Training program to promote diversity in cancer research

促进癌症研究多样性的培训计划

基本信息

批准号：
9789232
负责人：
STEVEN J. KRIDEL
金额：
$ 12.55万
依托单位：
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-09-20 至 2024-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9789232
关键词：
Address African American Area Baptist Church Cancer Biology Cancer Patient Cancer Research Project Career Choice Cessation of life Community Outreach Comprehensive Cancer Center Department of Defense Development Plans Education Education Projects Educational workshop Effectiveness Electronic Mail Enrollment Environment Evaluation Exposure to Faculty Future Goals Hispanics Historically Black Colleges and Universities Incidence Journals Knowledge Laboratories Latino Learning Malignant Neoplasms Malignant neoplasm of prostate Mentors Mentorship Methods Minority Native Americans North Carolina Oral Participant Patient Care Physicians Population Preparation Race Research Research Activity Research Personnel Research Training Resources Students Technology Training Training Programs Underrepresented Minority Underrepresented Populations Universities Vocational Guidance Work anticancer research base cancer health disparity cancer site career career development college drug development experience follow-up forest grasp hands on research innovation lectures meetings minority undergraduate mortality peer networks precision medicine programs racial and ethnic recruit social media socioeconomics summer program summer research symposium trend undergraduate student underrepresented minority student

项目摘要

Summary Disparities in cancer incidence and mortality rates among different ethnic/racial groups has been well recognized; however, research in this area has lagged behind, partly due to a shortage of cancer researchers and physicians from underrepresented minorities. North Carolina is among the most diverse states in the nation, and ranks ninth with respect to African American population. African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and Native Americans are 33% of the state's population. Accordingly, there is obvious cancer disparity. Thus, we created the “North Carolina Summer Undergraduate Prostate Cancer Research Program (NC-SUPR)” which offers summer research experiences to undergraduates from two local HBCUs. The program was supported by the Department of Defense for the last two years, and successfully implemented. Based on this fruitful experience, we have arranged a larger consortium of “Cancer Equity Research Training at North Carolina (CERT-NC)” by four Universities, including two local HBCUs. We now propose to create a new R25 training program for promoting diversity of cancer research at Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center (WFBCCC). The objective of this training program is to promote and enhance diversity of the future cancer research workforce, by providing undergraduates from under-represented populations with opportunities for short-term research experiences. Our Specific Aims are to: (i) Recruit highly qualified underrepresented minority undergraduates through CERT-NC and nationwide; (ii) Engage participants in hands-on research activities in basic and translational laboratories and expose them to cutting-edge cancer research; (iii) Provide mentorship and guidance to participants for their career development; and (iv) Guide students in future career development and track their progress. Our proposed program includes multiple innovative approaches. First, it will build on the experience of the successful NC-SUPR program, while expanding its scope. Second, the program will use the unique consortium, CERT-NC, which consists of WFBCCC, two local HBCUs, and another regional college with a large enrollment of Native Americans. Third, we will implement the “Ambassador program”, which provides students with community outreach experience. Fourth, the program's distinguished faculty will provide education so that participants achieve a grasp of cancer biology basics and learn about state-of-the-art technologies for precision medicine and drug development. Fifth, the program offers career guidance from underrepresented minority faculty as “Career mentors”. Lastly, the program will be strengthened by interactions with other summer research programs at Wake Forest University. Thus, participants will interact with other underrepresented minority students and establish peer networks for future career development. Our program features faculty committed to mentorship and a diverse scientific environment with exposure to cutting-edge approaches to cancer biology, and can implement proven methods for recruitment and follow-up for efficient and effective administration of a vibrant training program.

概括不同民族/种族群体之间癌症发病率和死亡率的差异很大然而，这一领域的研究却相对滞后，部分原因是癌症研究人员的短缺。北卡罗来纳州是美国最多元化的州之一。国家，在非裔美国人、西班牙裔/拉丁裔和非裔美国人人口中排名第九。美洲原住民占该州人口的 33%，因此，存在明显的癌症差异。创建了“北卡罗来纳州暑期本科生前列腺癌研究计划（NC-SUPR）” 为来自两个当地 HBCU 的本科生提供暑期研究经验。国防部近两年来，并在此基础上成功实施并取得丰硕成果。根据经验，我们安排了一个更大的“北卡罗来纳州癌症公平研究培训”联盟 (CERT-NC)”由四所大学（包括两所当地 HBCU）发起我们现在建议创建新的 R25 培训。维克森林浸信会综合癌症中心促进癌症研究多样性的计划（WFBCCC）该培训计划的目标是促进和增强未来癌症的多样性。研究人员，为来自代表性不足的人群的本科生提供机会我们的具体目标是： (i) 招募高素质的代表性不足的人。通过 CERT-NC 和全国范围的少数民族本科生； (ii) 让参与者参与实践研究； (iii) 在基础和转化实验室提供活动，让他们接触前沿的癌症研究；为参与者的职业发展提供辅导和指导；以及 (iv) 指导学生未来的职业发展；我们提出的计划包括多种创新方法。将借鉴 NC-SUPR 计划的成功经验，同时扩大其范围。计划将使用独特的联盟 CERT-NC，该联盟由 WFBCCC、两个本地 HBCU 和另一所拥有大量美国原住民的地区大学第三，我们将实施 “大使计划”，为学生提供社区外展体验。教师将提供卓越的教育，使参与者掌握癌症生物学基础知识和了解精准医学和药物开发的最先进技术第五，该计划。最后，该计划将由代表性不足的少数族裔教师作为“职业导师”提供职业指导。通过与维克森林大学其他夏季研究项目的互动而得到加强。参与者将与其他代表性不足的少数族裔学生互动，并为未来建立同伴网络我们的项目以致力于指导和多元化科学的教师为特色。接触癌症生物学尖端方法的环境，并且可以实施经过验证的方法用于招聘和后续工作，以高效和有效地管理充满活力的培训计划。