Training program to promote diversity in cancer research

促进癌症研究多样性的培训计划

• 批准号: 10450628
• 负责人: STEVEN J. KRIDEL
• 金额: $ 9.51万
• 依托单位: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-20 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10450628
• 关键词: Address; African American population; Area; Baptist Church; Cancer Biology; Cancer Patient; Cancer Research Project; Career Choice; Cessation of life; Community Outreach; Comprehensive Cancer Center; Department of Defense; Development Plans; Education; Education Projects; Educational workshop; Electronic Mail; Enrollment; Environment; Ethnic group; Evaluation; Exposure to; Faculty; Future; Goals; Hispanic Populations; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Incidence; Journals; Knowledge; Laboratories; Latino Population; Learning; Malignant Neoplasms; Malignant neoplasm of prostate; Mentors; Mentorship; Methods; Minority Groups; Minority Health Research; Native Americans; North Carolina; Oral; Participant; Patient Care; Physicians; Population; Preparation; Race; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Training; Resources; Students; Technology; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Populations; Universities; Vocational Guidance; Work; anticancer research; base; cancer health disparity; cancer site; career; career development; college; drug development; effectiveness evaluation; experience; follow-up; forest; grasp; hands on research; innovation; lectures; meetings; minority undergraduate; mortality; peer networks; precision drugs; precision medicine; programs; racial and ethnic; recruit; social media; socioeconomics; summer program; summer research; symposium; trend; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

Summary Disparities in cancer incidence and mortality rates among different ethnic/racial groups has been well recognized; however, research in this area has lagged behind, partly due to a shortage of cancer researchers and physicians from underrepresented minorities. North Carolina is among the most diverse states in the nation, and ranks ninth with respect to African American population. African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and Native Americans are 33% of the state's population. Accordingly, there is obvious cancer disparity. Thus, we created the “North Carolina Summer Undergraduate Prostate Cancer Research Program (NC-SUPR)” which offers summer research experiences to undergraduates from two local HBCUs. The program was supported by the Department of Defense for the last two years, and successfully implemented. Based on this fruitful experience, we have arranged a larger consortium of “Cancer Equity Research Training at North Carolina (CERT-NC)” by four Universities, including two local HBCUs. We now propose to create a new R25 training program for promoting diversity of cancer research at Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center (WFBCCC). The objective of this training program is to promote and enhance diversity of the future cancer research workforce, by providing undergraduates from under-represented populations with opportunities for short-term research experiences. Our Specific Aims are to: (i) Recruit highly qualified underrepresented minority undergraduates through CERT-NC and nationwide; (ii) Engage participants in hands-on research activities in basic and translational laboratories and expose them to cutting-edge cancer research; (iii) Provide mentorship and guidance to participants for their career development; and (iv) Guide students in future career development and track their progress. Our proposed program includes multiple innovative approaches. First, it will build on the experience of the successful NC-SUPR program, while expanding its scope. Second, the program will use the unique consortium, CERT-NC, which consists of WFBCCC, two local HBCUs, and another regional college with a large enrollment of Native Americans. Third, we will implement the “Ambassador program”, which provides students with community outreach experience. Fourth, the program's distinguished faculty will provide education so that participants achieve a grasp of cancer biology basics and learn about state-of-the-art technologies for precision medicine and drug development. Fifth, the program offers career guidance from underrepresented minority faculty as “Career mentors”. Lastly, the program will be strengthened by interactions with other summer research programs at Wake Forest University. Thus, participants will interact with other underrepresented minority students and establish peer networks for future career development. Our program features faculty committed to mentorship and a diverse scientific environment with exposure to cutting-edge approaches to cancer biology, and can implement proven methods for recruitment and follow-up for efficient and effective administration of a vibrant training program.

概括 不同种族/种族群体之间癌症发病率和死亡率的差异一直很好 公认；但是，该领域的研究落后了，部分原因是癌症研究人员短缺 以及代表性不足的少数群体的医生。北卡罗来纳州是最多样化的州之一 国家，在非洲裔美国人口方面排名第九。非裔美国人，西班牙裔/拉丁裔和 美洲原住民是该州人口的33％。彼此之间存在明显的癌症差异。那，我们 创建了“北卡罗来纳州夏季本科前列腺癌研究计划（NC-SUPR）” 为来自两个当地HBCU的本科生提供夏季研究经验。该程序得到了支持 国防部在过去两年中，成功实施。基于这个富有成果的 经验，我们安排了一个更大的“北卡罗来纳州癌症股票研究培训的联盟” （cert-nc）”四所大学，包括两所本地HBCU。我们现在建议创建新的R25培训 在Wake Forest Baptist综合癌症中心促进癌症研究多样性的计划 （WFBCCC）。该培训计划的目的是促进和增强未来癌症的多样性 研究工作人员，通过为代表性不足的人群提供本科生 短期研究经验。我们的具体目的是：（i）招募高素质不足的资格 少数派通过CERT-NC和全国范围的本科生； （ii）让参与者参与动手研究 基本和翻译实验室的活动，并将其暴露于尖端的癌症研究中； （iii）提供 对参与者的职业发展的指导和指导； （iv）指导未来职业的学生 开发和跟踪他们的进步。我们提出的计划包括多种创新方法。首先，它 将基于成功的NC-SUPR计划的经验，同时扩大其范围。第二， 计划将使用唯一的财团，CERT-NC，该联盟由WFBCCC，两个本地HBCU和 另一所地区学院，拥有大量美国原住民。第三，我们将实施 “大使计划”，为学生提供社区外展经验。第四，该程序的 杰出教师将提供教育，以便参与者能够掌握癌症生物学基础知识和 了解有关精密医学和药物开发的最先进技术。第五，程序 提供代表性不足的少数族裔教师的职业指导为“职业导师”。最后，该程序将是 通过与Wake Forest University的其他夏季研究计划的互动来加强。那， 参与者将与其他代表性不足的少数族裔学生互动，并为将来建立同伴网络 职业发展。我们的计划功能专门致力于精神训练和多样化科学的教师 环境有接触癌症生物学的尖端方法，并且可以实施证明方法 用于招募和随访，以有效地管理充满活力的培训计划。