Training of Claflin Minorities at the USC Cancer Center

克拉夫林大学位于南卡罗来纳州奥兰治堡，距离南卡罗来纳大学哥伦比亚医学院（USC-SOM）和南卡罗来纳癌症中心（SCCC）约35英里。克拉弗林大学是HBCU中第一个建立生物技术中心的大学，名为南卡罗来纳生物技术中心（SCCBT）。SCCC是南卡罗来纳大学（USC）和Palmetto Richland纪念医院（PRMH）之间的研究合作伙伴关系，包括医学和公共卫生学院、药学院、科学与数学学院和护理学院的基础和临床癌症研究人员。SCCC的pi，博士。克里克和皮里西-克里克，自癌症中心成立以来一直是活跃的成员。目前，他们领导着一个活跃的宫颈癌研究小组。该应用程序侧重于两个目标领域：

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) Claflin University is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, about 35 miles from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia (USC-SOM) and the South Carolina Cancer Center (SCCC). Claflin University was the first among the HBCU to start a Center for Biotechnology, called the South Carolina Center for Biotechnology or the SCCBT. The SCCC, a research partnership between the University of South Carolina (USC) and the Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital (PRMH), includes basic and clinical cancer researchers with faculty appointments at the Schools of Medicine and of Public Health, and the Colleges of Pharmacy, Science and Mathematics, and Nursing. The PIs from the SCCC, Drs. Creek and Pirisi-Creek, have been active members of the cancer center since its inception. Currently, they direct an active research group in the area of cervical cancer. This application focuses on two targeted areas: 1. Developing a collaborative Cancer Research Training Program (CRTP) between Claflin University and the SCCC, targeting minority junior undergraduate students at Claflin University (10 rising juniors/year). A. The CRTP will involve full-time, 15-month internship cancer research training in the laboratories of SCCC scientists during the junior and senior years. Students will be required to write and defend a senior thesis at the end of their internship. B. Summer rotations in two highly regarded clinical cancer research facilities the Medical College of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Students will have the opportunity to be exposed to the entire spectrum of clinical cancer research activities the summer after they graduate, and also before beginning their M.S. studies. C. Specific courses designed to build a strong background for basic cancer research training, and further graduate education at the M.S. and Ph.D. levels. D. A seminar series including outside speakers that represents the forefront of cancer research and hosted at the SCCC Students will have the opportunity to attend and present their work at national scientific meetings. 2. Developing two collaborative research projects between Claflin University and the SCCC, retaining high probability to be competitive for NIH funding. The PIs of these projects will be Dr. Omar Bagasra of Claflin University, and Dr. Kim E. Creek of the SCCC.