Research Training/Education Core

项目总结(见说明)： 佛罗里达农工大学(FAMU)建议建立一个研究培训/教育核心，其 目标是增加对癌症相关感兴趣的少数族裔博士生人数 研究的最终目的是追求生物医学科学家的职业生涯。目标 拟议拨款的具体目标是：1)确定并免除优秀的少数族裔候选人，他们表现出希望获得生物医学博士学位的愿望，重点是癌症；3)为癌症相关领域的博士生提供5个研究助学金；和3)通过制定的课程提供教育培训，为学生开展少数群体健康和健康差距的研究做好准备作为癌症研究的专门培训博士生研究部分将通过开设两门新课程(健康差异/少数群体问题和癌症生物学)和培养研究技能来改进和加强对FAMU学生的研究培训，以使我们的年轻科学家更有市场和竞争力，以便在癌症研究领域获得博士后职位。建立研究培训/教育核心的风险不仅将对激励和培养更多从事癌症研究和生物医学科学事业的未被充分代表的少数族裔产生重大影响，而且还将通过解决少数族裔的健康和健康差距，加强和提高我们在FAMU癌症研究方面的初级教员的研究能力。

PROJECT SUMMARY (See instructions): The Florida A&M University (FAMU) proposes to establish a Research Training/Educational Core whose goal is to increase the number of underrepresented minority PhD graduate students with interest in cancerrelated research with the ultimate purpose of them pursuing careers as Biomedical Scientists. The objectives and specific aims of the proposed grant are to: 1) identify and recmit outstanding minority candidates, who demonstrate a desire to obtain a doctoral degree in the biomedical sciences with emphasis in cancer; 3) provide five research assistantships for PhD students in cancer related areas; and 3) provide educational training through a developed curricula to prepare students to conduct research on minority health and health disparities as specialized training in cancer research The doctoral student research component will enhance and strengthen the research training of its students at FAMU by delivering two new courses (Health Disparities/Minorities Issues and Cancer Biology) and by developing research skills to make our young scientists more marketable and competitive to obtain post doctoral positions in cancer research. The venture of establishing a Research Training/Educational Core will not only have a significant impact in motivating and producing more underrepresented minorities with careers In cancer research as well as the biomedical sciences, but will also strengthen and enhance the research capabilities of our junior faculty in cancer research at FAMU by addressing minority health and health disparities.