BEHAVIOR AND CANCER: ETIOLOGY, PREVENTION, AND MENTAL HE

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：本申请要求为博士前和博士后培训计划提供资金，该计划将为生物行为肿瘤学的职业生涯做好准备。 尽管行为医学和健康心理学在癌症研究和治疗中的重要性日益增加，但在生物行为或心理社会肿瘤学方面，博士前或博士后水平的系统培训很少。拟议的培训计划旨在填补这一空白，并满足日益扩大的需要，在这一领域的调查复杂的研究人员。 该计划借鉴了两所地理相邻大学的优秀教师，提供综合的跨学科培训。 我们的培训教师的26名成员目前的资金包括100多个积极的研究赠款。 在过去的十年里，我们已经培训了60名前博士和34名博士后，其中许多受训人员已经成为有贡献的健康科学家。 培训教师在癌症结果研究，预防和减少癌症可改变风险以及其他癌症相关问题（如压力和免疫状态）方面的广泛研究合作将为生物行为肿瘤学的研究培训提供强有力的背景。 连同跨多个部门和几个专业领域的课程工作，并组织研讨会和研究会议，学员将从事行为医学和癌症的最先进的研究。该计划的博士前学员获得健康心理学或临床或社会心理学学位，并专攻健康心理学。博士后培训人员包括行为科学和生物科学的博士和医学博士。 我们在培训计划中使用各种经验，包括正式课程，研讨会和涉及人类和动物的研究计划。学员参加一个主要的研究计划，同时成为对其他研究领域的知识。 研究培训发生在心理学和生物学理论的发展和系统检查的背景下。 每个学员都需要掌握理论和实质性文献，并在培训完成后，博士前学员将准备安置在学术医学或心理学部门的研究人员。 实习结束后，临床学生将准备在临床或学术环境中进行健康心理学研究。 为受训人员提供了充足的实验室空间、办公室空间、秘书支助、计算机设施和图书馆。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the Applicant's Abstract): This application requests funding for a pre- and postdoctoral training program that will prepare individuals for careers in biobehavioral oncology. Despite the growing importance of behavioral medicine and health psychology in research and treatment of cancer, there is little systematic training available at the pre-doctoral or post-doctoral level in biobehavioral or psychosocial oncology. The proposed training program was designed to fill this gap and meet an expanding need for sophisticated researchers in this area of inquiry. The program draws on an outstanding faculty in two geographically adjacent universities to provide integrated interdisciplinary training. Current funding for the 26 members of our training faculty includes more than 100 active research grants. We have trained 60 predocs and 34 postdocs in the last ten years and many of these trainees have become established and contributing health scientists. Extensive research collaboration among training faculty in research on cancer outcomes, on prevention and reduction of modifiable risk for cancer, and on other cancer-related issues such as stress and immune status will provide a strong context for research training in biobehavioral oncology. Together with course work across a number of departments and in several specialty areas and organized seminar and research meetings, trainees will engage in state-of-the-art research in behavioral medicine and cancer. Predoctoral trainees in the program receive degrees in health psychology or in clinical or social psychology with a specialization in health psychology. Postdoctoral trainees include Ph.D.s in behavioral and biological sciences and M.D.s. We use a variety of experiences in our training program including formal courses, seminars, and research programs involving humans and animals. Trainees participate in a primary research program while becoming knowledgeable about other areas of research. Research training occurs in the context of the development and systematic examination of psychologic and biologic theory. Each trainee is required to master theoretical and substantive literatures, and upon completion of training, predoctoral trainees will be prepared for placement as researchers in academic medicine or psychology departments. Following their internships, clinical students will be prepared for conducting health psychology research in clinical or academic settings. Adequate laboratory space, office space, secretarial support, computer facilities and libraries are available for the trainees.