Planning Grant for Bowie State/University of Maryland Cancer Research Training an

描述（由申请人提供）：马里兰州的癌症及其对少数民族和服务不足的农村人口健康的影响是一个特别严重的卫生保健困境。事实上，马里兰州现在在癌症发病率方面排名全国第七，非洲裔美国人和高加索人在诊断阶段、早期发现、癌症筛查随访、治疗和卫生服务利用方面存在显著差异。在全国范围内以及在马里兰州的少数民族和服务不足的社区，癌症的不平等负担是一个令人信服的危机，需要密集的科学，社区宣传和翻译和应用研究。鲍伊州立大学（BSU），一个少数民族服务机构（MSI）和马里兰州医学院（UMSOM）及其肿瘤学项目和玛琳和斯图尔特格林鲍姆癌症中心建议建立伙伴关系，总体目标是减少并最终消除乔治王子县和巴尔的摩市少数民族人口所经历的癌症健康差异，马里兰州通过增加追求成功的癌症研究事业的少数民族科学家的数量，并制定有效的癌症教育计划，专门针对少数民族学生和教师，以及社区。BSU-UMSOM伙伴关系的具体目标是：（1）合作开发和实施联合少数民族癌症研究职业发展培训计划（“癌症研究培训计划”）在癌症健康差异研究的BSU初级教师;（2）通过开发，实施，癌症健康差异教育课程的评价（“本科癌症教育计划”）准备BSU学生在UMSOM指导本科癌症研究培训;以及（3）在普赖斯乔治县合作开发、实施和试点测试一项增强的基于社区的癌症外展教育计划（“社区癌症外展教育计划”），该计划专门针对少数民族、服务不足的社区（即，非裔美国人）。该伙伴关系的目标融合了合作机构的现有专业知识，以高质量的教育计划和BSU丰富的人才来源以及UMSOM最先进的癌症研究，调查人员培训和社区外展计划的形式。这种伙伴关系是基于在BSU和UMSOM教师成员之间的先前非正式合作。BSU和UMSOM之间拟议的伙伴关系将解决社区和机构的需求，以有效地解决癌症健康差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cancer in Maryland, and its impact on the health of minority and underserved rural populations, is a particularly serious health care dilemma. In fact, Maryland now ranks 7th nationally in cancer incidence, and significant disparities are seen between African American and Caucasian populations in stage of diagnosis, access to early detection, cancer screening follow-up, treatment, and health services utilization. The unequal burden of cancer in minority and underserved communities nationally and in Maryland's minority and underserved communities is a compelling crisis that requires intensive scientific, community outreach and translation and application of research. Bowie State University (BSU), a Minority Serving Institution (MSI) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and its Program In Oncology and the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center propose to establish a partnership with the overall goal of reducing and eventually eliminating cancer health disparities experienced by minority populations in Prince George's county and Baltimore City, Maryland by increasing the number of minority scientists pursuing successful cancer research careers and developing effective cancer education programs specifically targeting minority students and faculty, and the community. The specific aims of the BSU-UMSOM partnership are: (1) To collaboratively develop and implement a joint minority cancer research career development training program ("Cancer Research Training Program") in cancer health disparities research for BSU junior faculty; (2) To collaboratively enhance the science curriculum at BSU through the development, implementation, and evaluation of a cancer health disparities education curriculum ("Undergraduate Cancer Education Program") to prepare BSU students for mentored undergraduate cancer research training at UMSOM; and (3) To collaboratively develop, implement, and pilot test an enhanced community-based caner outreach education program ("Community Cancer Outreach Education Program") in price George's County specifically targeting minority, underserved communities (i.e., African Americans). The partnership's objectives blend the existing expertise at the collaborating institutions in the form of high- quality educational programs and a rich source of talent at BSU and the state-of-the-art cancer research, investigator training, and community outreach programs at UMSOM. This partnership is based on prior informal collaborations between members of faculty at BSU and UMSOM. The proposed partnership between BSU and UMSOM will address both community and institutional needs to effectively address cancer health disparities.