Vanderbilt-Zambia Cancer Research Training Program (VZCARE)

范德比尔特-赞比亚癌症研究培训计划 (VZCARE)

• 批准号: 10596631
• 负责人: DOUGLAS CORBETT HEIMBURGER
• 金额: $ 26.93万
• 依托单位: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10596631
• 关键词: Academic Medical Centers; Acceleration; Address; Advanced Malignant Neoplasm; Cancer Burden; Cessation of life; Collaborations; Disease; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Ensure; Epidemiology; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Future; Goals; HIV; Health; Hospitals; Knowledge; Lead; Malignant Neoplasms; Mentors; Modernization; Population Research; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Research Training; Scholars Program; Scientist; Teaching Hospitals; Training; Training Programs; Training Support; Universities; Visit; Zambia; anticancer research; cancer epidemiology; career development; disability; doctoral student; epidemiology study; experience; investigator training; low and middle-income countries; member; multidisciplinary; premature; programs; research and development; trend

ABSTRACT The cancer burden in Zambia is increasing, making it one of the leading non-communicable causes of disability and premature death. This trend will continue and accelerate. However, cancer research in Zambia, particularly population-based research, is limited, primarily due to a lack of well-trained investigators, supportive research infrastructure, and adequate funding. Currently, Zambia has no cancer-specific research training programs to address the workforce gap. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the University of Zambia (UNZA) are expanding their longstanding research training partnership to establish a new cancer epidemiology training program, the Vanderbilt-Zambia Cancer Research Training Program (VZCARE). The overall goal of VZCARE is to develop a cadre of researchers and educators equipped with modern knowledge and expertise to lead cancer epidemiology research and training in Zambia, to encourage US- based researchers to engage in cancer research in low- and middle-income countries, and to ensure long-term program impacts and sustainability. Specifically, VZCARE seeks to: 1. Train a cadre of researchers and educators (trainers) to conduct multidisciplinary cancer epidemiology research and build training capacity in Zambia, targeting faculty members and researchers from UNZA, University Teaching Hospital, Cancer Diseases Hospital, and the Zambia Ministry of Health. This will be accomplished via an intensive 3- month Visiting Faculty Scholars program at Vanderbilt, Zambia-based epidemiology workshops, and augmenting the UNZA PhD program with advanced cancer epidemiological curricula. 2. Train scientists and future leaders in cancer epidemiology research in Zambia. This will include US- and Zambia-based “sandwich” training and dual-mentored research for two Zambian PhD students and three Zambian postdoctoral trainees, and field research experience in Zambia for two US postdoctoral trainees. 3. Ensure and document VZCARE’s long-term impact. In addition to documenting the career development and research accomplishments of our trainees, we will provide continued support for their career development and foster collaborations beyond their supported training periods. With a very successful 23-year UNZA-Vanderbilt Training Partnership on HIV-related research and education, and Vanderbilt’s substantial global cancer epidemiology research and training programs, we are well positioned to launch this new training program with a focus on building world-class cancer epidemiology research and training in Zambia and promoting US investigators to engage in global cancer research.

摘要 赞比亚的癌症负担正在增加，使其成为导致残疾的主要非传染性原因之一 过早死亡。这一趋势将继续并加速。然而，赞比亚的癌症研究， 特别是基于人群的研究，是有限的，主要是由于缺乏训练有素的调查人员， 支持性的研究基础设施和充足的资金。目前，赞比亚还没有针对癌症的研究 解决劳动力缺口的培训计划。范德比尔特大学医学中心（VUMC）和 赞比亚大学（UNZA）正在扩大其长期的研究培训伙伴关系，以建立一个新的 Vanderbilt-Zambia癌症研究培训计划（VZCARE）。 VZCARE的总体目标是培养一支具备现代化知识的研究人员和教育工作者队伍。 知识和专业知识，领导赞比亚的癌症流行病学研究和培训，鼓励美国- 在低收入和中等收入国家从事癌症研究，并确保长期 方案的影响和可持续性。具体而言，VZCARE寻求：1。培训一批研究人员， 教育工作者（培训人员）进行多学科癌症流行病学研究和建立培训 能力，针对来自UNZA，大学教学医院， 癌症医院和赞比亚卫生部。这将通过一个密集的3- 一个月访问学者计划在范德比尔特，赞比亚为基础的流行病学讲习班， 通过先进的癌症流行病学课程加强UNZA博士课程。2.培训科学家， 赞比亚癌症流行病学研究的未来领导者。这将包括美国和赞比亚的 为两名赞比亚博士生和三名赞比亚学生提供“三明治”培训和双导师研究 博士后培训生，并在赞比亚的实地研究经验，为两名美国博士后培训生。3.确保 并记录VZCARE的长期影响。除了记录职业发展和 我们将继续支持学员的职业发展， 在其支持的培训期之外促进合作。凭借23年非常成功的UNZA范德比尔特 艾滋病毒相关研究和教育的培训伙伴关系，以及范德比尔特的实质性全球癌症 流行病学研究和培训计划，我们有能力推出这一新的培训计划， 重点是在赞比亚建立世界一流的癌症流行病学研究和培训， 研究人员参与全球癌症研究。