Training and Career Development

培训和职业发展

• 批准号: 8464860
• 负责人: Caroline B Appleyard
• 金额: $ 22.31万
• 依托单位: PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-25 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8464860
• 关键词: Achievement; Address; Awareness; Basic Science; Cancer Center; Cause of Death; Clinical; Clinical Research; Clinical Sciences; Clinical Trials; Complement; Development; Development Plans; Diagnosis; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational workshop; Environment; Evaluation; FOLH1 gene; Faculty; Feedback; Fellowship Program; Florida; Goals; Hispanics; Hospitals; Incidence; Instruction; Island; Malignant Neoplasms; Measurable; Medical; Medical Students; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority; Morbidity - disease rate; Outcome; Population; Professional Competence; Program Effectiveness; Puerto Rican; Puerto Rico; Research; Research Personnel; Research Training; Scientist; Students; Training; Training and Education; Training and Infrastructure; Translational Research; Underrepresented Minority; Urban Hospitals; anticancer research; cancer health disparity; cancer therapy; career; career development; experience; graduate student; health disparity; improved; medical schools; mortality; novel; oncology; programs; research and development; success

ABSTRACT: Disparities in cancer incidence, mortality and morbidity continue to exist within the Hispanic population. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Puerto Rico (PR), yet cancer research awareness and opportunities remain somewhat limited on the Island. Nationwide there continues to be a paucity of Hispanic, including Puerto Rican, clinical and basic science faculty with a focus on cancer. This negatively impacts progress in reducing health disparities in the Hispanic population. The overall long-term objective of the Training/Career Development Core of the Ponce School of Medicine/Moffitt Cancer Center (PSM/MCC) Partnership is to increase the numbers and success of basic science investigators and clinical research scientists focused on enhancing cancer research for the PR population. This training core will accomplish these goals through enhancement of the academic, research, and professional competence of both the underrepresented minority students and those serving these populations. The specific measurable objectives of the Training/Career Development Core are as follows: (1) to build a cancer research track for Ph.D. students at PSM to increase the number of basic science cancer investigators and enhance cancer research focused on the Puerto Rican population; (2) to build a clinical training pipeline of medical students and fellows to enhance clinical cancer, research and treatment of the PR population; and (3) to enhance career development of partnership junior investigators. To achieve these objectives we will capture early career PhD graduate students in Puerto Rico, immersing them in a cancer research environment. A reciprocal research exchange of PhD students from the MCC Cancer Center and integrated health disparities education will develop a strong network of basic scientists to address cancer disparities issues. Second, we will establish an oncology track for PSM medical students. Third, this Core will support a unique clinical research training experience for oncology fellows on the island. This novel oncology fellowship program will provide coordinated training in clinical trials and translational research at MCC, PSM, San Juan VA Medical Hospital and San Juan City Hospital. Fourth, the Core will support the career development plans of the Partnership faculty mentees to build research capacity at PSM. Networking of the trainees and junior faculty through shared developmental workshops and long-term interactions will fully integrate the trainees and support establishment of successful cancer research careers on the island. Critical evaluation and tracking of the career paths of the trainees and junior faculty mentees will assess program effectiveness, and provide feedback for improving the education and training components of the Core. Successful outcomes from these goals will enhance the numbers and achievements of Puerto Rican cancer investigators, contribute to a long-term cancer research training infrastructure at PSM, and augment cancer research aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the Hispanic population in both Puerto Rico and Florida. The Training/Career Development Core will complement and leverage the existing programs at both MCC and PSM to significantly enhance the overall Partnership objectives by providing a better trained workforce to conduct cancer related research with the momentum to create new research initiatives addressing the health disparities found in Hispanic populations.

抽象的： 西班牙裔人口中癌症发病率、死亡率和发病率的差异仍然存在。癌症是波多黎各 (PR) 的第二大死亡原因，但岛上的癌症研究意识和机会仍然有限。在全国范围内，包括波多黎各人在内的西班牙裔、专注于癌症的临床和基础科学教师仍然很少。这对减少西班牙裔人口健康差距的进展产生了负面影响。庞塞医学院/莫菲特癌症中心 (PSM/MCC) 合作伙伴培训/职业发展核心的总体长期目标是增加专注于加强 PR 人群癌症研究的基础科学研究人员和临床研究科学家的数量和成功。该培训核心将通过提高少数族裔学生和为这些群体服务的学生的学术、研究和专业能力来实现这些目标。培训/职业发展核心的具体可衡量目标如下：（1）为博士生建立癌症研究轨道。 PSM 的学生将增加基础科学癌症研究人员的数量，并加强针对波多黎各人群的癌症研究； (2) 建立医学生和研究员的临床培训渠道，以加强 PR 人群的临床癌症、研究和治疗； (3) 促进合伙初级研究员的职业发展。为了实现这些目标，我们将吸引波多黎各的早期职业博士研究生，让他们沉浸在癌症研究环境中。 MCC 癌症中心博士生的互惠研究交流和综合健康差异教育将建立一个强大的基础科学家网络，以解决癌症差异问题。其次，我们将为 PSM 医学生建立肿瘤学专业。第三，该核心将为岛上的肿瘤学研究员提供独特的临床研究培训体验。这项新颖的肿瘤学奖学金计划将为 MCC、PSM、圣胡安退伍军人医院和圣胡安市医院提供临床试验和转化研究方面的协调培训。第四，核心将支持合作伙伴教员学员的职业发展计划，以建设 PSM 的研究能力。通过共享发展研讨会和长期互动，学员和初级教师之间的网络将充分整合学员，并支持在岛上建立成功的癌症研究职业。对受训者和初级教员学员的职业道路进行批判性评估和跟踪将评估项目的有效性，并为改进核心的教育和培训部分提供反馈。这些目标的成功成果将增加波多黎各癌症研究人员的数量和成就，为 PSM 的长期癌症研究培训基础设施做出贡献，并加强旨在改善波多黎各和佛罗里达州西班牙裔人口癌症诊断和治疗的癌症研究。培训/职业发展核心将补充和利用 MCC 和 PSM 的现有计划，通过提供训练有素的劳动力来开展癌症相关研究，并推动制定新的研究举措，解决西班牙裔人口中发现的健康差异，从而显着提高总体合作目标。