Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations

描述（由申请人提供）：这是针对公共卫生硕士学生的癌症流行病学夏季研究培训计划第 6-10 年的续签申请。这是一个以课程为导向的项目，包括预科核心课程、新的短期模块课程、专题研究以及在国外和美国少数民族人群中为期 4 个月的夏季实地研究经验。无论是在其他国家还是在美国的移民人群中，很少有癌症流行病学家拥有在不同种族环境中开展研究的技能和经验。我们的教师和现场合作者拥有提供新课程的课程指导以及专家现场指导的经验。此次更新的新增内容是开发了 3 个新的教育模块，用于学习数据采集、流行病学亚专业和癌症流行病学测量。此外，我们正在扩大一年级博士生的资格。 此更新应用程序的目的是继续开发教育计划，以激励和教育流行病学公共卫生硕士学生从事特殊人群的癌症流行病学研究。为实现这一目标，提出以下具体目标： 1. 招募和选拔一年级硕士和博士生，以填补 5 年资助期内的 50 个暑期津贴职位。这些职位每年夏天分配为 10 个职位。 2. 维持和加强春季和秋季学期与我们在当前资助周期中开发的夏季实地研究经验相关的支持性核心课程。该支持课程帮助学生为特殊人群癌症流行病学的夏季实地研究经验做好准备。此次更新的一项创新是开发了 3 个新的教育模块，用于学习癌症流行病学测量、现场数据采集和流行病学亚专业。 3. 维持并扩大过去 4 年培养的 UM-SPH/癌症中心教师导师队伍。 4. 维持并加强癌症流行病学教育委员会的审查和监督职能。 5. 维护并加强该项目的过程和结果评估、长期跟踪以及向美国其他教育机构的传播。 该项目将继续将特殊人群的癌症流行病学定义为流行病学领域学生未来的职业学科。我们对当前资助期间的评估表明，我们的毕业生具有高水平的生产力，特别是在他们的出版物和职业方向方面。该计划的实施将为在特殊人群中开展癌症流行病学研究提供所需的熟练专业人员来源。我们将继续向有兴趣开展类似教育项目的其他美国学术中心实施我们的传播合作伙伴战略。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a renewal application for years 6-10 of this summer research training program in Cancer Epidemiology for MPH students. This is a curriculum-driven program that includes preparatory core courses, new short modular courses, special studies, and a 4-month summer field research experience in foreign countries and among minority populations in the U.S. There are few cancer epidemiologists who have the skills and experience to implement studies in ethnically diverse settings, whether in other countries or among migrant populations in this country. Our faculty and field collaborators have the experience to provide course instruction in the new curriculum as well as expert field mentorship. A new addition for this renewal is development of 3 new educational modules for learning data capturing, epidemiology subspecialties, and measurements in cancer epidemiology. Also, we are expanding the eligibility to our first-year PhD students. The objective of this renewal application is to continue the development of an educational program to motivate and educate epidemiology MPH students to pursue careers in cancer epidemiology research in special populations. To achieve this objective, the following specific aims are proposed: 1. Recruit and select first-year master and PhD students to fill 50 stipended summer positions during the 5-year grant period. These positions are distributed as 10 positions per summer. 2. Maintain and enhance the supporting core curriculum in the spring and fall semesters adjacent to their summer field research experience that we have developed in the current grant cycle. This supporting curriculum prepares students for summer field research experiences in cancer epidemiology in special populations. A new innovation for this renewal is development of 3 new educational modules for learning measurements in cancer epidemiology, data capturing in the field, and epidemiology subspecialties. 3. Maintain and increase the pool of UM-SPH/Cancer Center faculty mentors developed in the past 4 years. 4. Maintain and enhance review and oversight functions of a Cancer Epidemiology Education Committee. 5. Maintain and enhance the process and outcome evaluation, long-term tracking, and dissemination of the program to other educational institutions in the U.S. This program will continue to define cancer epidemiology in special populations as a future career discipline for students in the field of epidemiology. Our evaluation in the current grant period shows a high level of productivity for our graduates, particularly in their publications and their career directions. The implementation of this program will provide a source of skilled professionals needed to carry out cancer epidemiology research in special populations. We will continue our dissemination partner strategy to other U.S. academic centers interested in instituting similar educational programs.