Research Education Core

项目摘要/摘要 太平洋岛民在美国的生物医学劳动力中是一个极不具代表性的少数民族，无论是在 大学和研究机构以及公共卫生部门的教职员工。太平洋的数量 拥有硕士研究生学位，尤其是博士学位的岛民数量少得令人沮丧。我们已经成功地开始了 为了解决这一缺点，在过去六年的U54支持下，到目前为止，已有三名博士毕业生和多名 硕士毕业生，以及目前在我们的两所大学攻读高级学位课程的其他几名毕业生 合作机构以及美国本土。我们的伙伴关系也有助于癌症的发展 UOG的研究能力，几名UOG教职员工参与了同行评议的癌症研究 资助和同行评议的出版物。我们的研究教育核心将继续沿着这条成功的道路前进， 三个具体目标，与我们目前的U54支持基本相同：1)提供支持和研究 UOG为太平洋岛民少数民族学生提供的教育，以获得与癌症研究相关的硕士学位， 重点关注癌症健康差异，2)为太平洋岛上的少数民族提供支持和研究教育 癌症研究领域的博士水平的学生，重点是UCC的癌症健康差异， 3)支持和发展UOG和UCC的早期研究人员(博士后和初级教员)，以 设计、实施、分析和传播以生物医学、心理社会和/或社区为重点的研究 通过跨学科合作，对太平洋岛屿地区的癌症健康差异进行了研究。

Project Summary/Abstract Pacific Islanders are an extremely underrepresented minority in the nation's biomedical workforce, both on the faculty of universities and research institutions as well as in public health departments. The number of Pacific Islanders with graduate degrees at the MS and especially PhD level is dismally low. We have successfully started to address this shortcoming over the past six years of U54 support, with so far three PhD graduates and multiple MS graduates, and with several additional graduates currently enrolled in advanced degree programs at our two partner institutions as well as on the US mainland. Our partnership has also helped to develop the cancer research capability at UOG, with several UOG faculty being involved in cancer research with peer-reviewed funding and peer-reviewed publications. Our Research Education Core will continue on this successful path, with three specific aims, essentially unchanged from our current U54 support: 1) Provide support and research education for minority Pacific Islander students at UOG to obtain a master's degree related to cancer research, with a focus on cancer health disparities, 2) Provide support and research education for minority Pacific Islander students at the doctoral level in areas of cancer research, with a focus on cancer health disparities at UHCC, and 3) Support and develop early stage investigators (post-doctoral and junior faculty) at UOG and UHCC to design, conduct, analyze, and disseminate biomedical, psychosocial and/or community-based research focused on cancer health disparities in the Pacific Island region through interdisciplinary collaborations.