Yale/NCI Cooperative Training Program in Cancer Epidemiology

耶鲁大学/NCI 癌症流行病学合作培训项目

• 批准号: 7560540
• 负责人: SUSAN T MAYNE
• 金额: $ 14.33万
• 依托单位: YALE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-30 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7560540
• 关键词: Training Programs; cancer epidemiology

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is to continue a highly successful graduate partnership program (GPP) whose overall goal is to train the best and brightest students in the area of lifestyle and environmental determinants of human cancer risk. The proposal consists of a partnering between academicians and NIH intramural scientists, with the primary partners in this arrangement being Yale University's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH), and the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG). This unique partnership draws upon the academic strengths of Yale University, the resources and expertise at NCI, and the research strengths of these two institutions, both of which are internationally known for their research in cancer epidemiology and genetics. The cooperative training program trains students in modern methodologies for evaluating lifestyle determinants of human cancer risk, with an emphasis on nutritional, environmental, and occupational determinants including their interactions with genetic factors. Pre-doctoral candidates selected into this unique training program are jointly mentored by Yale faculty and NCI investigators. Upon matriculation, pre-doctoral candidates receive up to 2 years of didactic instruction at EPH, which is an accredited School of Public Health. Coursework emphasizes methods training in epidemiology and biostatistics, with content training in a variety of areas including cancer epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology, environmental / occupational epidemiology, molecular and genetic epidemiology, and cancer biology. At the end of the didactic experience, students take their qualifying exams at Yale, and then subsequently relocate to the NCI. Students identify a thesis topic, write a thesis prospectus, and identify a Dissertation Advisory Committee comprised of two faculty members from Yale (at least one of whom is a senior mentor) and two from NCI. Students meet all requirements for the Ph.D. at Yale, which includes a one-year teaching assistant (TA) experiential requirement. The pre-doctoral training program is administered by a Steering Committee with representation from both EPH and DCEG. Graduates of this program are uniquely qualified to be future leaders in the field of cancer epidemiology and genetics.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案是继续一项非常成功的研究生合作计划（GPP），其总体目标是培训生活方式和人类癌症风险环境决定因素领域中最优秀，最聪明的学生。该提案包括院士与NIH壁内科学家之间的合作伙伴，这一安排的主要合作伙伴是耶鲁大学流行病学和公共卫生系（EPH），以及国家癌症研究所的癌症流行病学和遗传学（DCEG）。这种独特的伙伴关系借鉴了耶鲁大学的学术优势，NCI的资源和专业知识以及这两个机构的研究优势，这两个机构都因其在癌症流行病学和遗传学方面的研究而闻名。合作培训计划培训学生采用现代方法来评估人类癌症风险的生活方式决定因素，重点是营养，环境和职业决定因素，包括他们与遗传因素的相互作用。耶鲁大学教职员工和NCI调查人员共同指导了入选此独特培训计划的博士前候选人。入学后，博士前的候选人在EPH获得了多达2年的教学教学，这是一所获得认可的公共卫生学院。课程工作强调了流行病学和生物统计学中的方法培训，包括癌症流行病学，营养流行病学，环境 /职业流行病学，分子和遗传流行病学以及癌症生物学等各个领域的内容培训。在教学经验的结尾，学生在耶鲁大学参加了合格考试，然后搬到了NCI。学生确定论文主题，撰写论文招股说明书，并确定一个由耶鲁大学的两名教职员工组成的论文咨询委员会（至少一位是高级导师）和两个来自NCI的教师。学生满足博士学位的所有要求。在耶鲁大学，其中包括一年的助教（TA）体验要求。博士前培训计划由指导委员会管理，并由EPH和DCEG的代表。该计划的毕业生具有独特的资格，成为癌症流行病学和遗传学领域的未来领导者。