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癌症研究教育途径 (EPCR) 的目标 癌症中心 (IUSCCC) 和印第安纳大学伯明顿分校 (IUB) 教育学院将提供癌症 以最终增加代表性不足人群的学生的方式研究职业道路 生物医学劳动力的数量和多样性。这一目标将通过重点关注三个方面来实现 目标： 1) 培养中级教师，为学生提供必要的知识和 对医学研究的倾向； 2）为高中教师提供综合实验室研究 提高生物学和癌症相关教学技能的经验和课程开发机会 并激发学生对科学相关职业的兴趣； 3) 提供有指导的、高质量的、 以癌症为重点的研究经验以及教学和专业发展研讨会 来自代表性不足背景的学校和早期本科生，为他们的医学做好准备，或 癌症相关领域。为实现目标1，45名城乡中级教师将参加专业培训 发展的重点是基于项目的研究活动，特别是癌症研究。致地址 目标 2，利用我们与当地高中教师建立的关系，我们将为 15 所高中提供 教师通过四个星期的实验室研究来教育来自弱势群体的学生 经验并参与将癌症相关主题纳入课程开发活动 国家课程。与教师及其学校的关系将全年持续通过实地进行 旅行和学校旅行。为实现目标3，每年将招募30名高中/本科生 每两年花费三个月进行癌症研究。项目学员将获得提升 实验室和研究技能，包括对癌症研究事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。方案评估 将定期评估 EPCR 是否满足基准并实现里程碑。基准包括 开发初中和高中癌症相关课程，促进中学生职业发展 和高中教师，可归因于参与 EPCR，以及我们的高中和本科生 从事健康科学，特别是癌症研究职业的学员。约60名教职员工 具有研究计划和指导培训和经验的人将担任导师，其他教师将 根据需要进行招募。 EPCR 延续了我们之前 CURE 计划的成功，并将范围扩大到 履行 IUSCCC 的使命，教育来自不同背景、代表性不足的学生和教师 从事生物医学研究的人将成为癌症研究和知识的大使。