R25 YES: Cancer Research Opportunities at Iowa

Houtman/Lubaroff 总结/摘要 代表性不足（UR）的人口不太可能在教育领域获得高级学位。 癌症研究。为了解决这个问题，主要研究者（Co-Pis）和 他们在爱荷华州大学（UI）的同事此前已经招收了123名本科生（UR） 学生在过去的16个夏季课程。为了继续我们成功的夏天 我们正在提交一份NCI资助的暑期培训计划的申请， 代表性不足的高中和本科生研究的癌症研究 经验（R25是）。拟议的方案将包括研究方法培训， 在一个杰出的研究项目中再现，癌症生物学课程，职业咨询， 学生完成暑期研究培训计划后的后续活动，以及社区 外联方案。我们的计划是培养本科生和高中生， 鼓励他们将来参与癌症研究。我们还将接待来自这些学校的教师， 机构，使他们接触研究项目，了解发展和 加强其所在学校的科学课程。我们将利用用户界面 教育政策与领导研究系 课程的发展。拟议方案的目标或目的包括：（a） 招募UR学生谁不会经常有机会获得一个计划，将被设计为 提供学习和进行癌症研究的机会;（B）设计培训 为这些学生提供的计划，将使他们接触到癌症研究生涯;（c）提供 职业咨询的各种就业选择，如学术界，工业， 政府或私人研究中心;（d）提供一对一的对话， 部门，跨学科研究生课程的主任，在爱荷华州， 学士后课程，医学院招生，以及MD-PhD课程的主任; (e)在两年的培训计划之间继续培训和职业咨询， 以及在完成爱荷华州大学的R25 YES计划之后;以及（f）社区 外展和延伸辅导。让代表性不足的学生和教师接触到 科学和研究将支持我们的目标和NCI支持癌症研究的目标 并最终通过增加癌症患者的数量来提高他们的长期生存率， 从事研究的新科学家的多样性，包括临床试验。拟议 计划有很大的成功可能性，这取决于我们的计划设计和我们的 过去夏季研究培训项目取得的成功。

Houtman/Lubaroff Summary/Abstract Underrepresented (UR) populations are less likely to obtain advanced degrees in the field of cancer research. In an attempt to address this problem, the Principal Investigators (Co-Pis) and their colleagues at the University of Iowa (UI) have previously enrolled 123 undergraduate (UR) students during previous 16 summer programs. In order to continue our successful summer programs we are submitting this application for an NCI-funded summer training program in cancer research for Underrepresented High School and Undergraduate Student Research Experiences (R25 YES). The proposed program will include a research methods training, emersion in an outstanding research project, courses in cancer biology, career counseling, follow-up after the students complete the summer research training program, and community outreach programming. Our plan is to train both undergraduate and high school students to encourage their future participation in cancer research. We will also host faculty from these institutions to expose them to research projects and to learn about development and enhancement of the science curricula at their home institution. We will utilize of the Ul's Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies in the College of Education in the development of the course. The goals or objectives of the proposed program include: (a) to recruit UR students who would not routinely have access to a program that will be designed to provide opportunities to learn about and perform cancer research; (b) to design a training program for these students that will expose them to a cancer research career; (c) to provide career counseling about the variety of employment options such as academia, industry, and government or private research centers; (d) to provide one-on-one conversations with heads of departments, directors of interdisciplinary graduate programs, directors of PREP at Iowa, a post-baccalaureate program, medical school admissions, and directors of the MD-PhD program; (e) to continue training and career counseling between the two years of the training program as well as after completion of the University of Iowa's R25 YES program; and (f) community outreach and extended mentoring. Exposing underrepresented students and teachers to science and research will support our goal and the goal of the NCI to support cancer research and ultimately long-term survival for cancer patients or their cure by increasing the number and diversity of new scientists engaged in research studies, including clinical trials. The proposed program has a strong likelihood of success based both on our design of the program and our past successes with previous summer research training programs.