Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination

项目总结/摘要 肯塔基州大学的马基癌症中心（MCC）共同提供了非常成功的 通过癌症研究培训和教育，从K-12到教师水平的培训计划 协调（CRTEC）部分。MCC的CRTEC计划和活动围绕特定目标展开 1）培养对癌症相关职业的早期兴趣，强调那些在科学领域代表性不足的人; 2） 促进研究生和博士后癌症的多样化干部的教育和职业发展 研究人员;和3）促进研究人员在基础，人口和临床/翻译方面的职业发展 以理工科为重主要的教育活动解决了医学和教育领域的学术挑战 服务不足的农村阿巴拉契亚肯塔基州和代表性不足的少数民族通过五个赠款的支持 其中包括NCI青年享受科学R25计划。这些努力补充了有影响力的结构化 在研究生、博士后和住院医师水平上的学术和研究培训，包括三个 NCI资助的T32培训赠款。通过新的倡议，如最近资助的NCI T32， 健康公平和针对代表性不足和服务不足的本科生研究计划 人口，MCC的CRTEC组成部分扩大了其全面的培训范围，以实施大胆的多样性 补充完善的和新兴的最先进的癌症课程并丰富MCC的举措 研究计划。建立可持续的NIH资助的生物医学研究中心 卓越奖与专门的癌症主题和相关的初级教师辅导增强MCC的 长期以来，美国癌症协会机构研究补助金支持早期教师和 有效的基于团队的教师指导机制，跨越基础，人口和临床研究水平， 正在显著扩大MCC的校外资金基础进一步有针对性地指导早期职业临床 研究人员通过临床试验靴子营等机制促进了 制药商发起的试验将MCC科学转化为临床。MCC联盟网络提供了一个 有效的渠道，多方面的全州培训卫生保健专业人员在国家的最先进的癌症护理， 这是解决肯塔基州和该地区巨大的癌症负担所必需的。一个富有的 研讨会、专题讨论会、会议和职业充实活动促进所有人成功的职业发展 从事癌症研究和临床实践的个人。管理协委会的集体努力利用了至关重要的 机构培训资源，以实现这一计划的总体目标，这是指导凝聚力 发展和协调跨学科的教育和指导工作在整个MCC和整合 在全国和全国范围内努力。通过MCC癌症中心的协调支持 支持赠款，这一综合方案将继续发展创新的课程和战略联系 为学员和教师准备不断变化的癌症职业机会的举措。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Markey Cancer Center (MCC) at the University of Kentucky collectively delivers highly successful training programs spanning from K-12 to faculty level through the Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) component. MCC’s CRTEC programs and activities are structured around specific aims to: 1) Generate early interest in cancer-related careers, emphasizing those underrepresented in science; 2) Promote education and career development of a diverse cadre of graduate and postdoctoral cancer researchers; and 3) Foster research faculty career development in basic, population and clinical/translational sciences. Key education activities address the academic challenges across medically and educationally underserved rural Appalachian Kentucky and for underrepresented minorities through support from five grants that include an NCI Youth Enjoy Science R25 program. These efforts complement impactful structured academic and research training at the graduate, postdoctoral and medical residency levels, including three NCI-funded T32 training grants. Through new initiatives such as the recently funded NCI T32 focused on health equities and undergraduate research programs targeting underrepresented and underserved populations, MCC’s CRTEC component expands its comprehensive training reach to implement bold diversity initiatives that complement well-established and emerging state-of-the-art cancer curricula and enrich MCC Research Programs. The establishment of sustainable NIH-funded Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence awards with dedicated cancer themes and associated junior faculty mentorship augment MCC’s long-standing American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant support for early-stage faculty and effective team-based faculty mentorship mechanisms across basic, population and clinical research levels that are significantly expanding MCC’s extramural funding base. Further targeted mentorship of early career clinical investigators through mechanisms such as the Clinical Trials Boot Camp fosters the development of investigator-initiated trials that translate MCC science to the clinic. The MCC Affiliate Network provides an effective conduit for multi-faceted statewide training of health care professionals in state-of-the-art cancer care, which is needed to address the tremendous cancer burden within Kentucky and the region. A rich cadre of seminars, symposia, meetings and career enrichment activities facilitate successful career development for all individuals engaged in cancer research and clinical practice. The MCC’s collective efforts draw on vital institutional training resources to achieve the overarching goals of this program, which are to guide cohesive growth and coordinate transdisciplinary education and mentoring endeavors across the MCC and integrate them with efforts campus-wide and nationally. Through coordination supported by MCC’s Cancer Center Support Grant, this comprehensive program will continue to evolve innovative curricula and strategically linked initiatives to prepare trainees and faculty for evolving cancer career opportunities.