Cancer Researchers in Nanotechnology (CRIN)

7.项目总结/摘要： 本培训计划旨在解决两个问题（1）尽管癌症生物学的研究取得了进展， 这些发现在临床上的应用，癌症治疗在延长生命方面取得了有限的成功。 工程方法已经开始显示出希望，但缺乏受过培训的调查人员， 癌症研究和工程/材料科学。(2)目前的癌症博士和博士后培训 研究的重点是培养学员成为独立的研究人员，但它并没有提供一个全面的 为年轻科学家提供的一套技能，他们在学术界开始职业生涯时，将与 小型/初创制药或设备公司，或者在重新进入之前甚至可能在小公司工作的人 学术界有一个协同作用，在解决这两个问题，因为年轻的科学家与交叉培训， 纳米技术和癌症生物学处于有利地位，可以与小规模的 专注于癌症的制药或医疗器械公司。该计划将为学员提供 平衡地结合了（a）全面的癌症生物学，工程学和创业教育 培训，（B）由基础科学癌症研究人员和临床/翻译人员双重指导的实验室经验 癌症学院，以及（c）通过让受训者与小企业家一起工作而学到的实用技能 直接和/或准备和捍卫研究提案。将有两个培训轨道：一个是学员， 计划最初在创业公司工作的学员和计划最初在学术界工作的学员。

7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: This training program seeks to address two issues (1) In spite of all of the research advances in cancer biology and application of these discoveries to the clinic, cancer therapies have had limited success in prolonging life. Engineering approaches have begun to show promise, but there is a dearth of investigators who are trained in both cancer research and engineering/materials science. (2) Current PhD and postdoctoral training in cancer research focuses on preparing trainees to be independent researchers, but it doesn't provide a comprehensive set of skills for young scientists who, when starting their careers in academia, will be working closely with small/startup pharmaceutical or device companies or who may even work in a small firm before reentering academia. There is a synergy in addressing both issues since young scientists with cross training in nanotechnology and cancer biology are well positioned to work in collaboration with or work in small pharmaceutical or medical device companies focused on cancer. The proposed program will provide trainees with a balanced combination of (a) a comprehensive cancer biology, engineering, and entrepreneurship didactic training, (b) laboratory experience dual-mentored by a basic science cancer researcher and clinical/translational cancer faculty, and (c) practical skills learned by having the trainees work with small business entrepreneurs directly and/or prepare and defend research proposals. There will be two training tracks: one for trainees who plan to initially work in startup companies and one for trainees who plan to initially work in academia.