Educational Pathways for Cancer Research (EPCR)

癌症研究教育途径 (EPCR)

• 批准号: 10714057
• 负责人: Gayle Buck
• 金额: $ 37.19万
• 依托单位: INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-19 至 2028-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10714057
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The aim of Educational Pathways for Cancer Research (EPCR) at the Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center (IUSCCC) and the Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) School of Education is to provide cancer research career pathways for students from underrepresented populations in a manner that ultimately increases the quantity of and diversity within the biomedical workforce. This aim will be achieved by focusing on three goals: 1) Prepare middle-level teachers to provide their students with the prerequisite knowledge and dispositions toward medical research; 2) Provide high school teachers with integrated laboratory research experience and curriculum development opportunities to enhance their biology and cancer-related teaching skills and to create excitement for their students for science-related careers; and 3) Provide mentored, high-quality, cancer-focused research experiences along with didactic and professional development workshops to high school and early undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds to prepare them for medicine-, or cancer-related fields. To address goal 1, 45 urban and rural middle-level teachers will take part in professional development focused on project-based research activities, specifically highlighting cancer research. To address goal 2, using our established relationships with local high school teachers, we will provide 15 high school teachers educating students from underrepresented backgrounds with four weeks of laboratory research experience and participation in curriculum development activities that integrate cancer-related topics into the state curriculum. Relationships with teachers and their schools will continue throughout the year through field trips and school trips. To address goal 3, 30 high school/undergraduate trainees will be recruited every year to spend three months for each of two years performing cancer research. Project trainees will gain enhanced laboratory and research skills, including appreciation of the cancer research enterprise and patient care, understanding of career opportunities, and a long-term academic relationship with mentors. Program evaluation will periodically assess EPCR for meeting benchmarks and achieving milestones. Benchmarks include the development of cancer-related curriculum at middle and high school levels, advancement in the careers of middle and high school teachers that can be attributed to participation in EPCR, and our high school and undergraduate trainees pursuing careers in health sciences, particularly cancer research. Approximately 60 faculty members with research programs and mentoring training and experience will serve as mentors, and additional faculty will be recruited as needed. EPCR continues the success of our previous CURE program and expands the scope to fulfill the mission of the IUSCCC to educate students and teachers from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research who will become ambassadors for cancer research and knowledge.

印第安纳大学西蒙综合大学的癌症研究教育途径（EPCR）的目的 癌症中心（IUSCCC）和印第安纳大学布卢明顿大学（IUB）教育学院将提供癌症 来自代表性不足人群的学生的研究职业途径最终增加 生物医学劳动力中的数量和多样性。这个目标将通过专注于三个 目标：1）准备中层教师为学生提供先决条件的知识和 对医学研究的倾向； 2）为高中教师提供综合实验室研究 经验和课程发展机会，以增强其生物学和癌症相关的教学技能 并为与科学相关的职业引起学生兴奋； 3）提供指导的高质量， 以癌症为中心的研究经验以及教学和专业发展研讨会至高 来自代表性不足的背景的学校和早期的本科生为医学或 与癌症相关的领域。要解决目标1，45个城市和农村中级教师将参加专业 开发的重点是基于项目的研究活动，特别是强调癌症研究。解决 目标2，利用我们与当地高中老师建立的关系，我们将提供15个高中 教育来自代表性不足背景的学生进行了四个星期的实验室研究 经验和参与课程开发活动，将与癌症相关的主题整合到 国家课程。与老师及其学校的关系将全年通过现场继续 旅行和学校旅行。要解决目标3，每年将招募30名高中/本科学员 每两年花三个月进行癌症研究。项目学员将获得增强 实验室和研究技能，包括对癌症研究企业和患者护理的欣赏， 了解职业机会，以及与导师的长期学术关系。计划评估 将定期评估EPCR，以满足基准并实现里程碑。基准包括 在中学和高中级别开发与癌症相关的课程，中等发展的进步 以及可以归因于EPCR的高中老师，以及我们的高中和本科生 从事健康科学职业的学员，尤其是癌症研究。大约60名教职员工 通过研究计划以及指导培训和经验，将担任导师，其他教师将 根据需要招募。 EPCR继续我们以前的治疗程序的成功，并将范围扩展到 履行IUSCCC的使命，以教育来自不同背景的学生和老师的代表 在生物医学研究中将成为癌症研究和知识的大使。