CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVIC

前列腺癌研究、教育和社区服务卓越中心

• 批准号: 7304184
• 负责人: Shafiq A Khan
• 金额: $ 129.44万
• 依托单位: CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-30 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7304184
• 关键词: CENTER; EXCELLENCE; PROSTATE; CANCER; RESEARCH

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD) was established in 1999 at Clark Atlanta University to carry-out basic research in cancer biology and drug discovery. In 2004, the CCRTD decided to concentrate in the area of prostate cancer due to disproportionately higher incidence and mortality rate of this disease in African-American men. The current proposal requests support to establish a Center of Excellence in prostate cancer research, education and community education. The main objectives of this center will be 1) To carry out high quality basic research in cell and molecular biology of prostate cancer and to identify underlying biological reasons for racial disparities, 2) To establish a research training program for undergraduate and graduate students to provide research training in the area of prostate cancer and hence increase the number of minority (primarily African-American) scientists in this area of research, 3) To establish a community-based educational program for raising awareness on prevention, screening, early detection and treatment of prostate cancer. This goal will be achieved in collaboration with Clark Atlanta University Whitney M. Young, Jr. School of Social Work, Division of Communication Arts and Midtown Urology Educational Foundation. In the Research Core, we propose three research projects and 6 pilot projects focusing on prostate cancer cell and molecular biology and racial disparities. In the Training Core, we are requesting support for training of three graduate and 5 undergraduate students in the area of cancer biology and community service. In the Community Outreach/Education Core, we are requesting support to establish community events for free health screening for African-American men, for holding "Town Hall" educational meetings to be broadcast by the CAU-TV and radio stations, to develop public service announcements, and for hosting community events in conjunction with our annual national symposium on prostate cancer. The overall activities of the center will be monitored by the Administrative Core. The activities of the Administrative Core will be overseen by the Institutional (IAC), External (EAC) and Local External (LEAC) Advisory Committees. The long term goals of the center will be to understand the biology of prostate cancer, to increase the number of African-American scientists in cancer research, and to educate the African-American community in the areas of prostate cancer prevention, early detection and treatment.

描述（由申请人提供）：1999年在克拉克亚特兰大大学成立了癌症研究与治疗发展中心（CCRTD），以进行癌症生物学和药物发现的基础研究。 2004年，由于非裔美国人男性，这种疾病的发病率和死亡率较高，因此CCRTD决定集中于前列腺癌地区。当前的建议要求支持建立前列腺癌研究，教育和社区教育方面的卓越中心。该中心的主要目标是1）在前列腺癌的细胞和分子生物学上进行高质量的基础研究，并确定种族差异的潜在生物学原因，2）为本科生和研究生建立研究培训计划在这一研究领域，在前列腺癌领域及其领域的研究培训增加了少数群体（主要是非裔美国人）科学家的数量，3）建立基于社区的教育计划，以提高人们对预防，筛查，早期检测和治疗的认识前列腺癌。该目标将与克拉克亚特兰大大学惠特尼·杨（Whitney M.在研究核心中，我们提出了三个研究项目和6个针对前列腺癌细胞以及分子生物学和种族差异的试点项目。在培训核心中，我们要求支持癌症生物学和社区服务领域的三名研究生和5名本科生的培训。在社区外展/教育核心中，我们要求支持为非裔美国人提供免费的健康筛查社区活动，以举行“市政厅”教育会议，由CAU-TV和广播电台播出，以开发公共服务公告，以及与我们的年度全国前列腺癌​​研讨会一起举办社区活动。该中心的整体活动将由行政核心监视。行政核心的活动将由机构（IAC），外部（EAC）和本地外部（LEAC）咨询委员会监督。该中心的长期目标将是了解前列腺癌的生物学，增加非裔美国人科学家在癌症研究中的数量，并在预防前列腺癌，早期发现和治疗领域教育非裔美国人社区。