BIDIRECTIONAL TRAINING TO ENHANCE CANCER RESEARCH CAPACITY IN AFRICA

加强非洲癌症研究能力的双向培训

• 批准号: 10597079
• 负责人: TIMOTHY R REBBECK
• 金额: $ 26.99万
• 依托单位: DANA-FARBER CANCER INST
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-05 至 2026-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10597079
• 关键词: Africa; Africa South of the Sahara; African; African ancestry; Bilateral; Cancer Burden; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Effectiveness; Extramural Activities; Funding; Goals; Grant; Health; Individual; Knowledge; Lead; Leadership; Malignant Neoplasms; Malignant neoplasm of esophagus; Mentors; Oncology; Outcome; Participant; Principal Investigator; Program Development; Prostate carcinoma; Public Health; Qualifying; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Risk Reduction; Training; Training Programs; Training and Education; anticancer research; cancer risk; career; career development; experience; falls; improved; improved outcome; knowledge base; malignant breast neoplasm; men; mortality; programs; recruit; skills

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Cancer mortality rates are projected to more than double in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the next two decades. This public health crisis requires that a knowledge base be developed to better understand and act on the growing cancer burden in SSA. We propose a training program that will maximize the rigor of cancer research in SSA by training researchers to develop strategic and operational capacity that will generate new knowledge about the determinants of cancer risk and outcomes and improve effectiveness of strategies for reducing risk and improve outcomes. The overarching goals of this training program are to 1) Develop and disseminate best practices to enable the highest quality cancer research in Africa; 2) Teach fundamental skills to those who conduct research in Africa; and 3) Create a cadre of individuals who can lead and support cancer research in SSA. Our training program proposes the following specific aims: 1) Develop and implement an educational and career development program that will maximize the rigor of research being conducted in SSA; 2) Recruit and train individuals who can build sustainable careers in cancer research; 3) Assess the impact of this training program on the career outcomes of trainees and participants. Trainees will fall into two groups. First, we propose a Principal Investigator (PI) Track for doctoral level investigators who will be trained to demonstrate leadership in independent and collaborative research. Participants in the PI Track will become proficient in research oversight and governance and build the skills and a scientific project focus toward independent extramural grant funding. Second, a Project Management (PM) Track will be implemented to support the conduct of research. Participants in the PM Track will be qualified to support a variety of research projects within SSA health and regulatory settings. Training will involve bilateral interactions between mentors and trainees in both SSA and the US who will partner to develop and implement best research practices. The training program will build on highly successful existing research networks in SSA: The African Breast Cancer Study (ABCS), The African Esophageal Cancer Consortum (AFRECC), The African Research Group in Oncology (ARGO), and the Men of African Descent and Carcinoma of the Prostate (MADCaP) network. Building on mentors and research capacity of these networks, the proposed program will provide a core research curriculum known as the PROject Management Oversight Training and Education in AFRICA (PROMOTE-AFRICA) framework as well as project-based (for the PI Track) or practicum-based (for the PM track) activities as well as other educational experiences to individuals seeking careers as independent cancer researchers or project managers.

项目摘要/摘要 在接下来的两个 几十年。这种公共卫生危机要求建立知识库以更好地理解和行动 关于SSA的癌症负担不断增长。我们提出了一项培训计划，以最大化癌症的严谨性 通过培训研究人员在SSA中进行的研究，以开发将产生新的战略和运营能力 了解癌症风险和结果的决定因素，并提高策略的有效性 降低风险并改善结果。该培训计划的总体目标是1）开发和 传播最佳实践，以实现非洲最高质量的癌症研究； 2）教基本技能 对于在非洲进行研究的人； 3）创建一个可以领导和支持癌​​症的人的干部 SSA的研究。我们的培训计划提出了以下具体目的：1）开发和实施 教育和职业发展计划将最大化SSA进行的研究严格； 2）招募和培训可以在癌症研究领域建立可持续职业的个人； 3）评估的影响 该培训计划涉及学员和参与者的职业成果。学员将分为两组。 首先，我们为博士研究人员提出了一条主要研究员（PI）轨道，他们将接受培训 在独立和协作研究中展示领导才能。 PI轨道的参与者将成为 精通研究监督和治理，并建立技能和科学项目的重点 独立的壁外赠款资金。其次，将实施项目管理（PM）轨道 支持研究的行为。 PM轨道的参与者将有资格支持各种研究 SSA健康和监管环境中的项目。培训将涉及导师之间的双边互动 SSA和美国的学员都将合作开发和实施最佳研究实践。这 培训计划将基于SSA的非常成功的现有研究网络：非洲乳腺癌 研究（ABC），非洲食道癌伴侣（AFRECC），非洲研究小组 肿瘤学（ARGO），非洲血统和前列腺癌（MADCAP）网络的人。 在这些网络的导师和研究能力的基础上，该计划将提供核心 研究课程被称为非洲项目管理监督培训和教育 （促销非洲）框架以及基于项目的框架（用于PI轨道）或实践（对于PM 跟踪）活动以及对寻求职业作为独立癌症的个人的其他教育经验 研究人员或项目经理。