Transdisciplinary Cancer Control Research Training Grant

描述(申请人提供)：这是我们的R25T计划的竞争性续签申请。我们R25T的具体目标是为癌症预防和控制领域的下一代跨学科研究人员的培训做出贡献-他们既可以是PI团队的领导者，也可以是联合研究员的合作者。我们的目标是在完成最初的单学科博士后培训后的三年内提供早期的职业跨学科培训。因此，在完成我们的R25T后，受训人员将拥有4-6年的研究生学位，能够很好地应对当前的NIH跨学科路线图倡议，在被NCI视为“非同寻常”的机会领域获得资金，并解决随着21世纪的发展而出现的新发现的癌症控制问题。我们的R25T培训计划基于布朗大学三个主要计划的个人优势和相互合作的协同作用：(A)行为和预防医学中心；(B)老年学和医疗保健研究中心；以及(C)布朗大学肿瘤学小组。此外，布朗大学公共卫生成长计划一直是，并将继续是公共卫生硕士课程的重要资源，并为受训人员提供人口水平的癌症控制视角。在这个更新周期中，我们将继续提供和完善癌症预防和控制的跨学科研究课程，提供通用共享培训和个性化研究培训之间的平衡。个性化的培训计划包括：1)在监督下参与现有研究团队的持续工作，一个由一名主要导师领导，另一个至少由另一个学科的另一名第二导师领导；2)参加布朗的公共卫生硕士计划，包括选定的课程或全学位预科；3)参与创新教学，包括一个互动的跨学科研讨会和一个关于肺癌跨学科方法的研讨会；以及4)正式的拨款撰写指导，导致制定和提交跨学科癌症预防和控制的R01或同等赠款。我们的R25T培训以现有的T32博士前和博士后培训计划为基础，通过弥合学科之间的差距，并提供额外的三年有指导的早期职业支持，满足了布朗大学的独特需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competitive renewal application of our R25T program. The Specific Aims of our R25T are to contribute to the training of the next generation of transdisciplinary researchers in cancer prevention and control - persons who can be both PI team-leaders and also co-investigator collaborators. Our objective is to provide early career, transdisciplinary training for the three years following completion of an initial single- discipline, postdoctoral traineeship. Thus, upon completion of our R25T, trainees will be between 4-6 years postgraduate and ideally positioned to respond to current transdisciplinary NIH Roadmap initiatives, to obtain funding in areas considered "extraordinary" opportunities by NCI, and to address newly identified cancer control issues that emerge as the 21st century proceeds. Our R25T training program is based on the individual strengths of, and the synergy of cooperation among, three major programs at Brown: (a) The Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine; (b) The Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research; and (c) The Brown University Oncology Group. In addition, the growing Program in Public Health at Brown has been, and will continue to be, a significant resource for MPH coursework and providing trainees with a population-level perspective on cancer control. In this renewal cycle, we will continue delivering, and refine, a curriculum in transdisciplinary research for cancer prevention and control that provides a balance of in- common shared training and individualized research training. The individualized training plan includes: 1) supervised participation in the ongoing work of established research teams, one led by a primary mentor and the other by at least one other second mentor from another discipline; 2) participation in Brown's MPH program either with selected coursework or matriculation for the full degree; 3) participation in innovative didactics, including an interactive transdisciplinary seminar and a seminar on transdisciplinary approaches to lung cancer; and 4) formal instruction in grant writing leading to the development and submission of an R01 or equivalent grant in transdisciplinary cancer prevention and control. Our R25T training fills a unique need at Brown by building on existing T32 predoctoral and postdoctoral training programs, by bridging the gap between disciplines, and providing an additional three years of mentored early career support.