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Grant Number: 1T90DK070115-01 Project Title: Training for a new workforce at SDSU (RMI)
PI Information: Name Title CASTILLO, JOSE E. castillo@myth.sdsu.edu Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): San Diego State University will expand its multidisciplinary research and training programs (MDRTP) in the Colleges of Sciences and Engineering through undergraduate and graduate teaching innovations as well as cross-department faculty research collaborations. The University will prepare cohorts of students at the baccalaureate, pre-doctoral and post-doctoral levels skilled in collaborative team approaches to problem solving in the biomedical sciences. The University's Computational Science Research Center (CSRC) will serve as the program's core group for developing new curriculum and coordinating student internships in research laboratories. The CSRC currently offers interdisciplinary training in bachelors, masters and doctoral programs. Participating faculty in the project include members of the Departments of Computer Science, Cell and Molecular Biology, Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics. The MDRTP program will provide long-term interdisciplinary research training through laboratory rotations in multiple disciplines, courses, and research experiences designed to train students across academic divisions to address interdisciplinary approaches for solving complex problems in the biomedical sciences. A key feature of the training program is the Discovery Team in which vertically integrated student groups are assembled for real-world problem solving offered to regional technology sector businesses and National Laboratories. Teams will be managed by an interdisciplinary scientist/engineer panel meeting regularly with the students. Discovery Team participation is offered at three levels: undergraduate and pre-doctoral (for course credit), and postdoctoral. Training activities will include faculty-student symposia, journal clubs, faculty and peer mentoring, new research collaborations, and coordination with SDSU's underserved training programs including MARC, MBRS and Bridges.
Public Health Relevance:
This Public Health Relevance is not available.Thesaurus Terms:
education evaluation /planning, health science research potential, interdisciplinary collaboration, science education, training
bioengineering /biomedical engineering, cell biology, computational biology, cooperative study, curriculum, educational resource design /development, mathematics, molecular biology
postdoctoral investigator, predoctoral investigator, university student
Institution: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 5250 CAMPANILE DR SAN DIEGO, CA 92182 Fiscal Year: 2004 Department: MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS Project Start: 30-SEP-2004 Project End: 31-AUG-2009 ICD: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES IRG: ZDK1