Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control and Cancer Health Equity (CPC-CHE)

项目总结 这是NCI T32癌症预防与控制和癌症健康公平(CPC- Ce)弗吉尼亚联邦大学梅西癌症中心(MCC)的培训计划。这个 培训计划已经活跃了三个5年周期--第一个是R25,2018年成功过渡 换成了T32。目前的培训应用程序重新关注癌症健康公平和减少癌症 根据MCC集水区的需求，并与MCC的中心主题保持一致，以满足不同的需求。MCC的 集水区是多样的，包括农村和少数族裔社区癌症风险升高的“热点”， 有几个县的年龄调整后的癌症发病率较高。这一独特的集水区是一个 在农村和城市社区内以及在不同社区中进行研究和培训的背景 居住人口。作为MCC历史最悠久的NCI资助的T32培训计划，CPC-CHE计划 得到了该机构的高度重视，并得到了VCU、MCC和医学院的配套资金支持。 该项目汇集了来自12个部门的25名小学导师和6名中学导师， 学校/大学。在本供资期间，33%的受训人员来自种族/族裔群体。 在生物医学和行为科学中代表性不足，90%是女性。百分之百的 博士后实习生获得了博士后培训职位，五分之四的博士后实习生拥有 完成该项目的是学术/研究教员职位，另一名是在非营利性组织工作 与研究相关的职业。拟议的T32有四个目标：1)提供综合培训计划，包括 在癌症预防和控制和/或癌症健康公平方面有广泛的研究机会，包括 选择完成集中理科硕士学位或公共卫生学位；2)提供有组织的教学 培训前沿研究方法，以支持癌症预防和控制方面的职业发展 癌症健康公平学；3)培养一个协作社区，这将形成有效的基础 专业发展和职业准备；以及4)为来自不同社会和地区的新兴学者提供培训 经济和种族/民族背景，通过密集的指导。该计划请求支持两个 博士后和五名博士后实习生。七名学者的选择将允许大约4：1的比例 导师/学员比率。

PROJECT SUMMARY This is a competitive renewal of the NCI T32 Cancer Prevention and Control and Cancer Health Equity (CPC- CE) Training Program at the Massey Cancer Center (MCC) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The training program has been active for three 5-year cycles – first as an R25 and, in 2018, successfully transitioned to a T32. The present training application has a renewed focus on cancer health equity and reducing cancer disparities to meet the needs of MCC's catchment area and align with MCC's center-wide theme. MCC's catchment area is diverse and includes “hot spots” of elevated cancer risk in rural and minority communities, with several counties having elevated age-adjusted cancer rates. This unique catchment area serves as a backdrop for research and training being conducted within rural and urban communities and among a diverse residential population. As the longest-standing NCI-funded T32 training program at MCC, the CPC-CHE program is highly valued by the institution and supported in matching funds by VCU, MCC and the School of Medicine. The program brings together 25 primary and 6 secondary mentors from 12 departments across three schools/colleges. During the current funding period, 33% of the trainees were from racial/ethnic groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral science and 90% were female. One-hundred percent of the predoctoral trainees secured postdoctoral training positions and four out of five postdoctoral trainees who have completed the program are in academic/research faculty positions and the other is working in a non-profit research-related career. The proposed T32 has four objectives: 1) offer an integrated training program with a broad range of research opportunities in cancer prevention and control and/or cancer health equity, including an option to complete a concentrated Master of Science or public health degree; 2) provide structured didactic training in cutting-edge research methods to support career advancements in cancer prevention and control and cancer health equity science; 3) cultivate a collaborative community that will form the foundation for effective professional development and career readiness; and 4) provide training to emerging scholars from diverse socio- economic and racial/ethnic backgrounds through intensive mentoring. The program requests support for two predoctoral and five postdoctoral trainee slots. The selection of seven scholars will allow for an approximate 4:1 mentor/trainee ratio.