UNC Geriatric Oncology Training Grant (UNC-GO)

北卡罗来纳大学老年肿瘤学培训补助金（UNC-GO）

• 批准号: 10319556
• 负责人: JAN BUSBY-WHITEHEAD
• 金额: $ 17.74万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10319556
• 关键词: Elderly; Grant; Oncology; Training

ABSTRACT Cancer is a disease of aging, with incidence and mortality rates rising dramatically with increasing age. In the U.S., the average age at a cancer diagnosis is 66 years; of the 1,688,780 new cancer cases in 2017, more than 53% are adults age 65 years and older. Sixty-two percent of current survivors are age >65, and will rise to 73% by 2040. These numbers, coupled with aging trends of the U.S. population, portend large and growing cohorts of older cancer patients and survivors in the years to come. Cancer treatment in the older population is challenging and complicated by factors related to co-morbidity, functional status, polypharmacy, social support, nutritional status, and other geriatric relevant domains. Our ability to provide personalized and appropriate cancer care to our rapidly expanding older population is challenged by a shortage of geriatricians to team with oncologists, inadequate geriatrics training of oncologists, and cancer clinical trials that have focused largely on younger patients and have generated little data on elders who are more likely to have multiple comorbidities and varying goals of care. The UNC Geriatric Oncology Training Grant (UNC-GO) is a T32 training application from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) specifically focused on training physicians in clinical/translational or health services research at the interface of geriatrics and oncology. Co-directed by renowned leaders in oncology (Hyman B. Muss, MD) and geriatrics (Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD), UNC-GO will provide two years of training (one new trainee per year) in geriatric oncology research for residents and fellows training in Geriatrics or Medical, Surgical, Gynecologic, Radiation, or Urologic Oncology. UNC-GO trainees will benefit from access to resources and expertise available through the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNC-LCCC), which received an “exceptional” score of 11 during its most recent review, as well as the UNC-LCCC Geriatric Oncology Program (co-directed by Drs. Muss and Busby-Whitehead) and the UNC Center on Aging and Health (director by Dr. Busby-Whitehead). UNC-GO primary preceptors are UNC-LCCC members and have on average $1.1 million in annual research funding. Upon the trainee’s admission to the program, the UNC-GO Co-Directors and Steering Committee work with the trainee to form a mentorship team that includes a clinician/scientist with Geriatrics expertise. The central component of UNC-GO training is the mentored research experience. Trainees will choose between two research tracks that represent the best research areas that UNC has to offer: clinical/translational and health services research. Under the guidance of the mentoring team, trainees design and conduct one or more independent projects. Trainees address aspects of research ranging from developing the research question and design, to the protocol, methods, instruments, data collection/compilation, data management, analysis, and reporting. Involvement of collaborating experts is expected. Trainees are expected to present their research findings at local, regional, and national scientific meetings, and to have a minimum of one first-author manuscript submitted per year.

摘要 癌症是一种老年性疾病，随着年龄的增长，发病率和死亡率会急剧上升。在 在美国，确诊癌症的平均年龄为66岁；在2017年新增的1,688,780例癌症病例中，超过 53%是65岁及以上的成年人。目前62%的幸存者年龄在65岁以上，这一比例将上升到73% 到2040年。这些数字，加上美国人口老龄化的趋势，预示着大量的、不断增长的队列 老年癌症患者和幸存者在未来的几年里。老年人群的癌症治疗是 具有挑战性和复杂性的因素涉及共病、功能状态、多药联用、社会支持、 营养状况，以及其他老年相关领域。我们提供个性化和合适的癌症的能力 我们快速增长的老年人口的护理面临着老年医生短缺的挑战 肿瘤学家，对肿瘤学家的老年医学培训不足，以及癌症临床试验主要集中在 更年轻的患者，几乎没有关于老年人的数据，这些老年人更有可能患有多种合并症和 不同的护理目标。北卡罗来纳大学老年肿瘤学培训补助金(UNC-GO)是一项来自 北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校(UNC)专门致力于培训医生 老年病学和肿瘤学交界处的临床/转化性或卫生服务研究。联合导演： 在肿瘤学(海曼·B·穆斯医学博士)和老年病学(简·巴斯比-怀特黑德医学博士)方面的知名领导者，北卡罗来纳大学-GO将 为住院医师和研究员提供为期两年的老年肿瘤学研究培训(每年一名新学员) 接受过老年病学或内科、外科、妇科、放射或泌尿外科肿瘤学方面的培训。北卡罗来纳大学围棋实习生将 受益于可通过北卡罗来纳州莱恩伯格癌症综合中心获得的资源和专业知识 中心(UNC-LCCC)，在最近一次审查中获得了11分的“特殊”分数，以及 北卡罗来纳大学-LCCC老年肿瘤学项目(由Muss博士和巴斯比-怀特黑德共同指导)和北卡罗来纳大学中心 《老龄化与健康》(导演：巴斯比-怀特黑德博士)。UNC-GO的主要导师是UNC-LCCC成员 平均每年有110万美元的研究资金。在实习生被录取后， UNC-GO联合董事和指导委员会与学员合作组成一个指导团队，其中包括 具有老年病学专业知识的临床医生/科学家。北卡罗来纳大学围棋训练的核心部分是有指导的研究 经验。学员将在代表北卡罗来纳大学最佳研究领域的两个研究轨道之间进行选择 必须提供：临床/翻译和健康服务研究。在指导团队的指导下， 受训人员设计和实施一个或多个独立项目。受训者讨论研究范围的各个方面 从开发研究问题和设计，到协议、方法、仪器、数据 收集/汇编、数据管理、分析和报告。合作专家的参与是 预期中。学员将在地方、地区和国家科学会议上展示他们的研究成果。 会议，每年至少提交一份第一作者手稿。