Career Enhancement Program

项目总结-职业发展计划（CEP） 尽管最近的进展，部分是由希尔曼癌症中心（HCC）HN SPORE资助的研究， 头颈部鳞状细胞癌（HNSCC）的转化研究落后于许多其他研究。 恶性肿瘤HCC HN SPORE具有独特的优势，可以在过去成功的基础上， 一代研究HNSCC的转化科学家。HCC的职业提升计划（CEP） HN SPORE旨在吸引、教育和指导一批新的、多样化的科学家， 了解和根除HNSCC。HCC和匹兹堡大学已经承诺了大量的 为这一努力提供资金和基础设施，并与机构匹配，使CEP奖项的数量增加一倍 每年给予。此外，HCC HN SPORE致力于多元化，最近成立了 与约翰霍普金斯、霍华德大学、埃默里大学和梅哈里医学院合作， 增加在HCC HN SPORE CEP中代表性不足的少数民族的参与，实际上，通过 整个计划。此外，我们已任命Tullia Bruno博士为CEP的联合主任。她是 以前的CEP获奖者，HCC妇女工作组的成员（由Ferris博士于2009年晚些时候发起的倡议） 2017年，它解决了癌症中心女教师中的性别问题）和联合领导人 匹兹堡分会的妇女在科学，以协助增加我们的女性人数 申请人和获奖者。 潜在的CEP获奖者将是新的HNSCC的研究，无论是因为他们是初级教师谁是 建立他们的职业生涯;建立研究其他科学问题的研究人员，他们希望过渡到 HNSCC;或精通临床试验设计和实施的临床研究者， 拓宽翻译研究经验。这些奖项的评选过程是严格的，包括 HNSCC研究的各个方面。一旦授予，CEP受助人将定期与一个更成熟的 HNSCC调查员，具有成功的指导记录以及指导团队。他们 将被鼓励参加临床和转化研究课程，并参加模拟学习 他们的校外资助申请将由他们的辅导团队评分的部分。这个目标 该计划旨在将CEP获奖者的研究发展为更大的项目以及多样化的下一代 HNSCC研究人员。

PROJECT SUMMARY – CAREER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (CEP) Despite recent gains, driven in part by Hillman Cancer Center (HCC) HN SPORE-funded research, translational research in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) lags that of many other malignancies. The HCC HN SPORE is uniquely positioned to build upon its past successes and foster the next generation of translational scientists studying HNSCC. The Career Enhancement Program (CEP) of the HCC HN SPORE has been designed to attract, educate and mentor a new, diverse group of scientists committed to understanding and eradicating HNSCC. HCC and the University of Pittsburgh have committed substantial funding and infrastructure to this endeavor, with institutional matching to double the number of CEP awards given annually. Moreover, the HCC HN SPORE is committed to diversity and has recently established collaborations with Johns Hopkins, Howard University, Emory University and Meharry Medical College to increase the participation of under-represented minorities in the HCC HN SPORE CEP and, indeed, through the entirety of the program. In addition, we have appointed Dr. Tullia Bruno, as Co-Director of the CEP. She is a previous CEP awardee, member of the HCC Women’s Task Force (an initiative launched by Dr. Ferris in late 2017, which addresses gender issues among the female faculty at the Cancer Center) and co-leader of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association for Women in Science, to assist in increasing our number of female applicants and awardees. Potential CEP awardees will be new to the study of HNSCC, either because they are junior faculty who are establishing their careers; established investigators studying other scientific questions who wish to transition to HNSCC; or clinical investigators well versed in the design and performance of clinical trials who wish to broaden their translation research experience. The selection process for these awards are rigorous and include all aspects of HNSCC research. Once awarded, the CEP grantee will meet regularly with a more established HNSCC investigator with an established record of successful mentorship as well as a mentoring team. They will be encouraged to participate in courses in clinical and translational research and participate in mock study sections where their extramural funding applications will be scored by their mentoring team. The goal of this program is to develop CEP awardees research into larger projects as well as diverse next generation of HNSCC researchers.