Training and Career Development

培训和职业发展

• 批准号: 8464860
• 负责人: Caroline B Appleyard
• 金额: $ 22.31万
• 依托单位: PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-25 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8464860
• 关键词: Achievement; Address; Awareness; Basic Science; Cancer Center; Cause of Death; Clinical; Clinical Research; Clinical Sciences; Clinical Trials; Complement; Development; Development Plans; Diagnosis; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational workshop; Environment; Evaluation; FOLH1 gene; Faculty; Feedback; Fellowship Program; Florida; Goals; Hispanics; Hospitals; Incidence; Instruction; Island; Malignant Neoplasms; Measurable; Medical; Medical Students; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority; Morbidity - disease rate; Outcome; Population; Professional Competence; Program Effectiveness; Puerto Rican; Puerto Rico; Research; Research Personnel; Research Training; Scientist; Students; Training; Training and Education; Training and Infrastructure; Translational Research; Underrepresented Minority; Urban Hospitals; anticancer research; cancer health disparity; cancer therapy; career; career development; experience; graduate student; health disparity; improved; medical schools; mortality; novel; oncology; programs; research and development; success

ABSTRACT: Disparities in cancer incidence, mortality and morbidity continue to exist within the Hispanic population. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Puerto Rico (PR), yet cancer research awareness and opportunities remain somewhat limited on the Island. Nationwide there continues to be a paucity of Hispanic, including Puerto Rican, clinical and basic science faculty with a focus on cancer. This negatively impacts progress in reducing health disparities in the Hispanic population. The overall long-term objective of the Training/Career Development Core of the Ponce School of Medicine/Moffitt Cancer Center (PSM/MCC) Partnership is to increase the numbers and success of basic science investigators and clinical research scientists focused on enhancing cancer research for the PR population. This training core will accomplish these goals through enhancement of the academic, research, and professional competence of both the underrepresented minority students and those serving these populations. The specific measurable objectives of the Training/Career Development Core are as follows: (1) to build a cancer research track for Ph.D. students at PSM to increase the number of basic science cancer investigators and enhance cancer research focused on the Puerto Rican population; (2) to build a clinical training pipeline of medical students and fellows to enhance clinical cancer, research and treatment of the PR population; and (3) to enhance career development of partnership junior investigators. To achieve these objectives we will capture early career PhD graduate students in Puerto Rico, immersing them in a cancer research environment. A reciprocal research exchange of PhD students from the MCC Cancer Center and integrated health disparities education will develop a strong network of basic scientists to address cancer disparities issues. Second, we will establish an oncology track for PSM medical students. Third, this Core will support a unique clinical research training experience for oncology fellows on the island. This novel oncology fellowship program will provide coordinated training in clinical trials and translational research at MCC, PSM, San Juan VA Medical Hospital and San Juan City Hospital. Fourth, the Core will support the career development plans of the Partnership faculty mentees to build research capacity at PSM. Networking of the trainees and junior faculty through shared developmental workshops and long-term interactions will fully integrate the trainees and support establishment of successful cancer research careers on the island. Critical evaluation and tracking of the career paths of the trainees and junior faculty mentees will assess program effectiveness, and provide feedback for improving the education and training components of the Core. Successful outcomes from these goals will enhance the numbers and achievements of Puerto Rican cancer investigators, contribute to a long-term cancer research training infrastructure at PSM, and augment cancer research aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the Hispanic population in both Puerto Rico and Florida. The Training/Career Development Core will complement and leverage the existing programs at both MCC and PSM to significantly enhance the overall Partnership objectives by providing a better trained workforce to conduct cancer related research with the momentum to create new research initiatives addressing the health disparities found in Hispanic populations.

抽象的： 西班牙裔人群中继续存在癌症发病率，死亡率和发病率的差异。癌症是波多黎各（PR）的第二大死亡原因，但癌症研究意识和机会在岛上仍然有些限制。在全国范围内，西班牙裔仍缺乏西班牙裔，包括波多黎各，临床和基础科学教师，重点是癌症。这对减少西班牙裔人口的健康差异的进展产生了负面影响。 Ponce医学院/Moffitt癌症中心（PSM/MCC）伙伴关系的培训/职业发展核心的总体长期目标是增加基础科学研究者的数量和成功，而临床研究科学家则致力于增强PR人群的癌症研究。这种培训核心将通过增强代表性不足的少数民族学生和为这些人群服务的人的学术，研究和专业能力来实现这些目标。培训/职业发展核心的特定可测量目标如下：（1）为博士建立癌症研究轨道。 PSM的学生增加了基础科学癌症研究者的数量，并增强了针对波多黎各人群的癌症研究； （2）建立医学生和研究员的临床培训管道，以增强PR人群的临床癌症，研究和治疗； （3）增强伙伴关系初级调查人员的职业发展。为了实现这些目标，我们将在波多黎各捕捉早期职业博士学位研究生，将其浸入癌症研究环境中。来自MCC癌症中心和综合健康差异教育的博士生的相互研究交流将开发出强大的基本科学家网络，以解决癌症差异问题。其次，我们将为PSM医学生建立肿瘤学轨道。第三，该核心将支持岛上肿瘤学研究员的独特临床研究培训经验。这项新颖的肿瘤学奖学金计划将在MCC，PSM，San Juan VA医疗医院和圣胡安市医院提供临床试验和转化研究的协调培训。第四，核心将支持合作伙伴教师的职业发展计划，以在PSM上建立研究能力。通过共享的发展研讨会和长期互动的学员和初级教师的网络将完全整合受训者并支持在岛上成功建立成功的癌症研究职业。对学员和初级教师的职业道路的批判性评估和跟踪将评估计划效率，并为改善核心的教育和培训组成部分提供反馈。这些目标的成功结果将增强波多黎各癌症研究者的数量和成就，为PSM的长期癌症研究培训基础设施做出贡献，并增加癌症研究旨在改善波多黎各和佛罗里达州西班牙裔人群中癌症的诊断和治疗。培训/职业发展核心将通过提供更好的训练有素的劳动力来与MCC和PSM的现有计划相辅相成，从而显着提高整体伙伴关系目标，以与势头进行癌症相关的研究，以创建解决西班牙裔人群中健康差异的新研究计划。