Minnesota Cancer Research And Teaching Excellence: M-CREATE

创新的明尼苏达大学癌症研究和教学卓越：M-Create计划 利用十年的高中和本科健康公平癌症研究指导和 教育活动，以实施理论指导、证据驱动的计划，旨在促进 来自科学界代表性不足的群体中专注于癌症的科学家的数量，并促进他们的学术 面向未来癌症研究事业的发展进展。M-Create将结合这些体验 我们独特的团队，包括共济会癌症中心和健康差异研究领导计划， 利用教育、指导、服务学习和家长教育的最佳实践，在理论和 以公平为导向的框架，以吸引、教育和支持学生实现知识、技能、科学 身份认同和自我效能感，以支持学业坚持不懈和长期成功 生物医学和行为科学。这项提议的长期目标是解决以下方面的紧迫需求 我们在明尼苏达州和美国(美国)日益多样化的患者群体通过增强 专注于癌症的研究队伍的多样性。我们将支持240先行的学术坚持不懈 在两个城市学区就读的高中生约占70% 美国学生和有色人种学生，通过一个多组成部分、分阶段的项目相结合 研究指导，学术和专业发展，以科学为导向的身份发展，父母 支持和社区参与的服务学习。四组共60名学生将参加初选 参与年由支持性和激动人心的亲身体验组成。每组10名学生将 继续进行密集体验，包括两次为期九周的暑期指导研究体验和 社区参与服务学习体验。接下来，60名初级阶段本科生 在科学界的代表不足将参加一个为期九周的暑期计划，将学术和 专业发展和实践研究指导。最后，我们将深化以科学为重点的 来自合作地区的高中教师通过以下方式为理科代表性不足的学生提供服务的技能 实践研究实验室经验与循证支持相结合，以制定课程以响应 不同学习者的需求。使癌症研究人员多样化是解决紧迫问题的关键 明尼苏达州和全美日益多样化的患者群体的需求与M-Create非常一致 与NCI的战略优先事项，以加强癌症研究劳动力和减少癌症差异。

The innovative University of Minnesota Cancer Research And Teaching Excellence: M-CREATE program leverages ten years of high school and undergraduate health equity cancer research-focused mentorship and education activities, to implement a theoretically guided, evidence driven program designed to grow the numbers of cancer-focused scientists from groups underrepresented in science, and promote their academic developmental progress towards future careers in cancer research. M-CREATE will combine the experiences of our unique team including Masonic Cancer Center and Program in Health Disparities Research leadership, with best practices from education, mentorship, service learning, and parent education within a theoretical and equity-oriented frame to engage, educate, and support students to achieve the knowledge, skills, science identity, and self-efficacy required to support academic persistence and long-term success within the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The long-term goal of this proposal is to address the pressing needs of our increasingly diverse patient population in Minnesota and the United States (U.S.) by enhancing the diversity of the cancer-focused research workforce. We will support the academic persistence of first, 240 early high school students attending two urban school districts comprised of approximately seventy percent Native American students and students of color, through a multicomponent, staged program combining hands on research mentorship, academic and professional development, science-oriented identity development, parent support, and community-engaged service learning. Four cohorts of 60 students will participate in an initial engagement year comprised of supportive and exciting hands-on experiences. Ten students per cohort will continue in an intensive experience including two nine-week summer mentored research experiences and a community-engaged service learning experience. Next, 60 early-stage undergraduate students underrepresented in science will participate in a nine-week summer program combining academic and professional development and hands on research mentorship. Finally, we will deepen the science-focused skills of high school teachers from collaborating districts serving students underrepresented in science through a hands-on research lab experience paired with evidence-based support to develop curricula responsive to the needs of diverse learners. Diversifying the cancer research workforce is critical to addressing the pressing needs of increasingly diverse patient populations in Minnesota and across the U.S. M-CREATE aligns strongly with NCI strategic priorities to strengthen the cancer research workforce and mitigate cancer disparities.