Creating Scientists to Address Cancer Disparities

 描述(由申请人提供)：增加来自代表性不足社区的科学家和临床医生的数量已被认为是帮助减少全国癌症差距的手段之一。创建科学家以解决癌症差异计划(CSP)是一项强化的生物行为科学培训计划，旨在帮助未被充分代表的社区大学理科专业(CSP学者)成功转到加州大学伯克利分校和南加州大学，然后进入研究生院。转学学生在转学前的暑假开始参加CSP，并在大学剩余时间继续接受CSP教职员工的指导。该项目让基础科学和行为科学专业的学生在公共卫生社区实验室里并肩工作和学习，作为生物行为科学家多学科团队如何合作解决健康差距的典范。CSP从为期8周的以公共卫生实验室为基础的夏季科学丰富计划(SSEP)开始。SSEP包括研讨会，让学生对癌症和与癌症差异发展相关的生物行为问题有一个坚实的了解。它还包括研讨会，以增加参与者成功进入研究生院及以后的可能性。学生们还学习了各种在实地使用的实践研究方法，因为他们在社区-校园合作伙伴关系中工作。实地经验将确保他们获得如何识别、研究和解决健康差距的实用知识。今年暑期培训之后是持续的学术培训和指导，要求在PIs的公共卫生实验室进行为期10个月的实验室安置，至少获得一个学分。在为期12个月的培训中，学生们将准备并提交一份摘要，在全国科学会议上展示他们的研究成果。每名CSP奖学金获得者将与项目教师合作，寻找其他支持和资金来源，以在学者的头12个月之后继续他们的实验室经验。CSP将使其转学学生有可能在转学第一年访问通常无法访问的项目。这项以社区学院为重点的CSP基于文献和该团队目前的R25E助学金，该助学金帮助社区学院的学生成功地转学到加州大学圣迭戈分校和南加州大学。CSP在评估其成功方面有明确的、可衡量的结果，使用在早期培训计划中被证明成功的同样严格的数据收集和评估方法。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Increasing the number of scientists and clinicians from underrepresented communities has been recognized as one means to help reduce the nation's cancer disparities. The Creating Scientists to Address Cancer Disparities Program (CSP) is an intensive bio-behavioral science training program designed to facilitate underrepresented community college science majors' (CSP scholars) successful transfer to UCSD and SDSU followed by their matriculation into graduate school. Transferring students begin the CSP during the summer before they transfer and continue to receive mentoring from CSP faculty throughout the remainder of their college years. The program has basic and behavioral science majors working and learning side-by-side in a public health community-based laboratory as a model of how multidisciplinary teams of bio-behavioral scientists can work together to address health disparities. CSP begins with an 8-week public health laboratory- based Summer Science Enrichment Program (SSEP). The SSEP includes seminars to give students a solid understanding of cancer and bio-behavioral issues related to the development of cancer disparities. It also includes workshops to increase participants' likelihood of successfu progression into graduate school and beyond. Students also learn a variety of hands-on research methods to use in the field, as they work within community-campus partnerships. The field experience will assure that they gain a working knowledge of how to identify, research, and resolve health disparities. This summer training is followed by continued academic training and mentoring via a required 10-month lab placement for a minimum of one academic credit in the PIs' public health laboratory. During this 12 month-long training, students will prepare and submit an abstract to present their research findings at a national scientific conference. Each CSP scholar will work with program faculty to identify other sources of support and funding to continue the scholars' laboratory experiences beyond their first 12 months. CSP will make it possible for its transferring students to access programs that are not normally accessible in transferring students' first year. This community college-focused CSP is grounded upon the literature and the team's current R25E grant that facilitates community college students' successful transfer to UCSD and SDSU. The CSP has clearly defined, measurable outcomes for assessing its success, using the same rigorous data collection and evaluation methods that were proven successful in earlier training programs.