Howard/Hopkins Cancer Centers Partnership

霍华德大学癌症中心（HUCC）和西德尼·金梅尔综合医院（Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive）服务的地区 约翰霍普金斯癌症中心（SKCCC），马里兰州和哥伦比亚特区，已经在 美国癌症死亡率50多年来最高。这些地区的少数民族居民 受癌症影响的比例过高，癌症已成为发病的主要原因， 巴尔的摩、马里兰州和华盛顿，华盛顿特区的非裔美国人的死亡率。为了解决这个问题， HUCC和SKCCC已经开始建立伙伴关系，以增加筛选方面的生产性研究， 与癌症有关的诊断、预防、治疗和支持性护理，特别关注癌症 在非裔美国人中。迄今为止，在HUCC/SKCCC伙伴关系中取得的成功， 在几个领域的研究进展，包括前列腺癌，胃肠癌和乳腺癌， 促使提交了这一延期，以争取资金进一步扩大这一伙伴关系 活动这项拨款建议的主要目的是继续发展可持续的伙伴关系 加强HUCC和SKCCC之间的研究、培训、教育和外展任务 机构职能体系为了实现这一目标，HUCC/SKCCC伙伴关系将致力于建立研究人员队伍， HUCC针对非裔美国人癌症的科学计划，以加强基于人口的 癌症研究在SKCCC涉及非洲裔美国人，以增加研究培训的机会， HUCC的非洲裔美国癌症研究人员的职业发展，并改善教育和 SKCCC的外展计划侧重于非洲裔美国人的癌症发病率和死亡率。的 提案寻求支持3个全面研究项目、2个试点研究项目、2个试点培训/教育项目 计划，以及HUCC和SKCCC的核心基础设施。在要求为该项目提供支助的5年期间， HUCC/SKCCC合作伙伴关系，随着这些最初的研究和教育活动的进展， 独立的资金，新的项目，计划和资源的高度优先发展将是 识别和支持。

The regions served by the Howard University Cancer Center (HUCC) and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins (SKCCC), Maryland and the District of Columbia, have had among the highest cancer death rates in the United States for more than fifty years. Minority residents of these region have been disproportionately affected by cancer, and cancer has become a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for African-Americans in both Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. To address this problem, HUCC and SKCCC have embarked on a partnership to increase productive research in screening, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and supportive care as it relates to cancer, with a special focus on cancer in African-Americans. The successes realized thus far in the HUCC/SKCCC Partnership, with collaborative research progress in several areas, including prostate cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, and breast cancer, has prompted the submission of this renewal in attempt to secure funds to further augment this partnerships activities. The major aim of this grant proposal is to continue the development of a sustainable partnership between HUCC and SKCCC that enhances the research, training, education, and outreach missions of both institutions. To accomplish this goal, the HUCC/SKCCC Partnership will work to build the research faculty and scientific programs at HUCC directed at cancer in African-Americans, to enhance population-based cancer studies at SKCCC involving African-Americans, to increase opportunities for research training and career development of African-American cancer researchers at HUCC, and to improve education and outreach programs at SKCCC focused on cancer morbidity and mortality among African-Americans. The proposal seeks support for 3 full research projects, 2 pilot research projects, 2 pilot training/educational programs, and core infrastructure at HUCC and SKCCC. Over the 5 years of support requested for the HUCC/SKCCC Partnership, as these initial research and educational activities progress to compete for independent funding, new projects, programs, and resources of high priority for development will be identified and supported.