Postdoctoral Training in Cancer Prevention and Control

癌症防治博士后培训

• 批准号: 8793258
• 负责人: GRAHAM A. COLDITZ
• 金额: $ 31.05万
• 依托单位: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-24 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8793258
• 关键词: Cancer Control; cancer prevention; post-doctoral training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is strong evidence linking lifestyle and behavioral risk factors with a range of cancers. There is also strong evidence that lifestyle change and widespread intervention can reduce the population burden of cancer. The number of individuals affected by cancer continues to grow as the U.S. population ages, and disparities in cancer incidence and mortality remain by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic level, and geography, thus this is a critical time to place emphasis on training investigators in cancer prevention and control research that can reach multiple groups within a population. Increasingly, our health promotion goals cannot be achieved by working within a single discipline. Thus, in this new application for T32 funding, we propose the Postdoctoral Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control Research. Our overall goal is to provide an individualized transdisciplinary postdoctoral training experience to scholars interested in establishing careers in cancer prevention and control research. Our application funding comes at a time when we have demonstrated preliminary success in recruiting, retaining, and training successful researchers, and will allow us to sustain and expand our program by leveraging institutional resources and grants such as our Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Center, and our Community Networks Program Center, the Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities, both of which included training elements. The TREC External Advisory Board has been a critical asset in forming and refining our program elements, so we are well prepared for this T32. Our training program includes structured elements including individual development plans, mentored research experiences, and customizable didactic training opportunities. Our innovative training also includes a transdisciplinary journal club, career development programming, and training in communicating with media and lay audiences. Washington University School of Medicine offers a rich environment for trainees, and our transdisciplinary training in cancer prevention and control offers a unique resource to the university environment. Support through this T32 mechanism will allow us to continue to train PhD and MD scientists to conduct transdisciplinary research and lead the next generation of cancer prevention and control researchers.

描述(由申请人提供)：有强有力的证据表明生活方式和行为风险因素与一系列癌症有关。也有强有力的证据表明，生活方式的改变和广泛的干预可以减轻癌症人口的负担。随着美国人口老龄化，受癌症影响的个人数量持续增长，癌症发病率和死亡率仍因种族/民族、社会经济水平和地理位置而存在差异，因此，现在是重视培训癌症预防和控制研究人员的关键时刻，这些研究可以覆盖人口中的多个群体。越来越多地，我们的健康促进目标不能通过在单一学科内工作来实现。因此，在这项新的T32基金申请中，我们提出了癌症预防和控制研究的博士后培训计划。我们的总体目标是为有兴趣在癌症预防和控制研究领域建立事业的学者提供个性化的跨学科博士后培训体验。我们的申请资金是在我们在招聘、留住和培训成功的研究人员方面取得初步成功的时候提供的，并将使我们能够通过利用机构资源和赠款来维持和扩大我们的计划，例如我们的跨学科能量学和癌症研究(TREC)中心和我们的社区网络计划中心，即消除癌症差异计划，这两个计划都包括培训元素。TREC外部咨询委员会一直是形成和完善我们计划要素的关键资产，因此我们为T32做好了充分的准备。我们的培训计划包括结构化元素，包括个人发展计划、有指导的研究经验和可定制的教学培训机会。我们的创新培训还包括跨学科期刊俱乐部、职业发展规划以及与媒体和非专业观众沟通的培训。华盛顿大学医学院为学员提供了丰富的环境，我们在癌症预防和控制方面的跨学科培训为大学环境提供了独特的资源。通过这一T32机制的支持将使我们能够继续培训博士和MD科学家进行跨学科研究，并领导下一代癌症预防和控制研究人员。