Health Beliefs and Behavior: Cohort Studies in Pediatric Cancer Survivorship

描述(申请人提供)：在过去的几十年里，儿童癌症的治愈率急剧上升，因此，儿童癌症幸存者构成了一个不断增长的人口。儿童癌症幸存者已被确定有早期死亡和后续疾病的风险，原因是第二次癌症和以前的治疗方法对重要器官的损害。这份申请描述了一项为期四年的培训计划，旨在帮助塔拉·亨德森博士发展学术生涯，检查儿童癌症幸存者的长期健康状况。亨德森博士是血液学、肿瘤学和干细胞移植部门的儿科讲师，也是芝加哥大学癌症研究中心的研究员。她的职业发展计划将使她在儿童癌症儿童和成人幸存者的护理和研究方面受到独特的培训。她的长期目标是成为一名独立的研究人员，开展一项旨在降低儿童癌症幸存者的发病率和死亡率的研究计划。她最初的计划是通过开发定性和定量的研究方法来扩展她作为临床研究人员的技能，以检查临床结果以及一组因儿童癌症而在胸部放射后患乳腺癌的女性的健康信念和行为。随后，如本申请中所述，她将为未来的假说驱动研究建立一个不同种族的儿童癌症幸存者机构队列。克里斯托弗博士女儿、丽贝卡·利普顿和凯文·欧芬格都将指导申请者的科学和职业发展。多尔蒂博士是以采访和调查为基础的研究方面的专家，旨在收集接受肿瘤护理的患者的临床经验。他致力于促进亨德森博士的职业发展和最终的独立。利普顿博士在儿童疾病和队列发育的流行病学方面得到了全国的认可。欧文杰博士是国际知名的儿童癌症幸存者结局专家，擅长开发干预措施以减少儿童癌症成年幸存者的继发性疾病。啊，肿瘤学、行为研究和儿童癌症生存方面的杰出科学家咨询委员会将监督亨德森博士的职业发展。完成这一奖项后，申请者将成为一名独立研究员，领导旨在维持这一不断增长的人口的长期健康的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The cure rates for childhood cancers have risen dramatically in the past decades and thus, childhood cancer survivors comprise a growing population. Childhood cancer survivors have been identified to be at risk for both early deaths and subsequent illnesses due to second cancers and damage to vital organs from prior curative therapies. This application describes a four year training program for Dr. Tara Henderson's development of an academic career examining the long term health of childhood cancer survivors. Dr. Henderson is an Instructor of Pediatrics in the Section of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation and an Investigator in the Cancer Research Center at the University of Chicago. Her career development plans will make her uniquely trained in the care and research of pediatric and adult survivors of childhood cancer. Her long term goal is to be an independent investigator with a program of research aimed at reducing the morbidities and mortality of childhood cancer survivors. Her initial plans are to expand her skills as a clinical researcher by developing qualitative and quantitative research methods in order to examine the clinical outcomes as well as the health beliefs and behaviors among a group of women who developed breast cancer following chest radiation for a pediatric cancer. Subsequently, as described within this application, she will to develop an ethnically diverse institutional cohort of childhood cancer survivors for future hypothesis driven research. Drs. Christopher Daughterly, Rebecca Lipton and Kevin Oeffinger will all mentor the applicant's scientific and career development. Dr. Daugherty is an expert in interview and survey based research designed to capture clinical experiences of patients receiving oncologic care. He is committed to fostering Dr. Henderson's career development and ultimate independence. Dr. Lipton is nationally recognized in the epidemiology of childhood illness and cohort development. Dr. Oeffinger is an internationally known expert in the outcomes of childhood cancer survivors with expertise in developing interventions to reduce secondary illnesses of adult survivors of childhood cancer. Ah Advisory Committee of accomplished scientists in oncology, behavioral research and childhood cancer survivorship will oversee Dr. Henderson's career development. Upon completion of this award, the applicant will have become an independent researcher leading studies aimed at maintaining the long term health of this growing population.