(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高度不足的少数民族，具有巨大的，不同的癌症负担。此外，在癌症研究人员和癌症医疗保健专业人员中，它们的人数也不足。关岛大学（UOG）和夏威夷大学癌症中心（UHCC）在过去的十二年中一直与U54 Grant的支持。作为解决太平洋岛民癌症健康差异的唯一U54伙伴关系，UOG/UHCC伙伴关系的特征是许多非常独特的方面和机遇。特别是，关岛人口的37％由土著香菜/部分骨质肉眼代表，而38％的人口是菲律宾人和密克罗尼亚人。该UOG/UHCC合作伙伴关系的独特种族特征与其独特的地理特征（由HI，GU和美国太平洋地区/管辖区所涵盖的地区）以及研究，教育和外展的独特区域机会。 UOG/UHCC的合作伙伴关系确实是UOG承诺信中指定的UOG和关岛领土的变革，包括在UOG建立了癌症研究中心以及实施立法明显增加了对烟草产品的税收。在UHCC，U54导致太平洋岛民的癌症健康差异研究增加了。在此U54更新应用中，我们的总体目标是建立我们的合作伙伴，成为太平洋岛民促进癌症健康平等的国家和国际领导者。为了实现这一目标，我们将基于过去五年半的成功。应用程序的各个组成部分的所有具体目标都支持我们的整体目标，即1）继续通过增加研究人员发起的资金和同行评审的出版物来发展UOG的癌症探索能力和UOG的竞争力； 2）进一步发展UHCC研究的重点，尤其着重于太平洋岛民和相关区域相关性的主题，例如槟榔咀嚼和宫颈癌的筛查和预防； 3）继续提高UOG和UHCC服务的多种族社区中对癌症和癌症预防的认识，重点是太平洋岛民； 4）通过为与癌症相关领域的Pacific Islander学生提供成功的MA，MS和博士学位培训计划，以增加美国太平洋地区的癌症和生物医学研究人员的数量，并为早期阶段的教职员工提供指导。 UOG和UHCC的领导层高度致力于这一合作伙伴关系，这是他们强有力的支持信和对合作伙伴关系的大量资源的承诺所证明的。