Secondary Cohort. A secondary cohort included participants in the Carolina Summer Fellowship Program who engaged in a full day Sci-omics workshop. These participants include both the summer 2022 and summer 2023 cohorts. The Carolina Summer Fellowship Program is an undergraduate research opportunities program that brings in undergraduate students from underrepresented and marginalized groups into research labs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At the beginning of the workshop, a preliminary survey was administered to the students to gauge their comprehension and viewpoint on large-scale biological data science, and their familiarity with programming. After the completion of the workshop, a follow-up survey was conducted in which the students reassessed their understanding and outlook on large-scale biological data science and their experience with programming in an academic setting. This cohort included a total of 29 participants; 31.0% of the students were male, 58.6% were female, and 3.4% identified as "other". The distribution of the participants' race and ethnicity was as follows: 31.0% were Caucasians, 20.7% were African Americans, 13.8% were Latinx, 6.9% were Asians, and the remaining 12.9% comprised individuals who either identified with multiple races/ethnicities or preferred not to disclose their identities. Finally, cohort members were asked about their socio-economic status, revealing that the majority of the participants reported annual family incomes between $50,000-75,000 (20.7%) and $75,000-140,000 (20.7%).