have the opportunity to develop teaching and presentation skills. This interaction with other graduate and undergraduate students will establish a continuum of development, and esprit de corps of all the IMSD students at Wayne State University. Methods for tracking students and program evaluation are being implemented so that we can meet our defined goals.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Education Projects (R25)
Project #
5R25GM058905-04
Application #
6519955
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZGM1-MBRS-9 (01))
Program Officer
Poodry, Clifton A
Project Start
1999-05-01
Project End
2003-03-31
Budget Start
2002-04-01
Budget End
2003-03-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
$666,262
Indirect Cost
Name
Wayne State University
Department
Physiology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
City
Detroit
State
MI
Country
United States
Zip Code
48202
Shah, Seema; Brock, Ethan J; Jackson, Ryan M et al. (2018) Downregulation of Rap1Gap: A Switch from DCIS to Invasive Breast Carcinoma via ERK/MAPK Activation. Neoplasia 20:951-963
Guastella, Anthony R; Michelhaugh, Sharon K; Klinger, Neil V et al. (2018) Investigation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and the intrinsic tumoral component of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism in primary brain tumors. J Neurooncol 139:239-249
Lopez, Alberto M; Ibrahim, Ahmad A; Rosenhauer, Gregory J et al. (2018) Tin-Free Access to the ABC Core of the Calyciphylline A Alkaloids and Unexpected Formation of a D-Ring-Contracted Tetracyclic Core. Org Lett 20:2216-2219
Saadat, Nadia; Liu, Fangchao; Haynes, Brittany et al. (2018) Nano-delivery of RAD6/Translesion Synthesis Inhibitor SMI#9 for Triple-negative Breast Cancer Therapy. Mol Cancer Ther 17:2586-2597
Murray, Andrew S; Varela, Fausto A; Hyland, Thomas E et al. (2017) Phosphorylation of the type II transmembrane serine protease, TMPRSS13, in hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor-1 and -2-mediated cell-surface localization. J Biol Chem 292:14867-14884
Kato, Ikuko; Vasquez, Adrian; Moyerbrailean, Gregory et al. (2017) Nutritional Correlates of Human Oral Microbiome. J Am Coll Nutr 36:88-98
Sanders, Matthew A; Haynes, Brittany; Nangia-Makker, Pratima et al. (2017) Pharmacological targeting of RAD6 enzyme-mediated translesion synthesis overcomes resistance to platinum-based drugs. J Biol Chem 292:10347-10363
Spranger, Marty D; Kaur, Jasdeep; Sala-Mercado, Javier A et al. (2017) Exaggerated coronary vasoconstriction limits muscle metaboreflex-induced increases in ventricular performance in hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 312:H68-H79
Sen, Arko; Gurdziel, Katherine; Liu, Jenney et al. (2017) Smooth, an hnRNP-L Homolog, Might Decrease Mitochondrial Metabolism by Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase (Idh) and Other Metabolic Genes in the Sub-Acute Phase of Traumatic Brain Injury. Front Genet 8:175
Haynes, Brittany; Sarma, Ashapurna; Nangia-Makker, Pratima et al. (2017) Breast cancer complexity: implications of intratumoral heterogeneity in clinical management. Cancer Metastasis Rev 36:547-555

Showing the most recent 10 out of 70 publications