VOLT (Vanderbilt Oncology Training Program)

项目总结 范德比尔特肿瘤学培训计划(VOLT)的总体目标是准备血液学和肿瘤学 研究员和其他受训人员，从事具有影响力的癌症相关临床、翻译和 人口科学。VOLT的目标是1)识别和招募学员，使其成为初级顶尖人才 血液学和肿瘤学研究人员通过提供高级培训经验，2)发展技能 支持这一职业，包括沟通、复原力、团队建设和赠款管理，以及3) 教育受训者多样性、公平和包容性的重要性和包容性；以及 社区外展和参与(COE)到他们的研究和临床实践。Volt将实现 这是通过指导肿瘤学和包括硕士学位课程在内的量身定做的教学论的临床研究。 通过与计划主任、同行学员和指导委员会的定期会议，每年 务虚会，以及准备个人发展计划和结构化进展报告，Volt 受训者获得了成功的肿瘤学研究生涯所需的技能。Volt已经确定了一种不同的 由43人组成的小组，在癌症相关学科中担任承诺的、经验丰富的导师。学员的行为得到指导 三个领域的研究：1)分子肿瘤学，2)治疗进展，肿瘤免疫学，以及 免疫疗法，以及3)生物信息学、大数据和癌症结果。实习生是从医学院招募的 以及儿童血液学和肿瘤学，或其他与癌症相关的学科。Volt由两名医生领导 科学家，进行转译研究的内科肿瘤学家和进行翻译研究的儿科肿瘤学家 人口科学和临床研究。代表Volt多样性的内部咨询委员会 研究评估未来的学员，并监测个别学员和计划的进展情况 成功。学员和计划评估的指标包括计划参与者、计划 完成、留住以研究为重点的职业、资助成功、出版和影响。一个外部的 咨询委员会由四名内科科学家组成，为 计划，确保满足国家劳动力需求和癌症优先事项，并监测进展情况， 成就，以及进一步推进方案的轨迹。正在进行的计划评估导致 改进受训人员评价、少数族裔招募战略、Dei和COE培训以及指导， 顾问和导师的变化反映了更大的多样性。我们的10名学员已经发表了28篇文章 自他们被任命为Volt以来的手稿。其中四人获得了同行评审的赠款支持，还有一人 另有三家公司的申请正在审查中。在毕业的五名实习生中，有四名继续 研究密集型职业。在第一个周期中，Volt成功地培养了将领导 癌症研究和推进癌症护理，并已做好准备继续这一轨迹。

PROJECT SUMMARY The overall goal of the Vanderbilt Oncology Training Program (VOLT) is to prepare hematology and oncology fellows and other trainees for careers conducting impactful cancer-related clinical, translational, and population science. The objectives of VOLT are 1) to identify and recruit trainees to become top-tier junior investigators in hematology and oncology by providing an advanced training experience, 2) to develop skills that support this career, including communication, resiliency, team building, and grant management, and 3) to educate trainees on the importance and incorporation of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and community outreach and engagement (COE) into their research and clinical practice. VOLT will accomplish this by mentored clinical research in oncology and tailored didactics including Master’s degree programs. Through regular meetings with the Program Directors, peer trainees, and mentorship committees, annual retreats, as well as preparation of Individual Development Plans and structured Progress Reports, VOLT trainees gain the skill set required for a successful oncology research career. VOLT has identified a diverse group of 43 committed, experienced mentors across cancer-related disciplines. Trainees conduct mentored research in three areas: 1) molecular oncology, 2) therapeutic development, tumor immunology, and immunotherapy, and 3) bioinformatics, big data, and cancer outcomes. Trainees are recruited from medical and pediatric hematology and oncology, or other cancer-related disciplines. VOLT is led by two physician scientists, a medical oncologist who conducts translational research and a pediatric oncologist who conducts population science and clinical research. An Internal Advisory Committee representing the diversity of VOLT research evaluates prospective trainees, and monitors the progress of individual trainees and the program’s success. Metrics for trainee and program evaluation include diversity of program participants, program completion, retention in research-focused careers, funding success, publication, and impact. An External Advisory Committee, composed of four physician-scientists, provides input into the scientific direction of program, ensures it is meeting national workforce needs and cancer priorities, and monitors progress, accomplishments, and trajectory to further programmatic advancement. Ongoing program evaluation has led to improvements in trainee evaluation, minority recruitment strategies, training in DEI and COE and mentoring, and changes in advisors and mentors to reflect greater diversity. Our 10 trainees have published 28 manuscripts since their appointment to VOLT. Four have received peer-reviewed grant support, and an additional three have applications under review. Of the five trainees who have graduated, four continue in research-intensive careers. In its first cycle, VOLT has been successful in developing trainees who will lead cancer research and advance cancer care and is well poised to continue this trajectory.