(1/2) Ponce Health Sciences University-Moffitt Cancer Center Partnership #

摘要|整体 庞塞和坦帕湾地区的西班牙裔/拉丁裔(H/L)社区经历了共同和独特的经历 与贫困、获得护理和语言有关的挑战。庞塞健康科学大学 波多黎各(PR)的PHSU和佛罗里达州的Moffitt癌症中心(MCC)建立了牢固的关系 并利用各自的优势和资源来满足这些需求，最终目标是 消除癌症健康差距。这项为期15年的伙伴关系建立了基本和 临床研究、癌症外展、癌症教育和培训以及生物库，建立 研究人员将重点放在癌症差异和基础设施上，以实现持续的长期合作。组合在一起 随着H/L独特的生物库资源的建立和壮大，以及量化资源的整合 科学专业知识，这种充满活力的环境是PHSU基础学科新教师招聘的催化剂 和转化型癌症研究，增加了MCC对健康差异的研究重点，并刺激了 创新的癌症研究。为了确保持久的影响，该伙伴关系促进了癌症的发展 研究人员和临床医生通过机构和医疗培训人员之间的研究和培训交流 支持成功推进早期调查人员(ESIS)。伙伴关系和我们的外展 活动继续是在我们的H/L社区促进癌症健康不可或缺的活动，并提供了重要的支持 战胜了两次主要飓风、毁灭性地震和新冠肺炎疫情。挑战， 取得的成就和吸取的经验教训为指导这一进程的演变和进一步扩大提供了强有力的基础 伙伴关系，其主要目标是减少拉美裔/拉丁裔(H/L)社区和 为消除广大人口中的健康差距作出贡献。U54的具体目标 合作伙伴关系续签是(1)增加合作伙伴关系调查人员和致力于创新的合作 癌症健康差异研究，创造长期可持续性。这将通过 让教职员工和EIS参与资源，以支持合作、赠款准备、出版物和 网络。(2)确定和促进不同的受训人员在癌症研究和健康领域的职业成长 差距。我们将支持来自不同背景的学员的招聘和发展 职业生涯连续性，重点是H/L。(3)支持有助于 识别和消除H/L的癌症健康差距。我们将促进项目的发展 通过严谨的调查研究癌症差异的生物学基础、心理和社会因素 评估有可能缩小具体差距差距的研究项目。(4)增加社区性 参与癌症健康差异研究。这将通过培育社区来实现 参与，包括双向活动、教育、增加社交媒体存在以及与 我们社区健康教育者的研究内容和活动。

ABSTRACT | OVERALL The Hispanic/Latino (H/L) communities in the Ponce and Tampa Bay regions experience both shared and unique challenges associated with poverty, access to care, and language. The Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) in Puerto Rico (PR) and the Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC) in Florida have forged a strong relationship and leveraged their respective strengths and resources to address these needs with the ultimate goal of eliminating cancer health disparities. The 15-year Partnership has established joint programs for basic and clinical research, cancer outreach, cancer education, and training, and biobanking, building networks of investigators focused on cancer disparities and infrastructure for sustained long-term collaboration. Combined with the establishment and growth of a unique biobanking resource for H/L and the integration of quantitative sciences expertise, this dynamic environment is a catalyst for the recruitment of new faculty at PHSU in basic and translational cancer research, increases the health disparities research focus at MCC and stimulates innovative cancer research. To ensure a durable impact, the Partnership fosters the development of cancer researchers and clinicians through an exchange of research and medical trainees between institutions and supporting the successful advancement of Early-Stage Investigators (ESIs). The Partnership and our outreach activities continue to be integral in promoting cancer health in our H/L communities and has provided vital support for overcoming two major hurricanes, devastating earthquakes, and the COVID pandemic. The challenges, achievements, and lessons learned to provide a strong basis to guide the evolution and further expansion of this Partnership, whose primary goals are to reduce cancer disparities in the Hispanic/Latino (H/L) communities and to contribute to the elimination of health disparities in the population at large. The specific aims for the U54 Partnership renewal are (1) Increase Partnership investigators and collaborations committed to innovative cancer health disparities research, creating long-term sustainability. This will be accomplished through the engagement of faculty and ESIs with resources to support collaborations, grant preparations, publications, and networking. (2) Identify and foster the growth of diverse trainees for a career in cancer research and health disparities. We will support the recruitment and development of trainees from diverse backgrounds across the career continuum with an emphasis on H/L. (3) Support novel research projects that will contribute to the identification and elimination of cancer health disparities in H/L. We will foster the development of projects that investigate the biological basis, psychological and social factors of cancer disparities through a rigorous evaluation of research projects that have the potential to reduce specific disparity gaps. (4) Increase community engagement in cancer health disparities research. This will be accomplished by fostering community engagement, including bi-directional activities, education, increased social media presence, and dialogue with the research component and activities of our Community Health Educator.