SC Cancer Disparties Research Center (1 of 2)

描述（申请人提供）：南卡罗来纳州癌症差异研究中心的主要目标是（SC CaDRe）是在SC州立大学（SCSU）和南卡罗来纳州医科大学（MUSC）建立一批训练有素的研究人员，他们将进行差异-重点可行性研究，并获得初步数据，这将导致提交具体的竞争性赠款申请，传统上由国家癌症研究所和其他同行评审资助机构。SC CaDRe的第二个目标是提高新兴科学家，本科生和研究生的种族和民族多样性，他们将选择基础，临床和人口科学的癌症研究职业。在这些目标中，SC CaDRe的五个主要目标是：1. a.）建立和实施中心治理结构，以加速生物医学研究，重点是解决癌症差异; 1. b.）确定目标2-5的具体战略，确定其优先次序并进行评价; 2.）开展研究激励活动;启动并完成三个试点研究项目; 3.）为选定的SC CaDRe教师和学生研究员实施三级研究指导战略; 4.）开发和实施前列腺和乳腺癌研究强化培训课程; 5.）获得同行评审的资金，以支持在SC CaDRe内开发的新的合作研究工作。SC CaDRe最初将把重点放在非裔美国人（AA）的前列腺和乳腺癌差异上，这些非裔美国人来自SC的海岛，这是美国东南沿海地区特有的一个种族群体;南卡罗来纳州一般人群的AA;和欧洲裔美国人。这些人口反映了从南加州大学所在的中部地区到南加州大学所在的沿海地区的地理梯度。SC CaDRe的另一个定义特征是，它将采用基于社区的参与性研究原则，为研究人员和社区成员提供合作和共同学习的过程。SC CaDRe任命的社区咨询社区将为与社区密切合作的伙伴关系的各个方面的发展和形成性和总结性评估提供大量投入，这些伙伴关系将解决当前的社区卫生保健问题，并确保SC的劳动力将随时准备继续解决其人口的长期健康需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of the South Carolina Cancer Disparities Research Center (SC CaDRe) is to create a critical mass of well trained faculty researchers at SC State University (SCSU) and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) who will conduct disparity-focused feasibility studies and obtain preliminary data that will lead to the submission of specific competitive grant applications traditionally supported by the National Cancer Institute and other peer-reviewing funding agencies. A secondary goal of SC CaDRe is to enhance the racial and ethnic diversity of emerging scientists, undergraduate and graduate students, who will choose cancer research careers in basic, clinical, and population sciences. Within these goals, the five main objectives of the SC CaDRe are to: 1 .a.) Establish and implement a Center governance structure to accelerate biomedical research with a focus on addressing cancer disparities; 1 .b.) Define, prioritize and evaluate specific strategie for objectives 2-5; 2.) Conduct research-stimulating activities; initiate and complete three pilot research projects; 3.) Implement a triple-level research mentoring strategy for selected SC CaDRe faculty and student fellows; 4.) Develop and Implement a prostate and breast cancer research intensive training curriculum; 5.) Obtain peer-reviewed funding to support the new collaborative research efforts developed within S C CaDRe. The SC CaDRe will Initially focus its efforts on prostate and breast cancer disparities in African Americans (AA) from the Sea Islands of SC, an ethnic group unique to the coastal southeastern U.S.; AAs from the general population of SC; and European Americans. These populations reflect the geographic gradient from the mid-state region where SCSU is located to the coastal region of SC where MUSC is located. Another defining feature of SC CaDRe is that it will employ the principles of community based participatory research providing a cooperative and co-learning process for researchers and community members. SC CaDRe's appointed Community Advisory Community will provide substantial input into the development and formative and summative evaluation of every aspect of partnership intricately engaged with its community that will address immediate community health care issues and ensure that SC's workforce will be poised to continue to address the long term health needs of its population for generations to come.