Career Development Program

DF/HCC GI孢子职业发展计划（CDP）旨在提供必要的激励和结构，以吸引GI癌症基础、转化和临床研究的初级研究人员。CDP的总体目标是培养有才华的胃肠道癌症新研究人员的成功。通过提供研究支持和接触GI孢子研究人员，我们希望促进青年教师的独立研究事业。此外，SPORE CDP努力吸引少数族裔和女性研究人员进入胃肠道癌症领域。在DF/HCC GI SPORE中聚集的研究人员在GI癌症研究的初级教师指导方面有大量的记录。GI SPORE CDP建立了一个正式的流程，用于识别、选择和指导从事GI癌症基础、临床和人口科学方面研究的个人。CDP治理和审查委员会由来自BWH、MGH、DFCI和BIDMC的优秀资深导师领导，指导一个项目，确保GI SPORE CDP的最佳选择、支持和监督。在过去的资助周期中，CDP选择、资助和指导了15名有才华的GI癌症研究青年，他们在GI癌症领域取得了卓越的职业发展，并做出了重大贡献。

The DF/HCC GI SPORE Career Development Program (CDP) is designed to provide the incentive and structure necessary to attract junior investigators in basic, translational and clinical research into GI cancer. The overall goal of the CDP is to nurture the success of talented new researchers in GI cancer. By providing research support and exposure to the GI SPORE investigators, we hope to promote the independent research careers of junior faculty. Moreover, the SPORE CDP strives to attract minority and female investigators to the field of GI cancer. The investigators assembled in the DF/HCC GI SPORE have a substantial record in mentorship of junior faculty working in GI cancer research. The GI SPORE CDP has established a formal process for the identification, selection, and mentoring of individuals pursuing careers in the study of basic, clinical, and population science-based aspects of GI cancer. The CDP Governance and Review Committee, led by outstanding senior mentors across BWH, MGH, DFCI, and BIDMC, direct a program that ensures optimal selection, support, and oversight of the GI SPORE CDP. Over the past funding cycle, the CDP has selected, funded, and mentored 15 talented young investigators in GI cancer who have made exceptional career development as well as substantial contributions to the field of GI cancer. The Specific Aims of the Career Development Program are: 1. Establish a system to identify promising young investigators seeking to become independent investigators in GI cancer research. 2. Provide funding and resources and monitor awardee progress. 3. Promote a mentoring environment in the SPORE that will assist in the career development of CDP awardees as well as other junior faculty. 4. Train and develop the next generation of leaders in GI cancer translational investigation.