Cancer Biology Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的癌症生物学培训计划是机构培训补助金申请的重新提交。申请资助2名博士预科生和2名博士后。尽管癌症研究取得了种种进步，但它已成为美国85岁以下人群的头号杀手。癌症生物学培训计划的目标是教育下一代癌症研究人员，以满足对癌症生物学多个方面培训的科学家日益增长的需求。该培训项目有来自12个系的35名教师导师（22名男性和13名女性），他们在研究生项目以及癌症治疗和研究中心（CTRC）， NCI指定的德克萨斯大学健康科学中心的癌症中心共同工作。这些导师在资助研究方面有着良好的记录，并且在培养博士后和博士后方面也有良好的记录。由于南德克萨斯州丰富的文化遗产，这个培训项目在培养少数民族学生方面具有独特的优势。博士前培训生将从综合多学科研究生项目中选择癌症生物学方向的学生中招募。学员将根据他们在学术上的卓越表现和对癌症研究的奉献精神来选择。该计划的一个关键组成部分是从分子生物学到临床问题的广泛培训。此外，学生们还将参加癌症期刊俱乐部以及癌症系列研讨会。我们的课程强调科学交流的训练，并有机会提高口头和书面技能。博士后候选人须具有博士或医学博士学位或同等学历。博士后学员将有同样的机会获得不同的癌症研究背景以及交流方面的培训。广泛的培训计划和大量的少数民族学员吸引到我们的项目，使这成为丰富未来癌症研究人员多样性的独特机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed Cancer Biology Training Program is a resubmission of an application for an institutional training grant. We request funds to support 2 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral trainees. Despite all the advances made in cancer research, it has become the number one killer of people under 85 in the U.S. The goal of the Cancer Biology Training Program is to educate the next generation of cancer researchers to meet the growing demands for scientists trained in the multiple facets of cancer biology. The training program has 35 faculty mentors (22 men and 13 women) from 12 departments who are working together in the graduate program as well as in the Cancer Therapy and Research Center (CTRC), the NCI Designated Cancer Center of the University of Texas Health Science Center. The mentors have a strong record of funded research as well as one in training pre- and postdoctoral fellows. This training program is uniquely poised to train minority students because of our rich cultural heritage in South Texas. Predoctoral trainees will be recruited from students in the Integrated Multidisciplinary Graduate Program who have selected the cancer biology track. Trainees will be selected for their academic excellence and their dedication to cancer research. A key component of the program is the broad scope of training from molecular biology to clinical problems. In addition, the students will participate in cancer journal club as well as attend the cancer seminar series. Our program emphasizes training in scientific communication with opportunities to improve both oral and written skills. Postdoctoral candidates will have a Ph.D. or M.D. degree or equivalent. The postdoctoral trainees will have the same opportunities to obtain a diverse background in cancer research as well as training in communication. The broad training program and the large number of minority trainees attracted to our program make this a unique opportunity to enrich the diversity in the pool of future cancer researchers.