Vanderbilt-Zambia Cancer Research Training Program (VZCARE)

范德比尔特-赞比亚癌症研究培训计划 (VZCARE)

• 批准号: 10596631
• 负责人: DOUGLAS CORBETT HEIMBURGER
• 金额: $ 26.93万
• 依托单位: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10596631
• 关键词: Academic Medical Centers; Acceleration; Address; Advanced Malignant Neoplasm; Cancer Burden; Cessation of life; Collaborations; Disease; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Ensure; Epidemiology; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Future; Goals; HIV; Health; Hospitals; Knowledge; Lead; Malignant Neoplasms; Mentors; Modernization; Population Research; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Research Training; Scholars Program; Scientist; Teaching Hospitals; Training; Training Programs; Training Support; Universities; Visit; Zambia; anticancer research; cancer epidemiology; career development; disability; doctoral student; epidemiology study; experience; investigator training; low and middle-income countries; member; multidisciplinary; premature; programs; research and development; trend

ABSTRACT The cancer burden in Zambia is increasing, making it one of the leading non-communicable causes of disability and premature death. This trend will continue and accelerate. However, cancer research in Zambia, particularly population-based research, is limited, primarily due to a lack of well-trained investigators, supportive research infrastructure, and adequate funding. Currently, Zambia has no cancer-specific research training programs to address the workforce gap. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the University of Zambia (UNZA) are expanding their longstanding research training partnership to establish a new cancer epidemiology training program, the Vanderbilt-Zambia Cancer Research Training Program (VZCARE). The overall goal of VZCARE is to develop a cadre of researchers and educators equipped with modern knowledge and expertise to lead cancer epidemiology research and training in Zambia, to encourage US- based researchers to engage in cancer research in low- and middle-income countries, and to ensure long-term program impacts and sustainability. Specifically, VZCARE seeks to: 1. Train a cadre of researchers and educators (trainers) to conduct multidisciplinary cancer epidemiology research and build training capacity in Zambia, targeting faculty members and researchers from UNZA, University Teaching Hospital, Cancer Diseases Hospital, and the Zambia Ministry of Health. This will be accomplished via an intensive 3- month Visiting Faculty Scholars program at Vanderbilt, Zambia-based epidemiology workshops, and augmenting the UNZA PhD program with advanced cancer epidemiological curricula. 2. Train scientists and future leaders in cancer epidemiology research in Zambia. This will include US- and Zambia-based “sandwich” training and dual-mentored research for two Zambian PhD students and three Zambian postdoctoral trainees, and field research experience in Zambia for two US postdoctoral trainees. 3. Ensure and document VZCARE’s long-term impact. In addition to documenting the career development and research accomplishments of our trainees, we will provide continued support for their career development and foster collaborations beyond their supported training periods. With a very successful 23-year UNZA-Vanderbilt Training Partnership on HIV-related research and education, and Vanderbilt’s substantial global cancer epidemiology research and training programs, we are well positioned to launch this new training program with a focus on building world-class cancer epidemiology research and training in Zambia and promoting US investigators to engage in global cancer research.

抽象的 赞比亚的癌症伯宁正在增加，使其成为残疾的主要非通信原因之一 和过早死亡。这种趋势将继续并加速。但是，赞比亚的癌症研究， 特别是基于人群的研究是有限的，这主要是由于缺乏训练有素的研究人员， 支持性研究基础设施和足够的资金。目前，赞比亚没有特定于癌症的研究 培训计划以解决劳动力差距。范德比尔特大学医学中心（VUMC）和 赞比亚大学（UNZA）正在扩大他们的长期研究培训伙伴关系，以建立新的 癌症流行病学培训计划，范德比尔特 - 桑比亚癌症研究培训计划（VZCARE）。 VZCARE的总体目标是开发一群配备现代的研究人员和教育工作者 在赞比亚领导癌症流行病学研究和培训的知识和专业知识，以鼓励我们 基于低收入国家的研究人员从事癌症研究，并确保长期 计划影响和可持续性。具体而言，VZCARE寻求：1。培训一群研究人员和 教育工作者（培训师）进行多学科癌症流行病学研究和建立培训 赞比亚的能力，针对UNZA的教职员工和研究人员，大学教学医院， 癌症疾病医院和赞比亚卫生部。这将通过密集的3-实现 总部位于赞比亚的流行病学讲习班范德比尔特的一个月访问教师学者计划， 通过晚期癌症流行病学课程来增强UNZA博士学位计划。 2。培训科学家和 赞比亚癌症流行病学研究的未来领导者。这将包括美国和赞比亚 “三明治”培训和两名赞比亚博士学位和三个赞比亚的双重招待研究 博士后学员，以及赞比亚的两名美国博士后学员的实地研究经验。 3。确保 并记录VZCARE的长期影响。除了记录职业发展和 我们培训的研究成就，我们将继续为他们的职业发展和 促进了超越其支持的培训期的合作。拥有非常成功的23年UNZA-Vanderbilt 培训与HIV相关的研究和教育的伙伴关系，以及范德比尔特的实质性全球癌症 流行病学研究与培训计划，我们有能力与 重点是在赞比亚建立世界一流的癌症流行病学研究和培训并促进我们 研究人员从事全球癌症研究。