# Undergraduate Biomedical Research Training at UTEP

> **NIH NIH T34** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · 2020 · $295,006

## Abstract

We shall seek out, nurture, and train honors students in STEM majors related to biomedical
disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics for entry into strong graduate
programs with the ultimate goal of graduation with a Ph.D. degree in their chosen field. The
program will be research intensive, each student working in a group with our finest research
faculty for a period of up to 24 months with the experience culminating in the mandatory writing
and oral defense of a research Thesis. The student will be expected to attend scientific meeting,
initially as an observer to familiarize themselves with the culture and design of such meetings,
and later to present their research results to the chosen scientific community. Along with the
research exposure and training the students will have special focused classes on Bioethics and
Responsible Conduct of Research. The Bioethics course will be taught by faculty from the
Department of Philosophy and will be a specific course focused on the MARC students, intense
and intellectually broad as befits students with aspirations of the Ph. D. degree and later research-
oriented careers. The Responsible Conduct of Research will be part of a weekly “Introduction to
Research:' course and will be directed by the PD, as a more hands-on day to day inquiry into the
pitfalls open to the research community. It will include examples of the “crime” and the
“punishment” as evidenced from the NIH Office of Research Integrity and the related NSF office.
The “Introduction to Research” class will also involve a series of “Conversations with Scholars”
where our top University Scholars come for informal sessions to describe their work, and their
personal stories en route from student to faculty, and the hurdles faced and overcome. The
students will be encouraged to participate in a summer research experience off-campus in the
knowledge that many of our students have little or no experience outside our somewhat isolated
region, and the received understanding that their “home” laboratory and training and personal
talent makes them competitive for graduate school is often of great importance to their
development. Such experiences can be special programs organized by many Universities for this
student audience; National Laboratory Programs, e.g. DOE, DOD, or special arrangement made
by the research director. Finally we have designed two classes “Bioinformatics” and
“Entrepreneurship in Science” as two key experiences to enhance their training and career
ideas/options.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10127397
- **Project number:** 3T34GM008048-35S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO
- **Principal Investigator:** KEITH H PANNELL
- **Activity code:** T34 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $295,006
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-06-01 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10127397

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10127397, Undergraduate Biomedical Research Training at UTEP (3T34GM008048-35S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10127397. Licensed CC0.

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