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M B R S Program
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The Multi-Ethnic Biomedical Research Support Program provides salary and support for biomedical research training at the undergraduate and graduate levels of study. Research-oriented students are provided with unparalleled financial and research support through their work with faculty members.

Dr. Lynda Uphouse, MBRS Program Director

What are the benefits?
  • Heighten your potential to pursue an advanced degree in the biomedical sciences.

  • Increase academic career competitiveness by supporting a student's efforts to present and publish scientific findings.

  • Boost your prospects of acceptance into graduate programs and postdoctoral positions.

Developmental activities include:
  • Weekly meetings with the program director and other research faculty.

  • Weekly science seminar series with guest speakers doing research at TWU and other universities around the country.

  • Guidance in the presentation of research data at local, regional and national scientific meetings.

  • Attend workshops to enhance study skills and promote academic and professional success.

  • Receive training in human and animal subjects research.

  • Learn how to conduct research with effective scientific methods and techniques.

Want to get more information? Check out How the Program Works or the Undergraduate Criteria or Graduate Criteria pages to see if you're eligible to apply to the program.

Funding is provided by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

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MBRS undergraduate Student Research Assistant positions open. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Submit by July 1, 2009 for Fall 2009 semester.

CONGRATULATIONS to four MBRS students honored as 2009 Chancellor's Student Research Scholars: Hiwot Guililat, Chemistry & Physics; Danyeal Heckard, Biology; Vianey Segovia, Biology; and Kai Thompson, Biology