Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research: NMSU-FHCRC (1 of 2)

认识到需要建立更多具有竞争性研究项目的机构，招募更多代表性不足的个人从事癌症研究，并增加对癌症健康差异研究的关注，我们建议扩大新墨西哥州立大学（NMSU）和弗雷德哈钦森癌症研究中心（FHCRC）之间的合作。三个目标将帮助我们实现总体目标。一是提高学校开展竞争性研究的能力。这将通过三个基础科学试点项目和一个基础科学全面项目来完成。第二，我们将在癌症研究培训和教育方面建立长期合作伙伴关系。我们完整的本科项目提案建立在新密歇根州立大学和FHCRC之间成功的实习项目的基础上。我们的研究生试点项目为研究生的互惠培养铺平了道路。最后，一项外联建议寻求评估一种将公共卫生干预措施引入遭受癌症健康差异的社区的方法。外展建议将测试推广方法在促进子宫颈癌筛查行为改变方面的功效。将采用一个完善和严格的审查程序来确定今后几年的其他合作项目。此外，还将在招聘新教师和现有的合作推广服务办公室网络的基础上，努力扩大在该州的推广工作。

In recognition of the need to create more institutions that have competitive research programs, to recruit more underrepresented individuals into cancer research, and to increase the attention to cancer health disparities research, we propose to expand the collaboration between New Mexico State University (NMSU) and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC). Three objectives will help us achieve our overall goal. First, we will increase the capacity of NMSU to conduct competitive research. This will be done through a collection of three basic science pilot projects and one basic science full project. Second, we will create a long-standing partnership in cancer research training and education. Our full undergraduate project proposal builds on a successful internship program between NMSU and FHCRC. Our graduate pilot project paves the way to reciprocal training of graduate students. Finally, an outreach proposal seeks to evaluate a way to bring public health intervention to communities suffering from cancer health disparities. The outreach proposal will test the efficacy of the promotora approach in fostering cervical cancer screening behavior change. A well established and rigorous review process will be used to identify additional collaborative projects in later years. An effort to expand outreach efforts in the state will also be developed based on a new faculty hire and an existing network of Cooperative Extension Service offices. Both institutions are enthusiastic about this collaboration and have worked steadily to increase the partnership strength. Mutual benefits will accrue to both institutions. NMSU has a majority of minority and underrepresented students, but not the expertise and experience to recruit and train students in cancer research. A major benefit of this grant will be to establish an infrastructure whereby underrepresented students have opportunities and resources to become cancer researchers. The FHCRC is deeply committed to increasing the number of minority and underrepresented group members involved in cancer research. Collaboration with scientists at NMSU also provides opportunities for new types of research that are of interest to FHCRC scientists. The five pilot projects and two full projects proposed in the developmental core are accompanied by three other cores: Administrative Core, Mentoring Core, and Planning and Evaluation Core. In addition, sound career development approaches will train future cancer researchers.