[Biomed_students_phd] Annual Research Process Evaluations (ARPE): Due Sept. 15, 2021

[Hermila Torres]

Dear PhD Biomed students and faculty advisors,

It is time for the yearly progress reports. Annual Research Progress Evaluations (ARPEs) are typically due at the end of spring, but due to COVID-19 graduate division has approved a later deadline. This year the evaluations are due no later than September 15, 2021.

Please schedule the ARPE meeting (virtually) with your guidance or dissertation committee this spring or summer.

If you are just completing Year 1, work with your major professor/PI to form your guidance committee (your PI plus 2 additional faculty). Schedule the ARPE meeting with your guidance committee once it has been established. If you have not confirmed your home lab, please reach out to Dr. Sika Zheng to discuss your options for completing the ARPE.

Attached is the new ARPE form (word doc), fillable-PDF, and general instructions for completing the form. The one-page research summary is now incorporated into the form. You should be able to edit the fillable fields if you need more or less space.

The fillable-PDF will be uploaded to the Biomed website by next week.

Note: for students who have already met with their committee and used an older version of the ARPE, these forms still satisfy this requirement. There is no need to resubmit.

Following are temporary guidelines due to the COVID-19 campus closure:

  *   During campus closure use Zoom or other video conference application to schedule ARPE meeting.
  *   Students should fill out the data for the Academic Progress and Professional Development sections (pages 3-7) and distribute electronic copies to the committee for review prior to the meeting (at least one week).
  *   After meeting, the form can be routed electronically for signatures. Electronic signatures will be admissible in lieu of wet signatures.
  *   Once the student and committee have signed the ARPE, the major professor/chairperson should email the form to the BMSC graduate advisor, Dr. Sika Zheng, Sika.Zheng at medsch.ucr.edu<mailto:Sika.Zheng at medsch.ucr.edu>.
  *   Dr. Zheng will submit to me, Hermila Torres, hermila.torres at medsch.ucr.edu<mailto:hermila.torres at medsch.ucr.edu> for final processing and reporting to the Graduate Division.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best Regards,

Hermila Torres
Program Coordinator (Student Services Advisor)
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
UCR School of Medicine
hermila.torres at medsch.ucr.edu<mailto:hermila.torres at medsch.ucr.edu>
biomedsci at medsch.ucr.edu<mailto:biomedsci at medsch.ucr.edu>
Webber Hall 1143
Office: (951) 827-4540
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Biomedical Sciences staff are adhering to COVID-19 restrictions and working remote until further notice. We ask for your patience during these uncertain times.

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