CCNY / MSK Cancer Center Partnership

这份申请描述了纽约城市学院和纪念斯隆-凯特琳癌症中心建立合作伙伴关系的计划。我们建议发展一种伙伴关系，充分利用CCNY作为少数族裔高等教育机构的优势以及MSK的科学和临床资源，MSK是一个主要的大都市癌症中心。具体地说，在第一年，我们提出了一系列的四项试点研究，这些研究将导致竞争性的R01建议，这些建议也可以作为未来合作研究工作的模型。通过对宗教舒适和紧张的研究，将有助于我们建立涉及MSK癌症患者的联合研究程序。一项在非裔美国人社区中确定结直肠癌筛查障碍的研究将为我们提供创建具有文化敏感性的教育材料和招募社区样本的经验。一项关于免疫功能的研究将展示共享实验室资源和设备的潜力。长远来说，我们计划推行联合临床研究计划和社区干预措施，以促进癌症预防和及早发现癌症。每个联合试点项目都纳入了研究培训经验。我们的计划解决了少数族裔学生和科学家在职业发展道路上处于关键时刻的需求，包括发展联合博士后奖学金以及关于癌症生物学和癌症预防、控制和治疗中的心理社会问题的本科生/早期研究生高级水平的课程。在癌症外展方面，我们计划将MSK现有的几项由NCI赞助的计划与CCNY的继续教育和校园健康计划结合起来，以提高公众对癌症研究的理解，并增加哈莱姆社区的早期发现和获得护理的机会。我们的合作伙伴包括生物、行为和社会科学家、临床研究人员和生物医学伦理学家。ORE成员包括与癌症对少数族裔社区的影响相关的领域的专家，具有广泛影响并了解各自机构内教职活动的院长和地区领导人，以及在指导和培训少数族裔科学家的项目中具有学者和经验的人。

This application describes plans to develop a collaborative partnership involving City College of New York and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. We propose to develop a Partnership that can take full advantage of CCNY's strengths as an institution of higher education for minority populations and the scientific and clinical resources of MSK, a major metropolitan cancer center. Specifically, in the first year, we propose a series of four pilot studies that will lead to competitive R01 proposals that also serve as models for future collaborative research efforts. Through a study of religious comforts and strains will help us to establish procedures for joint studies involving MSK cancer patients. A study to identify barriers to colorectal cancer screening in the African American community will give us experience in creating culturally sensitive education materials and in recruiting community samples. A study of immunological functioning will demonstrate potential for sharing laboratory resources and equipment. In the longer term we plan to implement joint clinical research project as well as community interventions to promote cancer prevention and early detection. Research training experiences are incorporated in each of these joint pilot projects. Our plans address needs of minority students and scientists at critical junctures along the career development path, include the development of joint post-doctoral fellowships as well as curricula at the advanced undergraduate/early graduate student level on the Biology of Cancer and Psychosocial Issues in Cancer Prevention, Control and Treatment. In the area of cancer outreach, we plan to bring together several of MSK's existing NCI-sponsored initiatives with CCNY's Continuing Education and campus health programs, to improve public understanding of cancer research, and to increase early detection and access to care in the Harlem community. Our partnership includes biological, behavioral and social scientists, clinical investigators and biomedical ethicists. ore members were selected to include specialists in areas relevant to the impact of cancer in minority communities, deans and area leaders with broad reach and awareness of faculty activities within their respective institutions, as well as scholars and experience in programs to mentor and train minority scientists.