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: 7694422
• 负责人: SUSAN T MAYNE
• 金额: $ 10.54万
• 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/7694422
• 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）：该提案旨在继续一项非常成功的研究生合作计划（GPP），其总体目标是在人类癌症风险的生活方式和环境决定因素领域培训最优秀和最聪明的学生。该提案由院士和 NIH 内部科学家之间的合作组成，其中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癌症流行病学和遗传学部门 (DCEG)。这一独特的合作伙伴关系利用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享誉国际。该合作培训项目为学生提供现代方法的培训，以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，包括它们与遗传因素的相互作用。入选这一独特培训计划的博士前候选人将由耶鲁大学教师和 NCI 研究人员共同指导。入学后，博士前候选人将在 EPH 接受长达 2 年的教学指导，EPH 是一所经过认可的公共卫生学院。课程强调流行病学和生物统计学的方法培训，内容培训涉及多个领域，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。教学结束后，学生在耶鲁大学参加资格考试，然后搬到 NCI。学生确定论文主题，撰写论文说明书，并确定由两名耶鲁大学教员（其中至少一名是高级导师）和两名来自 NCI 的教员组成的论文咨询委员会。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）经验要求。博士前培训计划由由 EPH 和 DCEG 代表组成的指导委员会管理。该项目的毕业生具有成为癌症流行病学和遗传学领域未来领导者的独特资格。