Increasing Minority Participation in Cancer Prevention and Control

描述（由申请人提供）：哥伦比亚特区大学（UDC）提议与乔治城大学医学中心的伦巴第综合癌症中心（LCCC）一起建立癌症研究与教育学院（学院）。它是为有兴趣进入癌症研究事业的理科生设计的。该学院是UDC和LCCC之间癌症伙伴关系的自然发展，该伙伴关系于2000年建立，旨在解决华盛顿特区大都市区非洲裔美国人的沉重癌症负担。新学院将为本科生提供进入联合管理和联合教授的癌症生物学、预防和控制硕士课程的管道，并提供学术和非学术支持，使学生建立信心，成功地追求更高的学位。该学院的目标是促进倡议、战略和活动，以增加从事癌症研究的少数族裔学生的数量，从而解决健康差距问题。硕士课程将被纳入学院，该学院将由教育和研究核心组成。每个核心将有一个指导和学术丰富的重点。教育核心将采用高度竞争的课程，允许本科生主修生物学并选择癌症，并丰富硕士课程的现有课程。该院的职能包括：(a)开办新的癌症课程和加强已有的一些癌症课程；(b)实施研究性教学；(c)在具体课程中开展社区外展活动；(d)在课堂环境中利用科学专家。研究核心将为每个本科生和研究生提供一学年和夏季在UDC LCCC研究实验室的癌症研究经验。除了在科学会议上发表研究论文外，学生还将参加一系列丰富的活动，如研究技能讲习班、职业讲习班、杰出讲座、癌症研讨会和成为期刊俱乐部的会员。将为本科生和研究生提供强有力的多层次指导计划。学院将让学生参与系统的学习方法，创造并使学生能够在每个级别的更专业的学术培训中成功过渡。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) proposes to establish a Cancer Research and Education Academy (the Academy) in conjunction with the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) at Georgetown University Medical Center. It is designed for science students who have an interest in entering cancer research careers. The Academy is a natural progression of the cancer partnership between UDC and LCCC, established in 2000, to address the heavy cancer burden among African American in the Washington, D.C Metropolitan Area. The new Academy will provide a pipe-line of undergraduate student to enter the jointly administered and jointly taught Masters Program in Cancer Biology, Prevention and Control and provide academic and non-academic support that allows students to built confidence to successfully pursue more advanced degrees. The goal of the Academy is to promote initiatives, strategies, and activities that will increase the number of minority students pursing careers in cancer research in an attempt to address health disparities. The Masters Program will be incorporated into the Academy that will consist of an Education and a Research core. Each core will have a mentoring and academic enrichment focus. The Education core will utilize a highly competitive curriculum that allows for undergraduates to major in biology with a cancer option and to enrich the current curriculum in Masters Program. Functions of the Academy include: (a) initiating new cancer courses and enhancing several pre-existing cancer courses; (b) implementing research-based instruction; (c) placing community outreach in specific courses; and (d) and utilizing scientific experts in classroom settings. The Research core will provide each undergraduate and graduate student with an academic year and summer cancer research experience in a research laboratory at LCCC, UDC. In addition to presenting research papers at scientific meetings, student will have as series of enrichment activities e.g. research skills workshops, career workshops, distinguished lectures, and cancer seminars and membership in a Journal Club. There will be a strong multi-tiered mentoring program for both undergraduate and graduate students. The Academy will engage students in systematic approaches to learning and create and enable students to negotiate a successful transition at each level of more specialized academic training.