Translational and Genomic Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology Training Grant

摘要 明尼苏达大学儿科系和共济会癌症中心建议继续 在转化和基因组儿科癌症流行病学研究方面非常成功的培训计划。我们 该计划是寻求全国-由学者，并提供了1个博士前和3个博士后的机会 学生加强他们的研究和经验，在一系列儿科癌症研究，与 跨学科交叉训练的目标。拥有19名优秀的指导教师，学员在各种 研究环境包括经典流行病学，基因组流行病学，实验室研究和临床 调查事务所沿着专门针对儿童癌症的研讨会， 明尼苏达大学的流行病学（博士）和临床研究（MS）提供了机会， 流行病学，癌症流行病学，生物统计学，生物信息学，癌症生物学，遗传学课程 流行病学、免疫学、临床试验/方法和实地研究。此外，学生有几个 在人类，动物和动物的监督翻译和基因组研究项目的无与伦比的机会， 体外数据，研究设计和开发，统计分析，以及个人和团队拨款写作。 博士前学生被正式录取为流行病学研究生院博士课程。的 博士后培训生是通过国家广告从医学、基础科学和应用科学中选拔出来的， 我们共济会癌症中心的成员，以及儿科系的医学研究员， 他们已经完成了儿科肿瘤学的高级临床培训， 他们训练的一部分。特别注意从任职人数不足的国家征聘个人。 少数群体我们预计，我们的两名博士后学员将选择获得临床研究硕士学位。 选择博士前和博士后学员的标准包括良好的学术表现和 在学术，临床或公共卫生环境中进行独立研究的职业方向。每个学员 由至少两名来自互补学科的高级导师指导他们的研究项目。所有学员 参加儿科癌症主题课程和儿科癌症流行病学读物，每周 儿科癌症研讨会会议和儿科肿瘤会议，每月研讨会，年度务虚会，以及 在国家会议上介绍自己的研究。博士后学生接受额外的培训， 写作/准备。所有人都接受负责任地进行研究的指导。毕业学员 将有能力在各个领域开展高影响力的儿科癌症研究 纪律。

Abstract The University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics and Masonic Cancer Center propose to continue a highly successful training program in translational and genomic pediatric cancer epidemiology research. Our program is sought nationally ‐by scholars, and provides opportunities for 1 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral students to enhance their research and experience across a spectrum of pediatric cancer research, with a goal of interdisciplinary cross training. With 19 outstanding mentoring faculty, trainees work in a variety of research settings including classical epidemiology, genomic epidemiology, laboratory studies, and clinical investigations. Along with seminars specific to pediatric cancer, strong graduate school degree programs at the University of Minnesota in Epidemiology (PhD) and in Clinical Research (MS) offer opportunities for courses in epidemiology, cancer epidemiology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, cancer biology, genetic epidemiology, immunology, clinical trials/methods, and field research. Further, students have several unparalleled opportunities for supervised translational and genomic research projects in human, animal, and in vitro data, study design and development, statistical analysis, and individual and team grant writing. Predoctoral students are formally admitted to the graduate school PhD program in Epidemiology. The postdoctoral trainees are drawn from the medical, basic and applied sciences through national advertising and our Masonic Cancer Center members, and from the cohort of medical fellows in the Department of Pediatrics who have completed advanced clinical training in pediatric oncology and are embarking on the research component of their training. Spe‐cial attention is given to recruitment of individuals from underrepresented minorities. We anticipate that two of our postdoctoral trainees will choose to obtain an MS in clinical research. Criteria for selection of both pre and postdoctoral trainees include a strong academic performance and a career orientation toward independent research in an academic, clinical, or public health setting. Each trainee is guided by at least two senior mentors from complementary disciplines in their research projects. All trainees participate in courses in pediatric cancer topics and readings in pediatric cancer epidemiology, weekly pediatric cancer seminar meetings and pediatric tumor conferences, monthly seminars, annual retreats, and presenters of their own research at national meetings. Postdoctoral students receive additional training in grant writing/preparation. All receive instruction in the responsible conduct of research. Trainees who graduate from this program will have the capacity to undertake high impact pediatric cancer research across a spectrum of disciplines.