Training Program in Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology and Control

描述（由申请人提供）：迫切需要培养下一代儿童癌症流行病学和控制研究人员的多学科培训计划。我们建议建立一个跨机构培训项目，以解决这一不发达地区的问题，并为未来的内科科学家提供在儿科肿瘤学和儿童癌症流行病学家领域发展所需的培训机会。该培训项目将在儿童癌症流行病学和预防中心（CCEPC）的保护伞下进行，CCEPC是贝勒医学院/德克萨斯儿童医院和德克萨斯大学MD安德森癌症中心（MDACC）之间的独特合作。这两个相邻机构的独特师资力量包括儿科肿瘤学、分子流行病学、基因组学、生存研究、儿童肥胖、统计学和药理学，在休斯敦德克萨斯医疗中心的杰出环境中，为该培训计划提供了理想的环境。我们的总体目标是在儿科癌症流行病学与控制（PCEC）中建立一个多学科课程驱动的培训和职业发展计划。我们提出以下具体目标：招收优秀的博士后研究员（博士）和儿科肿瘤学临床研究员（医学博士或医学博士/博士），在多学科环境中接受儿童癌症流行病学和癌症预防方面的具体指导培训（教学和研究经验）。我们还将特别注重招聘优秀的少数族裔申请人。2. 开设多学科课程，为流行病学、遗传学、癌症生物学、幸存者研究和癌症控制提供坚实的基础。3. 为博士后和临床研究员提供丰富的指导研究经验。4. 结合项目评估和对受训者的长期跟踪来评估培训和职业发展项目的效果。5. 为博士后和临床研究员提供职业发展迷你课程、研讨会和体验活动，帮助他们从研究员过渡到早期的教员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Multidisciplinary training programs to prepare the next generation of pediatric cancer epidemiology and control researchers are urgently needed. We propose to establish a cross-institutional training program to address this underdeveloped area and provide future physician scientists the training opportunities required to develop their careers in pediatric oncology and childhood cancer epidemiologists. This training program will be under the umbrella of the Childhood Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Center (CCEPC), a unique collaborative effort between Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC). The unique faculty strengths of these two neighbor institutions include pediatric oncology, molecular epidemiology, genomics, survivorship research, childhood obesity, statistics, and pharmacology, in the outstanding environment of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, provide the ideal setting for this training program. Our overall goal is to establish a multidisciplinary curriculum-driven training and career development program in Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology and Control (PCEC). We propose the following specific aims: 1. Recruit well qualified post-doctoral fellows (Ph.D.), and pediatric oncology clinical fellows (M.D. or M.D./Ph.D.) to receive specific mentored training (didactic and research experiences) in childhood cancer epidemiology and cancer prevention in a multi-disciplinary setting. We will also have a specific focus on recruiting quality minority applicants. 2. Develop a multidisciplinary curriculum that will provide a strong foundation in epidemiology, genetics, cancer biology, survivorship research, and cancer control. 3. Provide rich mentored research experiences for post-doctoral and clinical fellows. 4. Incorporate program evaluation and long-term tracking of trainees to assess efficacy of this training and career development program. 5. Provide career development mini-courses, seminars, and experiential activities for post-doctoral and clinical fellows to facilitate their transition from fellow to early-stage faculty member.