Dine College/Mayo Clinic: Developing Cancer Researchers

描述（由申请人提供）： 通过对学生和教师进行癌症教育和癌症研究培训，由纳瓦霍民族和马约诊所癌症中心（马约）特许的多校区、本科生、部落学院Dine College（DC）将寻求提高第一年和第二年美洲原住民本科生对生物医学课程和职业的兴趣和承诺，特别是在癌症研究方面，这将使他们的社区受益。共同的具体目标是：1）癌症教育-教师培训：在DC和马约之间制定联合培训计划，以：（a）提高马约研究人员对美洲原住民的文化能力（B）在华盛顿特区为纳瓦霍族社区开展关于各种形式癌症的病因和可用治疗方法的强化外展教育;以及（c）在癌症研究方面培训DC调查员，并教育马约和DC调查员以及纳瓦霍社区成员认识到癌症健康差异以及研究在解决和减少这些差异方面的作用; 2）癌症教育-学生课程：共同开发、试点、完善和建立癌症教育课程的承诺，为DC学生参加马约的本科癌症研究培训奖学金/实习做好准备; 3）癌症研究培训-学生研究培训：共同开发和试点以癌症为重点的夏季指导本科研究奖学金，以马约的SURF（夏季本科研究奖学金）计划为蓝本，为马约的DC学生建立临床癌症研究培训奖学金计划。为了实现这些目标，我们将：1）对马约研究人员、华盛顿特区教职员工和纳瓦霍社区成员进行需求评估，以指导适当技能的发展，包括识别和解决美洲原住民癌症健康差异的技能; 2）举行一系列座谈会，让科学家、生物伦理学家、社区成员，学生和其他人在有关的问题上的研究在减少癌症的差距在美洲原住民社区的作用对话;和3）实施，试点测试，并完善学生癌症课程和夏季研究培训计划美洲原住民学生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Through cancer education and cancer research training of students and faculty, Dine College (DC), a multi- campus, undergraduate, tribal college chartered by the Navajo Nation and the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (Mayo) will seek to increase first and second year Native American undergraduates' interest in and commitment to pursuing biomedical coursework and careers, especially in cancer research, that will benefit their communities. Shared Specific Aims are:1) Cancer Education - Faculty Training: Develop joint training programs between DC and Mayo to: (a) enhance cultural competence of Mayo investigators regarding Native American (especially Navajo) values, beliefs, attitudes, and practices regarding cancer; (b) develop enhanced outreach education at DC for Navajo Nation communities regarding causes and available treatments for various forms of cancer; and (c) train DC investigators in cancer research and educate Mayo and DC investigators and Navajo community members to recognize cancer health disparities and the role of research in addressing and reducing them; 2) Cancer Education - Student Curriculum: Jointly develop, pilot, refine, and build commitment for a cancer education curriculum to prepare DC students to participate in an undergraduate cancer research training fellowship/internship at Mayo; 3) Cancer Research Training - Student Research Training: Jointly develop and pilot a cancer-focused summer mentored undergraduate research fellowship modeled on Mayo's SURF (summer undergraduate research fellowship) program to establish a clinical cancer research training fellowship program for DC students at Mayo. To accomplish these aims, we will: 1) conduct a needs assessment of Mayo investigators, DC faculty and staff and Navajo community members to guide development of the appropriate skills, including skills to recognize and address cancer health disparities among Native Americans; 2) hold a series of colloquia to engage scientists, bioethicists, community members, students and others in a dialog on issues related to the role of research in reducing cancer disparities in Native American communities; and 3) implement, pilot test, and refine a student cancer curriculum and summer research training program for Native American students.