CSULA-COH Collaborative to Study Cancer Disparities

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议在加州州立大学，洛杉矶（CSULA），一个少数民族服务机构和希望之城（COH），一个NCI指定的综合癌症中心之间建立一个研究和培训合作计划。CSULA/COH癌症协作的目标是：1）增加少数民族学生和少数民族教师在癌症研究中的参与和能力，特别是因为它涉及少数民族人口中的癌症差异;和2）增加我们的理解，在分子，行为和心理社会水平上，少数民族人口中的癌症差异。在结构上，癌症协作将由五个部分组成：a）行政核心; B）内部咨询委员会（IAC）; c）试点项目教师; d）实验室导师;和e）CSULA学生。f）行政核心，包括主要研究者（PI），将安排协作活动，完成进度报告，并最终负责癌症协作的整体财务和行政运作。IAC将就方案决策向PI提供建议，审查和选择试点项目提案以获得资金并监督其进展，审查和监督少数民族教师的职业生涯。启动发展计划和批准选择学生参加培训计划并监督他们的进展，试点项目教师和实验室导师将形成CSULA和GOH调查人员之间的合作，共同撰写研究提案，进行研究，发表文章，并指导CSULA学生。在CSULA和GOH少数民族教师调查将制定和完成个性化的职业发展计划，将包括共同发展和参与试点项目，并将利用在COH的许多癌症相关的资源的优势。该合作还将培训CSULA学生在癌症研究，其中一些学生将有资格进入COH的研究生院：生物学院通过CSULA-COH管道机制建立。该合作还将通过杰出演讲者系列提高研究人员和学生对少数群体癌症差异的认识，并促进试点项目向RO 1级资助的过渡。这些活动将有助于缩小代表性不足的少数群体人口与多数群体人口之间在保健方面的差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to create a research and training collaborative program between the California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), a Minority Serving Institution, and the City of Hope (COH), an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. The goals of the CSULA/COH Cancer Collaborative are: 1) to increase the participation and capacity of minority students and minority faculty in cancer research, especially as It relates to cancer disparities among minority populations; and 2) to increase our understanding, at the molecular, behavioral and psychosocial levels, of cancer disparities among minority populations. Structurally, the Cancer Collaborative will consist of five components: a) the Administrative Core; b) the Internal Advisory Committee (IAC); c) the Pilot Project Faculty; d) the Laboratory Mentors; and e) the CSULA students. f) The Administrative Core, which includes the Principal Investigators (PI's), will arrange collaborative activities, complete progress reports and, ultimately, is responsible for the overall fiscal and administrative operations of the Cancer Collaborative. The IAC will advise the PIs on programmatic decisions, review and select pilot project proposals for funding and monitor their progress, review and monitor minority faculty career. Initiating Development plans and approving selection of students into the training program and monitor their progress, The Pilot Project Faculty and the Laboratory Mentors will form collaborations between CSULA and GOH investigators, co-write research proposals, perform research, publish articles, and mentor CSULA students. Minority faculty investigators at CSULA and GOH will develop and complete individualized career development plans that will include co-development and participation in Pilot Projects and that will take advantage of the many cancer-related resources at COH. The Collaborative will also train CSULA students in cancer research and some of these students will be eligible for admission into COH's Graduate School of: Biological School through a CSULA-COH pipeline mechanism to be established. The Collaborative will also increase awareness of researchers and students of minority population cancer disparities through a Distinguished Speaker Series, and promote the transition of Pilot Projects to RO1-level funding. These activities will help to narrow the gap in health care disparities between the underrepresented minority populations and the majority population.