Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Epidemiology at UB

癌症研究的性质正在发生指数变化，范式发生了重大变化 快速变化的技术和分析方法。越来越多的跨学科和跨学科 研究方法对癌症研究产生了巨大的影响。流行病学是一个重要的， 在癌症预防和控制研究中发挥关键作用;持续的贡献在很大程度上取决于 培训新的调查人员，以流行病学方法为基础，接受过癌症生物学培训， 跨学科的研究和谁有能力继续适应一个快速变化的领域。我们提出 在这里继续进行癌症预防和控制的跨学科培训计划。这个程序 以前是一个R25培养博士前研究员。随着向T32的过渡，我们建议继续， 推进该培训计划（每年四个博士学位前的位置;培训三年），并扩大到 包括博士后研究员的培训（每年两个名额;培训两年）。培训计划是一个 流行病学与环境卫生系（EEH）在大学之间的合作， 布法罗（UB）和癌症预防和控制（CPC）和健康行为（HB）部门在 Roswell Park Cancer Institute（RPCI）在UB的Freudenheim博士和RPCI的Moysich博士的领导下，该项目 汇集了一批杰出的研究人员，他们有着良好的资助研究和研究记录。 指导。导师提供访问自己的，发达的，尖端的癌症为重点的研究 程序以及访问大型数据集和以前收集的生物样本和网络， 合作者UB和RPCI提供了丰富的资源，包括课程，研讨会，期刊俱乐部， 在进步小组中工作。所有研究员都制定了个人培训计划，在他们的指导下工作。 导师他们都是一个跨学科团队的一部分，其中包括至少一名流行病学家的指导 以及至少一名来自另一学科的研究者（例如，毒理学、肿瘤学、免疫学、健康行为学）。 在过去九年资助的R25培训计划中，我们已经能够招募到一位杰出的， 一群非常成功的研究员，参与了丰富的职业发展 活动，在会议上发言，出版手稿，并继续进行优秀的研究密集型 岗位UB和RPCI一起为流行病学方面的强有力培训提供了极好的机会。 方法和生物统计学，以及癌症生物学。该计划的长期目标是培养科学家， 癌症预防和控制方面的专业知识，以及继续适应新技术和 在团队中采取有效的方法并有效地工作，以融入来自其他学科的新见解，以便他们能够 成功地为癌症预防和控制做出贡献，做研究，转化为改善公众健康， 健康

The nature of cancer research is changing exponentially, with significant alterations in paradigms developing out of swiftly changing technologies and analytic methods. Increasingly interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to research have had enormous impact on cancer research. Epidemiology plays a significant and critical role in research on cancer prevention and control; that continued contribution is critically dependent on training new investigators grounded in epidemiologic methods, trained in cancer biology, skilled in interdisciplinary research and who have the ability to continue to adapt to a rapidly changing field. We propose here the continuation of an interdisciplinary training program in cancer prevention and control. This program was previously an R25 to train pre-doctoral fellows. With this transition to a T32, we propose to continue and advance that training program (four pre-doctoral slots per year; training for three years) and to expand to include the training of postdoctoral fellows (two slots per year; training for two years). The training program is a collaboration between the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health (EEH) at the University at Buffalo (UB) and the Departments of Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) and Health Behavior (HB) at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). Led by Dr. Freudenheim at UB and Dr. Moysich at RPCI, the program brings together an outstanding group of investigators with a strong record of funded research and research mentoring. The mentors provide access to their own, well developed, cutting edge cancer-focused research programs as well as access to large datasets and previously collected biological samples and networks of collaborators. UB and RPCI provide a wealth of resources including coursework, seminars, journal clubs and work in progress groups. All fellows develop an individual training plan, working under the advisement of their mentors. They are all part of an interdisciplinary team that includes mentoring from at least one epidemiologist and at least one investigator from another discipline (e.g., toxicology, oncology, immunology, health behavior). In the R25 training program, funded for the last nine years, we have been able to recruit an outstanding and diverse group of fellows who have been very successful, taking part in a wealth of career development activities, presenting at conferences, publishing manuscripts and going on to excellent research intensive positions. Together, UB and RPCI provide for outstanding opportunities for strong training in epidemiologic methods and biostatistics, and cancer biology. The long-term goal of this program is to train scientists with expertise in cancer prevention and control, and the skills to continue to adapt to new technologies and approaches and work effectively in teams to incorporate new insights from other disciplines so that they can successfully contribute to cancer prevention and control, doing research that translates to improve public health.