NIH Diversity Supplement (R00-CA-256351)

项目总结 McKenzie Reese女士是洛约拉·马里蒙特大学(LMU)的本科生研究员，寻求 心理肿瘤学研究方面的额外培训、指导和职业发展。这种多样性 附录将支持里斯女士为正在进行的适应的正念自我的RCT试点做出贡献 旨在减少成人肺癌患者耻辱的同情干预(R00CA256351)。vt.给出 在肺癌发病率方面的种族差异，重要的是促进非洲人的充分代表性 美国癌症患者的研究。然而，非洲裔美国癌症患者不太可能参加 与怀特相比，临床试验和纵向心理肿瘤学研究中的磨损率更高 病人。因此，迫切需要确定战略，以促进招聘、参与和 非裔美国癌症患者在心理肿瘤学研究中的留存。在这个项目中，候选人将 通过1)评估父研究中与文化相关的信息和图像是否满足此需求 Facebook定向广告招聘战略将促进非洲人参与研究 美国肺癌患者和2)评估作为患者基础的动机因素 干预后通过定性访谈分析家长参与研究。除了这些研究之外， 目标，候选人将从事指导和职业发展活动，以获得基础和 心理肿瘤学方面的高级研究技能，这将加速应聘者的职业发展 在癌症研究方面。这些目标与NCI 2023年打破临床障碍的年度计划一致 试验参与和NCI的公平和包容计划的目标。本项目圆满完成 将为应聘者提供从招聘到完成研究项目的机会 传播，接受深入的研究培训，并参加职业发展研讨会， 增强她的竞争力和准备攻读心理学研究生课程，从而支持她 成为一名独立科学家的长期目标是专注于减少与癌症相关的健康差距。

PROJECT SUMMARY Ms. McKenzie Reese is an undergraduate researcher at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) seeking additional training, mentorship, and career development in psycho-oncology research. This diversity supplement will support Ms. Reese to contribute to an ongoing pilot RCT of an adapted Mindful Self- Compassion intervention that aims to reduce stigma among adults with lung cancer (R00CA256351). Given the racial disparity in the incidence of lung cancer, it is important to promote full representation of African American patients in cancer research. However, African American cancer patients are less likely to enroll in clinical trials and experience higher attrition in longitudinal psycho-oncology research, as compared to White patients. As such, there is a crucial need to identify strategies that promote the recruitment, engagement, and retention of African American cancer patients in psycho-oncology research. In this project, the candidate will address this need by 1) assessing whether culturally-relevant messages and images within the parent study’s Facebook Targeted Advertisement recruitment strategy will promote research participation among African American lung cancer patients and 2) evaluating motivational factors that underlie patients’ continued participation in the parent study by analyzing qualitative interviews post-intervention. Alongside these research aims, the candidate will pursue mentoring and career development activities to gain fundamental and advanced research skills in psycho-oncology, which will accelerate the candidate’s trajectory toward a career in cancer research. These aims are aligned with NCI’s 2023 annual plan for breaking down barriers to clinical trial participation and the goals of NCI’s Equity and Inclusion Program. Successful completion of this project will provide the candidate with the opportunity to see a research project through from recruitment to dissemination, receive in-depth research training, and participate in career development workshops that will enhance her competitiveness and preparation for graduate programs in psychology, thereby supporting her long-term goal of becoming an independent scientist focused on reducing cancer-related health disparities.