Pathway to graduate study post-baccalaureate training program
PROJECT SUMMARY Discouraging results from the Survey of Earned Doctorates revealed that in 2020, only 3.2% of those awarded doctoral degrees in the biological / biomedical sciences were Black or African-Americans and 6.2% were Hispanics or Latinos. For those awarded doctoral degrees in the health sciences, 9.4% were Black or African- Americans and 4.8% were Hispanics or Latinos. There continues to be an urgent need to create a diverse biomedical research workforce. The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School has a highly successful NIH funded Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. This proven program offers an outstanding opportunity to enhance student academic preparedness and increase laboratory-based or clinical research experience. The goal of the program is to prepare students so that they are competitive for admission into top-tier PhD or MD/PhD programs. We seek continued NIH funding to expand our re