HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER/JOHNS HOPKINS CANCER CENTER PARTNERSHIP

霍华德大学癌症中心 (HUCC) 和 Sidney Kimmel 综合医院服务的地区 马里兰州约翰霍普金斯大学癌症中心 (SKCCC) 和哥伦比亚特区 美国五十多年来癌症死亡率最高。这些地区的少数民族居民 癌症的影响尤为严重，并且癌症已成为发病率和死亡率的主要原因 巴尔的摩、马里兰州和华盛顿特区非裔美国人的死亡率。为了解决这个问题， HUCC 和 SKCCC 已开始建立合作伙伴关系，以提高筛选、 与癌症相关的诊断、预防、治疗和支持护理，特别关注癌症 在非裔美国人中。迄今为止，HUCC/SKCCC 合作伙伴关系所取得的成功 前列腺癌、胃肠癌、乳腺癌等多个领域的研究进展， 促使提交续约，试图获得资金以进一步扩大这种伙伴关系 活动。该赠款提案的主要目的是继续发展可持续的伙伴关系 HUCC 和 SKCCC 之间的合作，增强了双方的研究、培训、教育和外展使命 机构。为了实现这一目标，HUCC/SKCCC 合作伙伴关系将致力于建立研究师资队伍 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 SKCCC 涉及非洲裔美国人的癌症研究，以增加研究培训和机会 非洲裔美国癌症研究人员在 HUCC 的职业发展，并改善教育和 SKCCC 的外展项目重点关注非裔美国人的癌症发病率和死亡率。的 该提案寻求对 3 个完整研究项目、2 个试点研究项目、2 个试点培训/教育项目的支持 HUCC 和 SKCCC 的项目和核心基础设施。超过 5 年的支持请求 HUCC/SKCCC 合作伙伴关系，随着这些初步研究和教育活动的进展，以竞争 独立资金、新项目、计划和高度优先发展的资源将 确定并支持。

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 regions 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.