Training Program in Cancer Therapeutics

描述（由申请人提供）：为了改善癌症治疗，将基础癌症研究的进展转化为临床变得越来越重要。在癌症治疗学培训项目中，目标是为癌症研究人员提供治疗药物在癌症治疗中的作用方面的培训。这个培训项目将是多学科的，使受训者接触到涉及癌症治疗药物的基础研究和治疗药物的临床应用。将特别强调通过临床试验将基础科学发现带入临床的机制。为了促进培训，从辛辛那提大学和辛辛那提儿童医院医学中心招募了一个由指导教师和辅助临床教师组成的团队参加培训项目。该培训项目的所有导师都是独立资助的，具有指导经验，并从事与癌症治疗相关的项目。辅助教师是该建议的临床合作伙伴，他们将对特定治疗方式的临床应用进行教育。导师和辅助教师将共同通过直接互动和专门的教育活动以及培训计划的课程作业提供培训。该项目将为学员提供出色的职业发展机会，更注重将基础科学发现转化为更好的患者护理。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To improve cancer therapy, it is increasingly critical that advances in basic cancer research be translated to the clinic. In the Training Program in Cancer Therapeutics, the goal is to provide training to cancer researchers in the action of therapeutic agents used in the treatment of cancer. This Training Program will be multi-disciplinary and expose the trainees to both basic research involving cancer therapeutic agents and the clinical utilization of therapeutics. A particular emphasis will be placed on the mechanisms through which basic scientific discovery is brought into the clinic through clinical trials. To facilitate this training, a team of mentoring faculty and ancillary clinical faculty has been recruited into the Training Program from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. All mentors on this training program are independently funded, have experience in mentoring, and work on projects related to cancer therapy. The ancillary faculty are clinical partners on this proposal, who will educate on the clinical utilization of specific therapeutic modalities. Together, the mentors and ancillary faculty will provide training both through direct interactions and through specialized educational activities and course work for the Training Program. This Program will provide outstanding career development for trainees, as more emphasis is placed on translating basic scientific discovery into improved patient care. Logistically, the Training Program in Cancer Therapeutics has 19 mentors and 6 ancillary faculty. It is administered by the Principal Investigator and Administrative Committees, which are directed at training excellence and providing an ethnically and scientifically diverse group of trainees. The Training Program requests support for 6 postdoctoral and 2 predoctoral trainees. The program will be evaluated regularly through both internal and external review to ensure that the trainees are receiving the best possible training.