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

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医疗保健困境。事实上，马里兰州现在的癌症发病率在全国排名第七，非裔美国人和白人人口在诊断阶段、早期发现、癌症筛查随访、治疗和卫生服务利用方面存在显着差异。全国范围内的少数族裔和服务水平低下的社区以及马里兰州的少数族裔和服务水平低下的社区所面临的不平等的癌症负担是一场引人注目的危机，需要加强科学、社区推广以及研究成果的转化和应用。鲍伊州立大学 (BSU)、少数族裔服务机构 (MSI) 和马里兰大学医学院 (UMSOM) 及其肿瘤学项目以及 Marlene 和 Stewart Greenebaum 癌症中心提议建立伙伴关系，其总体目标是通过增加追求成功癌症研究职业的少数族裔科学家的数量并制定专门针对少数族裔学生的有效癌症教育计划，减少并最终消除马里兰州乔治王子县和巴尔的摩市少数族裔人口所经历的癌症健康差异以及教师和社区。 BSU-UMSOM 合作伙伴关系的具体目标是： (1) 合作开发和实施针对 BSU 初级教师癌症健康差异研究的联合少数族裔癌症研究职业发展培训计划（“癌症研究培训计划”）； (2) 通过开发、实施和评估癌症健康差异教育课程（“本科生癌症教育计划”），合作加强 BSU 的科学课程，为 BSU 学生在 UMSOM 指导的本科生癌症研究培训做好准备； (3) 在乔治县合作开发、实施和试点测试一项强化的基于社区的癌症外展教育计划（“社区癌症外展教育计划”），专门针对少数民族、服务不足的社区（即非裔美国人）。该合作伙伴关系的目标是将合作机构现有的专业知识（以高质量教育项目和 BSU 丰富的人才来源）以及 UMSOM 最先进的癌症研究、研究者培训和社区外展项目的形式融合在一起。这种伙伴关系是基于 BSU 和 UMSOM 教职人员之间之前的非正式合作。 BSU 和 UMSOM 之间拟议的合作伙伴关系将满足社区和机构的需求，以有效解决癌症健康差异。

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.