Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) at PVAMU

Goals

  • Goal: To enhance student participation and preparation in the biomedical sciences for matriculation into highly competitive biomedical PhD programs and ultimately, a biomedical research career.

Specific Objectives

  • Provide an enriched interdisciplinary biomedical research culture that exposes all U-RISE at PVAMU trainees to research for three consecutive years.

  • Enhance the academic curriculum that promotes advancement of U-RISE at PVAMU trainees to a biomedical science graduate program.

  • Create a nurturing learning community by engaging U-RISE at PVAMU trainees in a multidimensional mentoring program.

Leadership

Dr. Gloria Regisford
Professor, Biology; Director, NSF S-STEM SUMS and NIH/NIGMS U-RISE at PVAMU

Dr. Ananda Amarasekara
Interim Head and Professor, Chemistry; U-RISE Co-PI

Dr. Laura Carson
Director, Cooperative Agriculture Research Center; Research Scientist, Chemistry; U-RISE Co-PI

Dr. Noushin Ghaffari
Assistant Professor, Computer Science; U-RISE Co-PI