Career Enhancement Core-001

职业发展核心摘要 作为解决癌症护理差距的多方面方法的一部分，我们必须确保我们的 研究人员是我们所服务的人群的代表。因为在持续的人口流行率 贫困（PP）地区来自边缘化群体，我们的目标是包括来自 传统上在医学界代表性不足的人口群体，如黑人， 非裔美国人，西班牙裔/拉丁裔，来自低收入背景，和/或被确定为有残疾。的 职业发展核心（CEC）的目标是为发展早期阶段，前， 和博士后研究人员。作为拟议中心的职业资源、指导和培训中心， 在持续贫困地区的癌症控制（C3 P2），我们将为研究人员提供资源， 经验，准备自己的竞争，独立的职业生涯在癌症研究，包括关键 技术和科学培训，科学研究基本技能培训， 合作和联网，以及编写竞争性赠款申请以促进新项目的培训。我们 还将奋进提供一种机制，利用亚拉巴马大学的优势， 伯明翰（UAB）的Heersink医学院，UAB O 'Neal综合癌症中心和 UAB少数民族健康与健康差异研究中心通过提供团队合作的机会 癌症连续体中的科学。C3 P2 CEC将通过以下方式实现：1）提供继续教育 机会，包括讲习班、技能提高课程和研讨会，以帮助早期职业生涯 研究人员在PP人群中的癌症研究职业发展; 2）发展和维持 各种早期职业研究人员参与C3 P2的活动，包括研究 和试点项目以及更大的持续贫困倡议网络;以及3）提供指导和 为早期职业调查员提供职业规划援助。我们以往的经验和成功的网络， 指导和培训计划使UAB处于独特的位置，提供装备所需的专业知识， 具有实现职业目标所需的学术和经验技能的早期研究人员， 发展与参与者的个人关系，以保持他们的兴趣和投资。

CAREER ENHANCEMENT CORE ABSTRACT As part of a multifaceted approach to addressing disparities in cancer care, we must ensure that our researchers are representative of the populations we serve. Because the population prevalence in Persistent Poverty (PP) areas are from marginalized groups, our goal is to include investigators who are from demographic groups that are traditionally underrepresented in medicine, such as persons who are Black/ African American, Hispanic/Latinx, from a low-income background, and/or identified as having a disability. The goal of the Career Enhancement Core (CEC) is tailored to develop research capacity among early-stage, pre- and post-doctoral researchers. As a career resource, guidance, and training hub of the proposed Center for Cancer Control in Persistent Poverty Areas (C3P2), we will provide investigators with the resources and experience to ready themselves for a competitive, independent career in cancer research, including critical technical and scientific training, training in essential skills for scientific research, connections to experts for collaboration and networking, and training in writing competitive grant applications to foster new projects. We will also endeavor to provide a mechanism to harness the strengths of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)'s Heersink School of Medicine, the UAB O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center by offering opportunities for collaboration in team science across the cancer continuum. The C3P2 CEC will be achieved by: 1) providing continuing education opportunities, including workshops, skills enhancement courses, and seminars to assist early career investigators in career development in cancer research among PP populations; 2) developing and sustaining participation of a diverse cadre of early-career investigators in the activities of the C3P2, including research and pilot projects and the larger Persistent Poverty Initiative Network (PPIN); and 3) providing mentoring and career planning assistance to early-career investigators. Our previous experience and successful network of mentoring and training programs make UAB uniquely situated to provide the expertise necessary to equip early-stage investigators with the academic and experiential skills needed to achieve their career goals, while developing personal relationships with participants to maintain their interest and investment.