Univ. of Guam/Cancer Res. Center of Hawaii Partnership

关岛大学（UOG）是西太平洋地区唯一一所服务于美国关岛和北方马里亚纳群岛联邦以及密克罗尼西亚联邦的四年制高等教育机构。该大学提供超过30个学科的学士和学士学位，以及八个不同领域的硕士学位。学生人数包括 大约50%的太平洋岛民，32%的菲律宾人，9%的高加索人，8%的亚洲人和1%的其他少数民族。该大学经营着几个跨学科的研究项目，包括海洋生物学，水和环境研究，西塞西亚语言和地区研究，西塞西亚健康和老龄化研究。 夏威夷癌症研究中心（CRCH）是夏威夷大学的一个NCI指定的癌症中心。CRCH是目前唯一一个在少数民族服务机构中的NCI指定癌症中心。CRCH有四个研究项目，沿着有一个大型临床试验单位和夏威夷肿瘤登记处。CRCH的研究工作特别利用了夏威夷提供的研究机会，其中包括夏威夷州的多民族人口以及他们在不同器官部位患癌症的巨大风险。因此，研究解决不同族裔群体和少数民族之间的健康差距问题，沿着对文化敏感性的特别认识，是CRCH的主要特点。 CRCH和UOG在天然产物药物发现领域有着约15年的成功研究合作记录。两所院校计划在癌症研究、癌症培训及职业发展，以及癌症外展服务等范畴，将双方成功的研究合作发展为互惠互利的长期伙伴关系。这一为少数民族机构/癌症中心伙伴关系申请U56综合规划补助金的目的如下：a）提高UOG各种不同学科的癌症研究能力，B）增加少数民族科学家的数量， 太平洋岛民血统通过提供相关的本科生，研究生和研究生培训机会从事癌症研究或其他癌症相关活动，c）为UOG的癌症研究人员提供职业发展，以发展和维持UOG独立资助的癌症研究计划，d）进一步加强研究，培训，在CRCH开展关于少数民族人口中不成比例的发病率、死亡率和发病率的外联活动，e）将CRCH服务的美国地理区域扩大到关岛领土，f）最终减少 通过提高对癌症预防机会的认识和改善对癌症患者的护理质量，在关岛领土（可能还有美国在太平洋的其他岛屿领土）的人口中减少癌症。

The University of Guam (UOG) is the only four-year institution of higher learning in the Western Pacific serving the U.S. territories of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as all of Micronesia. The University offers BS and BA degrees in well over 30 disciplines as well as Master degrees in eight different areas. The student population consists of approximately 50% Pacific Islanders, 32% Filipino, 9% Caucasians, 8% Asians, and 1% other minorities. The University operates several interdisciplinary research programs including marine biology, water and environmental research, Micronesian language and area studies, and Micronesian health and aging studies. The Cancer Research Center of Hawaii (CRCH) is an NCI-designated cancer center at the University of Hawaii. The CRCH is currently the only NCI-designated Cancer Center at a minority-serving institution. There are four research programs established at the CRCH, along with a large clinical trials unit and the Hawaii Tumor Registry. Research efforts at the CRCH take particular advantage of the research opportunities provided in Hawaii which includes the multiethnic population in the State of Hawaii and their vastly different risks of developing cancer at different organ sites. Accordingly, research addressing health disparities in different ethnic groups and minorities along with a particular awareness of cultural sensitivity are major characteristics of the CRCH. CRCH and UOG have a track record of approximately 15 years of successful research cooperation in the area of natural products drug discovery. The two institutions plan to develop their successful research cooperation into a long-term partnership of mutual benefit in the area of cancer research, cancer training and career development, and cancer outreach. This application for a U56 comprehensive planning grant for a Minority Institution/Cancer Center Partnership has the following objectives: a) to increase the cancer research capabilities in a variety of different disciplines at the UOG, b) to increase the number of minority scientists of Pacific Islander ancestry engaged in cancer research or other cancer related activities by providing pertinent undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate training opportunities, c) to provide career development for cancer investigators at the UOG in order to develop and sustain independently funded cancer research programs at the UOG, d) to further strengthen the focus of research, training, and outreach activities at the CRCH on the disproportionate incidence, mortality, and morbidity in minority populations, e) to expand the geographic region of the U.S. served by CRCH to the Territory of Guam, and f) to ultimately reduce the impact of cancer on the population in the Territory of Guam (and possibly other U.S. island territories in the Pacific) by enhancing the awareness of cancer prevention opportunities and improving the quality of care for cancer patients.