Career Enhancement Program

职业提升计划：项目摘要/摘要 职业提升计划(CEP)的目标是利用 MD安德森癌症中心(MDACC)征集并奖励对强化治疗感兴趣的教职员工级别的研究人员 在黑色素瘤研究领域的职业发展，以提高黑色素瘤的早期发现，预防， 和治疗。经验丰富的导师帮助CEP获奖者发展他们的黑色素瘤职业生涯 专家说，目的是减少这种疾病的发病率和死亡率。CEP将最多支持 三个一年奖，每年50,000美元，根据可接受的进展情况，第二年续期。 CEP的资金包括整个奖项期间孢子每年提供的50,000美元， 以及MDACC每年高达100,000美元的机构“配对资金”。候选人将包括 来自我们机构以及整个德克萨斯医学会的最有前途的教职员工级别的研究人员 中心，和其他孢子，我们与之互动。CEP获奖者的遴选将基于 研究方案的科学独特性、质量和新颖性以及指导的适当性 该计划将由我们的内部和外部咨询委员会(IAB；EAB)进行评估和评分。这个 获奖者将定期与他们指定的导师会面，并至少每月与CEP领导层会面，以及 预计将参加每月孢子调查员会议和年度会议并报告进展情况 IAB/EAB会议。CEP由伊丽莎白·格林博士领导，为以实验室为基础的项目和 杰弗里·E·李博士为临床项目的导师；两人都将参与指导翻译研究人员。

Career Enhancement Program: Project Summary/Abstract The goal of the Career Enhancement Program (CEP) is to use the translational research resources at the MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) to solicit and award faculty-level investigators interested in intensive career development in the field of melanoma research to improve melanoma early detection, prevention, and treatment. Experienced mentors serve to assist CEP awardees to develop their careers as melanoma experts, with the goal to reduce the morbidity and mortality from this disease. The CEP will support up to three one-year awards of $50,000 annually, with a second-year renewal based on acceptable progress. Funds for the CEP include an annual $50,000 from the SPORE throughout the duration of the overall award, as well as up to $100,000 per year in institutional “matching funds” from MDACC. Candidates will include the most promising faculty-level investigators from our institution as well as from the entire Texas Medical Center, and other SPOREs, with which we interact. The selection of CEP awardees will be based on the scientific uniqueness, quality, and novelty of the research proposal and the appropriateness of the mentoring plan, which will be evaluated and scored by our Internal and External Advisory Boards (IAB; EAB). The awardees will meet with their designated mentors regularly and with CEP leadership at least monthly, and are expected to participate in and report their progress at monthly SPORE investigator meetings and annual IAB/EAB meetings. The CEP is led by Dr. Elizabeth Grimm for mentees with laboratory-based projects and Dr. Jeffrey E. Lee for mentees with clinical projects; both will be involved to mentor translational researchers.