Pathways to Cancer Research

癌症研究途径

• 批准号: 10603087
• 负责人: Jeanne Ting Chowning
• 金额: $ 30.24万
• 依托单位: FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-19 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10603087
• 关键词: Pathways; Cancer; Research

ABSTRACT “Pathways to Cancer Research” at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) is designed to meet the goals of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute of broadening participation of diverse populations in science and thereby increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce. We will develop three interrelated educational strategies that will increase the number of underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students attracted to and retained in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) pathways as preparation for research careers: 1) For teachers, provide a multi-year mentored research experience that provides professional growth, increases understanding of scientific careers, and results in curricula that will engage students. The curricula will be designed in collaboration with staff, advisors, and FHCRC scientists, and tested with Pathways students as well as in teachers' classrooms; 2) For early high school students, develop a two-week introductory outreach program that increases the pool of eligible young students interested in science in general and cancer research in particular; and 3) For early undergraduate students, create an individualized, mentored, multi-year internship program that increases the retention of underrepresented students in STEM pathways for the purpose of pursuing cancer research careers. This program gives students a strong scientific foundation, professional preparation, and builds their identity as scientists. Our approach leverages the extensive resources of FHCRC including a large faculty of committed scientists, state of the art facilities, safe training labs, and two existing FHCRC internship programs. The two existing programs (for seniors in high school and seniors in college) have been instrumental in pointing out gaps in our educational continuum and have informed our program design resulting in a holistic, comprehensive pathway for cancer research career development.

抽象的 Fred Hutchinson 癌症研究中心 (FHCRC) 的“癌症研究之路”旨在 实现美国国立卫生研究院和美国国家癌症研究所扩大参与的目标 科学领域的多样化人口，从而增加科学劳动力的多样性。我们将 制定三项相互关联的教育战略，以增加代表性不足和代表性不足的人数 经济上处于不利地位的学生被科学、技术、工程和数学所吸引并留住 （STEM）途径作为研究职业的准备：1）为教师提供多年指导 研究经验可以提供专业发展，增加对科学职业的理解，以及 形成能够吸引学生的课程。课程将与工作人员、顾问、 和 FHCRC 科学家，并对衔接课程学生以及教师课堂进行了测试； 2) 对于早期高 在校学生制定为期两周的介绍性外展计划，以增加符合资格的年轻人的数量 对普通科学特别是癌症研究感兴趣的学生； 3) 对于早期本科生 学生，创建一个个性化的、有指导的、多年期的实习计划，以提高学生的保留率 为了追求癌症研究职业而选择 STEM 途径的学生人数不足。这 课程为学生提供坚实的科学基础、专业准备，并建立他们的身份 科学家。我们的方法利用了 FHCRC 的广泛资源，包括一大批致力于 科学家、最先进的设施、安全的培训实验室以及两个现有的 FHCRC 实习项目。两人 现有的计划（针对高中高年级学生和大学高年级学生）有助于指出 我们的教育连续性中的差距，并为我们的课程设计提供了信息，从而形成了全面的、 癌症研究职业发展的综合途径。