Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Epidemiology at UB

描述(由申请人提供)：建议继续我们为癌症流行病学和控制方面的博士前研究员提供的教育计划。我们的目标是在过去四年开发的计划的基础上，努力培养为快速变化的癌症流行病学领域做好准备的杰出科学家，熟练掌握流行病学方法，对癌症的生物学和病理学以及其他相关学科有全面的了解，并具有从事跨学科研究的能力。我们将结合来自布法罗大学(UB)社会与预防医学系(SPM)、德克萨斯大学和罗斯威尔公园癌症研究所(RPCI)的其他研究人员的出色指导，提供包括课程作业、专题研讨会和指导的跨学科研究在内的课程。拟议的计划提供了癌症流行病学和控制的子专业，发展了多学科和跨学科研究的培训，并扩大了培训合作。我们建议继续开发和实施癌症流行病学的专门课程，强调癌症生物学和病理学的结合，并包括发展若干其他学科的专门知识的机会。该计划将继续为癌症流行病学家的发展提供装备，使其能够进行尖端研究并应对未来的研究挑战。目标是：招聘具有流行病学或其他相关领域背景的优秀博士前研究员，通过提供癌症流行病学和其他相关领域的结构化课程，对他们进行癌症流行病学和控制方面的综合了解，并对这些领域进行培训；利用通过SPM、其他UB部门和RPCI的伙伴关系提供的机会和资源，为博士前研究员提供有针对性的动手机会，发展流行病学和控制以及其他相关学科的研究技能，包括生物统计学、癌症生物学、癌症遗传学、健康行为、毒理学、营养学、免疫学或地理信息系统；并提供对多学科和跨学科协作研究的理解和经验。我们将与一个积极参与的咨询委员会合作，并听取外部顾问的建议，继续努力招聘一批具有优秀资历的多元化年轻科学家，并培训他们在快速变化和具有挑战性的环境中工作，推动他们成为独立科学家，为我们对癌症流行病学和控制的理解做出重大贡献。 公共卫生相关性：建议为癌症流行病学和控制方面的博士前研究员更新跨学科教育计划。该计划为研究员提供专门的课程，包括课堂作业、研讨会和有指导的研究培训，将流行病学方法的深入理解与癌症生物学、病理学以及其他相关学科相结合。该计划的所有方面都侧重于培养能够在多学科和跨学科环境中出类拔萃的杰出研究人员，以解决导致改善癌症预防、治疗和预后的问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Proposed is the continuation of our educational program for pre-doctoral fellows in Cancer Epidemiology and Control. We aim to build on the program which we have developed in the past four years, working to train outstanding scientists prepared for the rapidly changing field of cancer epidemiology, skilled with a deep understanding of epidemiologic methods, with an integrated understanding of the biology and pathology of cancer and of other relevant disciplines and with the ability to engage in interdisciplinary research. We will combine excellent mentorship of researchers from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (SPM) at the University at Buffalo (UB), others at UB and from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) to provide a curriculum including coursework, special seminars, and mentored interdisciplinary research. The proposed program provides a sub-specialty in cancer epidemiology and control, developing the training in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research and expanding training collaborations. We propose to continue development and implementation of the specialized curriculum in cancer epidemiology emphasizing the integration of cancer biology and pathology as well as including opportunities for development of expertise in a number of other disciplines. This program would continue to provide for the development of cancer epidemiologists equipped to do cutting edge research and to handle the research challenges of the future. The objectives are to: recruit outstanding pre-doctoral fellows with a background in epidemiology or another relevant field and train them in cancer epidemiology and control with an integrated understanding of cancer biology, pathology and other relevant fields, by providing a structured curriculum in cancer epidemiology and those other fields; taking advantage of the opportunities and resources available through the partnership of SPM, other UB departments and RPCI, provide tailored hands-on opportunities for pre-doctoral fellows to develop research skills in epidemiology and control as well as in other related disciplines including biostatistics, cancer biology, cancer genetics, health behavior, toxicology, nutrition, immunology, or geographic information systems; and provide an understanding of and experience in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborative research. Working with an engaged advisory committee and with the advice of external advisors, we will continue to work to recruit a diverse cadre of young scientists with excellent credentials and train them to operate in a rapidly changing and challenging environment to move them toward careers as independent scientists, contributing significantly to our understanding of cancer epidemiology and control. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Proposed is the renewal of an interdisciplinary educational program for pre-doctoral fellows in cancer epidemiology and control. This program provides fellows with a specialized curriculum that includes classwork, seminars and mentored research training, integrating an in-depth understanding of epidemiologic methods with cancer biology and pathology as well as other relevant disciplines. All aspects of the program are focused on the development of outstanding researchers able to excel in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary environment to solve problems leading to improved prevention, treatment and prognosis for cancer.