USF/Moffitt Transdisciplinary Center to Address Cancer Health Disparities

描述（由申请人提供）：这个拟议的癌症健康差异中心是一个P20中心，是为了响应国家少数民族健康和健康差异中心（NCMHD）探索卓越中心（RFA-MD-08-004）而设计的。这个拟议中心的总体目标是开展研究和促进活动，以减少佛罗里达州的癌症健康差距。具体来说，这个拟议中的中心将支持研究，以了解与癌症健康差异相关的因素，并支持、开发、测试和评估旨在减少癌症健康差异的干预措施。整个中心的具体目标是：1)开展资助申请中详细描述的两项主要研究；2)维持四个核心（行政、研究、社区参与、研究、教育和培训），以支持该拟议中心所有研究人员的科学活动。3)开发和实施一套完整的中心内部研究培训和职业发展活动，重点是为科学劳动力中代表性不足的群体的科学家创造机会；4)开发和实施让社区参与解决健康差异的活动；5)作为一个智力和行政中心，激发癌症健康差异研究的兴趣和讨论；以及中心参与者和其他癌症研究同事之间的会议计划。公共卫生相关性：这个拟议的中心将促进少数民族健康/健康差异的长期研究建立，并提高佛罗里达大学和莫菲特癌症中心研究人员通过研究、教育、培训和社区参与解决差异的能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposed cancer health disparities center is a P20 center which is designed in response to the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) Exploratory Centers of Excellence (RFA-MD-08-004). The overall goal of this proposed center is to conduct studies and promote activities that will reduce cancer health disparities in Florida. Specifically, this proposed center will support research that will lead to an understanding of the factors associated with cancer health disparities as well as to the support, development, testing and evaluation of interventions designed to reduce cancer health disparities. The specific aims of the overall center are 1) to conduct a set of 2 major studies as fully described in the grant application, 2) to maintain four cores (administrative, research, community engagement, and research, education and training) that will support the scientific activities of all of the investigators in this proposed center, 3) to develop and implement a full set of intra-center research training and career development activities which focus on creating opportunities for scientists from underrepresented groups within the scientific workforce, 4) to develop and implement activities that engage the community in addressing health disparities, and 5) to serve as an intellectual and administrative nidus to stimulate cancer health disparities research interest, discussions, and planning sessions among center participants as well as other cancer research colleagues. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposed Center will facilitate a long term research establishment on minority health/health disparities and increase the capabilities of the University of Florida and the Moffitt Cancer Center researchers to address disparities through research, education, training, and community engagement.