The UAB-ENhancing Research In Cancer-related Health professions (ENRICH) Program

摘要 增强癌症相关健康职业研究计划的目标是沉浸在 科学过程、基础性发现、多学科翻译框架和 广泛的癌症研究职业机会，利用环境和来自 阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校(UAB)和奥尼尔综合癌症中心(O‘Neal)。这个 丰富计划利用奥尼尔现有的基础设施和我们的癌症研究社区 杰出的科学家领导着转变范式的翻译、基础、临床和公共卫生研究 通过与奥尼尔癌症培训和职业发展办公室、UAB医生的合作伙伴关系而丰富 科学家发展办公室和UAB临床和翻译科学培训学院中心，以 为30名医学、牙科和硕士研究生设立为期10周的创新暑期课程 来自多个学科，包括公共卫生、基础科学、卫生专业、护理和 UAB和桑福德大学的药学专业。丰富计划的独特之处在于它将提供 每年夏天的实习生社区，提供有指导的、专注于癌症研究的体验(目标1) 辅以一个结构化的论坛，重点关注可转移的技能，包括沟通、个人和 专业发展、严谨和可重复性以及研究道德。通过将主题纳入癌症生物学， 临床研究，流行病学，结果，以及实施和传播科学，我们有 有机会向受训者展示多学科翻译科学的融合(目标2)。我们 将通过实施以下方式评估丰富计划的短期、中期和长期影响 对丰富方案的综合评价(目标3)。通过这些努力，丰富将准备一个 多样化和高技能的劳动力，以获得基于调查的癌症研究的能力，知识 最先进的工具应用于假设生成，并对数量和质量产生显著影响 下一代科学家和癌症护理专业人员--具有知识和能力的个人 慈悲地服务于他们的社区。

ABSTRACT The goal of the ENRICH (ENhancing Research In Cancer-related Health professions) Program is to immerse trainees in the scientific process, foundational discovery, multidisciplinary translational frameworks, and the breadth of opportunities for careers in cancer research, capitalizing on the environment and commitment from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center (O’Neal). The ENRICH Program capitalizes on the existing infrastructure of O’Neal and our cancer research community of exceptional scientists leading paradigm-shifting translational, basic, clinical and public health research enriched by partnerships with the O’Neal Cancer Training and Career Development Office, UAB Physician Scientist Development Office, and UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences Training Academy, to establish an innovative 10-week summer Program for 30 medical, dental and master-level graduate students from a diverse spectrum of disciplines including public health, basic science, health professions, nursing and pharmacy from UAB and Samford University. The ENRICH Program is unique in that it will provide a community of trainees each summer with a mentored, cancer research-focused experience (Aim 1) complemented with a structured forum focused on transferrable skills including communication, personal and professional development, rigor and reproducibility and research ethics. By including topics in cancer biology, clinical research, epidemiology, outcomes, and implementation and dissemination science, we have the opportunity to showcase the convergence of multidisciplinary translational science to the trainees (Aim 2). We will evaluate the short-, intermediate- and long- term impact of the ENRICH Program by implementing a comprehensive evaluation of the ENRICH Program (Aim 3). Through these efforts, ENRICH will prepare a diverse and highly-skilled workforce to attain competence in inquiry-based cancer research, knowledge of the state-of-the-art tools to apply to hypothesis-generation, and have a notable impact on the quantity and quality of next generation of scientists and cancer care professionals – individuals that will knowledgeably and compassionately serve their community.