(1/2) University of Guam/University of Hawaii Cancer Center Partnership

(1/2) 关岛大学/夏威夷大学癌症中心合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 9150645
• 负责人: Neal A. Palafox
• 金额: $ 127.57万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-28 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9150645
• 关键词: Address; Advanced Malignant Neoplasm; Area; Award; Awareness; Cancer Burden; Cancer Center; Cancer Research Center of Hawaii; Cancer Research Infrastructure; Career Choice; Cervical Cancer Screening; Characteristics; Collaborations; Communities; Comprehensive Cancer Center; Country; Data Analyses; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Education and Outreach; Evaluation; Faculty; Filipino; Fostering; Funding; Goals; Grant; Guam; Hawaii; Health; Health Professional; Indigenous; Individual; Institution; International; Joints; Leadership; Letters; Malignant Neoplasms; Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri; Manuscripts; Mastication; Minority Groups; NCI Center for Cancer Research; NCI-Designated Cancer Center; Nuts; Outreach Research; Pacific Island Americans; Pacific Islands; Peer Review; Pilot Projects; Population; Postdoctoral Fellow; Prevention; Publications; Regional Cancer; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resource Sharing; Resources; Science; Shipping; Ships; Specific qualifier value; Staging; Statutes and Laws; Students; Taxes; Tobacco; Training Programs; United States; Universities; Work; Writing; abstracting; anticancer research; cancer health disparity; cancer prevention; design; doctoral student; education research; health equity; high school; interest; outreach; pre-doctoral; sample collection; skills; success; underserved minority

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) Project Summary/Abstract: Americans of Pacific Islander ancestry is a highly underserved minority with a significant, disparate burden of cancer. In addition, they are also highly underrepresented among cancer researchers and cancer health care professionals. The University of Guam (UOG) and the University of Hawaii Cancer Center (UHCC) have been engaged in a unique and successful partnership over the past twelve years, currently supported by a U54 grant. As the only U54 Partnership addressing cancer health disparities in Pacific Islanders, the UOG/UHCC Partnership is characterized by a significant number of very distinctive aspects and opportunities. In particular, 37% of the Guam population is represented by indigenous Chamorros/part-Chamorros, while 38% are Filipino and Micronesian. The unique ethnic characteristics of this UOG/UHCC Partnership are paralleled by its unique geographic characteristics (the region covered by HI, GU, and U.S. Pacific Territories/jurisdictions), as well as unique regional opportunities for research, education, and outreach. The UOG/UHCC Partnership has indeed been transformational for the UOG and the Territory of Guam as specified in UOG's Letter of Commitment, including the establishment of a Cancer Research Center at UOG and implementation of legislation markedly increasing taxes on tobacco products. At UHCC the U54 has resulted in increased cancer health disparities research in Pacific Islanders. In this U54 renewal application, our overarching goal is to establish our Partner- ship as the national and international leader in advancing cancer health equity in Pacific Islanders. To achieve this goal we will build upon the success of the last five and a half years. All Specific Aims of the individual components of our application support our overall objectives, namely 1) to continue to develop the cancer re- search capability and competitiveness of faculty at UOG by increasing the number of UOG faculty with investigator-initiated funding and peer-reviewed publications; 2) to further develop the focus of UHCC research on cancer health disparities, with particular emphasis on Pacific Islanders and related topics of regional relevance such as betel nut chewing and cervical cancer screening and prevention; 3) To continue raising the awareness of cancer and cancer prevention in the multiethnic communities served by UOG and UHCC, with emphasis on Pacific Islanders; and 4) to increase the number of cancer and biomedical science researchers of Pacific Is- lander ancestry in the U.S. by continuing our successful MA, MS, and PhD training programs for Pacific Is- lander students in cancer-related fields, as well as providing guidance to early stage faculty investigators. The leadership at UOG and UHCC are highly committed to this Partnership as evidenced by their strong Letters of Support and the commitment of significant resources to the Partnership.

描述（由申请人提供） 项目摘要/摘要：太平洋岛民血统的美国人是一个服务水平严重不足的少数群体，其癌症负担显着且各不相同。此外，他们在癌症研究人员和癌症医疗保健专业人员中的代表性也严重不足。关岛大学 (UOG) 和夏威夷大学癌症中心 (UHCC) 在过去 12 年中一直保持着独特且成功的合作伙伴关系，目前得到了 U54 拨款的支持。作为唯一一个解决太平洋岛民癌症健康差异的 U54 伙伴关系，UOG/UHCC 伙伴关系的特点是具有大量非常独特的方面和机会。特别是，关岛人口的 37% 是土著查莫罗人/部分查莫罗人，而 38% 是菲律宾人和密克罗尼西亚人。 UOG/UHCC 合作伙伴关系的独特种族特征与其独特的地理特征（HI、GU 和美国太平洋领土/管辖区覆盖的区域）以及独特的区域研究、教育和推广机会并行。 UOG/UHCC 伙伴关系确实为 UOG 和关岛领土带来了变革，如 UOG 承诺书中所述，包括在 UOG 建立癌症研究中心以及实施显着增加烟草制品税收的立法。在 UHCC，U54 导致太平洋岛民癌症健康差异研究的增加。在这次 U54 续签申请中，我们的首要目标是建立我们的合作伙伴关系，成为促进太平洋岛民癌症健康公平的国内和国际领导者。为了实现这一目标，我们将在过去五年半的成功基础上再接再厉。我们申请的各个组成部分的所有具体目标都支持我们的总体目标，即1）通过研究者发起的资助和同行评审的出版物增加UOG教师的数量，继续发展UOG教师的癌症研究能力和竞争力； 2) 进一步发展 UHCC 对癌症健康差异的研究重点，特别强调太平洋岛民和区域相关主题，如槟榔咀嚼和宫颈癌筛查和预防； 3) 继续提高 UOG 和 UHCC 服务的多民族社区对癌症和癌症预防的认识，重点是太平洋岛民； 4) 通过继续为太平洋岛民学生提供癌症相关领域成功的硕士、硕士和博士培训项目，并为早期教师研究人员提供指导，增加美国太平洋岛民血统的癌症和生物医学科学研究人员的数量。 UOG 和 UHCC 的领导层高度致力于这一伙伴关系，他们强有力的支持信和对该伙伴关系的大量资源承诺就证明了这一点。