Ghana IntegRative Approach to Cancer ResEarch Training: The Grace Program

项目总结/摘要 在许多撒哈拉以南非洲国家，癌症发病率显著增加，需要改变 培训和研究，以解决这一日益严重的问题。几年前，加纳认识到了这个问题， 在他们的国家癌症控制计划中确定了研究和临床护理的优先顺序的癌症部位。 这些癌症包括乳腺癌（BCa）、宫颈癌（CxCa）、头颈癌（HNCa）和前列腺癌（PCa）。到 解决国家癌症计划莫菲特癌症中心（MCC）教师提出的目标， 与加纳大学Korle-Bu教学医院和加纳学院合作， 医生和外科医生（GCPS）在过去五年中建立合作研究和癌症临床 照顾能力。这项工作最初集中在PCa和HNCa，这两种常见的癌症， 感兴趣，因为与这些癌症相关的发病率和死亡率对加纳人造成了严重影响， 美国非裔美国人。认识到有必要扩大对加纳BCa和CxCa的研究， 合作准备扩大对这两种额外癌症的努力，并扩大现有的研究， 培训合作，以创建一个全面和结构化的计划，具有更大的深度和广度。我们 建议扩大加纳现有的合作机构名单，将加纳大学包括在内 医学院（UGMS），公共卫生学院（UGSPH）和护理学院。此外，我们计划适应 一个全面的癌症研究培训计划，作为完成的Fogarty D43摩洛哥的一部分 在加纳，该基金将提供赠款，以加快实施癌症研究培训。本提案的总体目标是 在MCC和UG培养新一代多学科的全球健康癌症研究人员， 实施计划，加强和扩大机构能力，广泛开展癌症 研究-加纳癌症研究综合方法培训：GRACE计划。我们特别 建议如下：1.建立和实施癌症研究培训和能力（讲座和研讨会 应用研究经验; 2。基金团队科学研究，和; 3。转移和维持 加纳癌症研究培训计划。五年后，我们将培养出新一代的 研究员和初级教师（~125-150），并嵌入到加纳医学教育系统的可持续发展 癌症研究培训计划，以支持加纳癌症研究的持续增长。拟议的培训 该计划将促进从事肿瘤学的医生科学家的研究，并招募有才华的 相关健康领域的专业人员进行癌症研究，从而迅速扩大癌症研究 在加纳。通过吸引来自多个学科的人，拟议的计划将加强加纳现有的 国家和多学科癌症研究小组。最终，我们的目标是 该计划是学术界、政策制定者和公共卫生界之间的桥梁。

Project Summary/Abstract Cancer incidence is significantly increasing in many sub-Saharan Africa countries necessitating a shift in training and research to address this growing problem. Years ago Ghana recognized this problem and identified cancer sites for prioritization for both research and clinical care in their National Cancer Control Plan. These cancers include breast (BCa), cervical (CxCa), head and neck (HNCa) and prostate cancer (PCa). To address the goals set forth in the national cancer plan Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC) faculty have been collaborating with the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital within the University of Ghana (UG), and the Ghana College of Physician and Surgeons (GCPS) for the past five years to build collaborative research and cancer clinical care capacity. This work started initially with a focus on PCa and HNCa, two cancers of common concern and interest, as the incidence and mortality associated with these cancers disproportionally affects Ghanaians and US African Americans. Recognizing the need to expand research to BCa and CxCa in Ghana the MCC-Ghana collaboration is poised to expand efforts to these two additional cancers and to expand existing research and training collaborations to create a comprehensive and structured program with greater depth and breadth. We propose to expand the existing list of collaborating institutions in Ghana to include the University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS), School of Public Health (UGSPH), and Nursing School. In addition, we plan to adapt a comprehensive cancer research training program developed as part of a completed Fogarty D43 Morocco grant, to accelerate the implementation of cancer research training in Ghana. The overall goal of this proposal is to develop a new generation of multidisciplinary global health cancer researchers at MCC and UG by implementing programs that will strengthen and expand institutional capacity to broadly conduct cancer research - Ghana IntegRative Approach to Cancer ResEarch Training: The GRACE Program. Specifically, we propose the following: 1. Build and implement cancer research training and capacity (Lectures and Workshops and an Applied Research Experience); 2. Fund Team-Science Research, and; 3. Transfer and sustain the Ghana cancer research training program. At the end of five years we will have trained a new generation of fellows and junior faculty (~125-150) and embedded into the Ghana medical education system a sustainable cancer research training program to support continued cancer research growth in Ghana. The proposed training program will advance research among physician scientists practicing oncology and recruit talented professionals from related health fields to conduct cancer research, thereby rapidly expanding cancer research in Ghana. By engaging those from multiple disciplines, the proposed program will strengthen Ghana’s existing national and multidisciplinary cancer-specific research teams. Ultimately, our goal is to have this training program serve as a bridge between academic, policy makers, and public health communities.