Welcome to the U-RISE Program

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

Mission

The U-RISE Program at Cal State Fullerton aims to recruit, retain, and prepare promising undergraduate students with various lived-experiences to successfully pursue a career in Biomedical Science research.

Announcements

The U-RISE Program will be hosting a Visiting Scientist seminar this fall (Dr. Rui Zhao) and in spring 2026 (Dr. Aaron Straight). Visiting mentors will meet with all our scholars and present their work.

The Faculty Mentor Development Workshop on Unconcious Bias will be held in-person at 10 AM on 11 December 2025. Location TBD. Lunch and refreshments are provided.

U-RISE Events: Seminars and Workshops

The Visiting Scientist seminar for Fall 2025 will be held on 5 November (Wed). Click here for more information.
The Visiting Scientist seminar in Spring 2025 was held on 16 April at 4 PM in MH-513. Dr. Matthew Marsden from the University of California, Irvine, met with the scholars and talked about his work. Click here for details.
Previous Visiting Scientist seminar events were held during the academic year 2023-24 and 2024-25. Click here for details.
Professional development for faculty mentors were held in 2025 and 2024 ( Click here for details) .

Scholar Spotlight

Adriana Rodriguez (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

Mentor Spotlight

Stevan Pecic

Stevan Pecic, Ph.D. (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

For inquiries about the program, please email us: urise@fullerton.edu

The U-RISE at Cal State Fullerton was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant number 5T34 GM149493-03.

Institutional support is provided by the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, and the colleges of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Humanities & Social Sciences, Engineering & Computer Science, and Health & Human Development