Ghana IntegRative Approach to Cancer ResEarch Training: The Grace Program

加纳癌症研究培训综合方法：恩典计划

• 批准号: 10630132
• 负责人: Anna R. Giuliano
• 金额: $ 0.09万
• 依托单位: H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-19 至 2027-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10630132
• 关键词: Acceleration; Address; Affect; Africa South of the Sahara; African American population; Applied Research; Breast; Cancer Center; Cancer Control; Cervical; Collaborations; Community Health; Country; Discipline; Educational workshop; Faculty; Funding; Generations; Ghana; Goals; Grant; Growth; Head and neck structure; Health; Incidence; Institution; Malignant Neoplasms; Malignant neoplasm of prostate; Medical Education; Morocco; Nursing Schools; Oncology; Physicians; Policy Maker; Public Health; Public Health Schools; Research; Research Personnel; Research Training; Science; Scientist; Structure; Surgeon; System; Talents; Teaching Hospitals; Training; Training Programs; Universities; Work; anticancer research; cancer site; clinical care; college; experience; global health; institutional capacity; interest; lectures; medical schools; mortality; multidisciplinary; programs; recruit

Project Summary/Abstract Cancer incidence is significantly increasing in many sub-Saharan Africa countries necessitating a shift in training and research to address this growing problem. Years ago Ghana recognized this problem and identified cancer sites for prioritization for both research and clinical care in their National Cancer Control Plan. These cancers include breast (BCa), cervical (CxCa), head and neck (HNCa) and prostate cancer (PCa). To address the goals set forth in the national cancer plan Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC) faculty have been collaborating with the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital within the University of Ghana (UG), and the Ghana College of Physician and Surgeons (GCPS) for the past five years to build collaborative research and cancer clinical care capacity. This work started initially with a focus on PCa and HNCa, two cancers of common concern and interest, as the incidence and mortality associated with these cancers disproportionally affects Ghanaians and US African Americans. Recognizing the need to expand research to BCa and CxCa in Ghana the MCC-Ghana collaboration is poised to expand efforts to these two additional cancers and to expand existing research and training collaborations to create a comprehensive and structured program with greater depth and breadth. We propose to expand the existing list of collaborating institutions in Ghana to include the University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS), School of Public Health (UGSPH), and Nursing School. In addition, we plan to adapt a comprehensive cancer research training program developed as part of a completed Fogarty D43 Morocco grant, to accelerate the implementation of cancer research training in Ghana. The overall goal of this proposal is to develop a new generation of multidisciplinary global health cancer researchers at MCC and UG by implementing programs that will strengthen and expand institutional capacity to broadly conduct cancer research - Ghana IntegRative Approach to Cancer ResEarch Training: The GRACE Program. Specifically, we propose the following: 1. Build and implement cancer research training and capacity (Lectures and Workshops and an Applied Research Experience); 2. Fund Team-Science Research, and; 3. Transfer and sustain the Ghana cancer research training program. At the end of five years we will have trained a new generation of fellows and junior faculty (~125-150) and embedded into the Ghana medical education system a sustainable cancer research training program to support continued cancer research growth in Ghana. The proposed training program will advance research among physician scientists practicing oncology and recruit talented professionals from related health fields to conduct cancer research, thereby rapidly expanding cancer research in Ghana. By engaging those from multiple disciplines, the proposed program will strengthen Ghana’s existing national and multidisciplinary cancer-specific research teams. Ultimately, our goal is to have this training program serve as a bridge between academic, policy makers, and public health communities.

项目概要/摘要 许多撒哈拉以南非洲国家的癌症发病率正在显着增加，因此需要改变 几年前，加纳就认识到了这个问题并进行了培训和研究，以解决这一日益严重的问题。 在国家癌症控制计划中确定了优先研究和临床护理的癌症部位。 这些癌症包括乳腺癌 (BCa)、宫颈癌 (CxCa)、头颈癌 (HNCa) 和前列腺癌 (PCa)。 解决国家癌症计划中规定的目标 莫菲特癌症中心 (MCC) 的教员已 与加纳大学 (UG) 内的 Korle-Bu 教学医院和加纳学院合作 过去五年内科医生和外科医生协会 (GCPS) 建立合作研究和临床癌症 这项工作最初侧重于 PCa 和 HNCa 这两种常见癌症。 兴趣，因为与这些癌症相关的发病率和死亡率对加纳人和 美国非裔美国人认识到需要在加纳扩大对 BCa 和 CxCa 的研究，MCC-Ghana 合作准备扩大对这两种额外癌症的努力，并扩大现有的研究和 培训合作，以创建一个具有更大深度和广度的全面且结构化的计划。 建议扩大加纳现有的合作机构名单，将加纳大学纳入其中 此外，我们还计划对医学院（UGMS）、公共卫生学院（UGSPH）和护理学院进行调整。 作为已完成的 Fogarty D43 摩洛哥项目的一部分而制定的综合癌症研究培训计划 该提案的总体目标是加速加纳癌症研究培训的实施。 旨在在 MCC 和 UG 培养新一代多学科全球健康癌症研究人员 实施旨在加强和扩大广泛开展癌症治疗的机构能力的计划 研究 - 加纳癌症研究综合方法培训：GRACE 计划。 建议如下： 1. 建立和实施癌症研究培训和能力（讲座和研讨会 2. 资助团队科学研究，以及； 3. 转让和维持 加纳癌症研究培训计划五年后我们将培训新一代。 研究员和初级教职人员（~125-150）并融入加纳医学教育系统 癌症研究培训计划旨在支持加纳癌症研究的持续发展。 该计划将促进从事肿瘤学的医师科学家的研究并招募人才 来自相关健康领域的专业人员进行癌症研究，从而迅速扩大癌症研究 通过吸引来自多个学科的人士，拟议的计划将加强加纳现有的 最终，我们的目标是进行这种培训。 该计划充当学术界、政策制定者和公共卫生界之间的桥梁。