Behavioral Oncology Education & Career Development

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案是响应PAR #06-511 （NCI癌症教育和职业发展计划）的第二个竞争性续期申请。根据项目公告，我们正在为2003年9月首次资助的一个课程依赖项目（R25CA090314）寻求继续资助，该项目旨在培养癌症研究领域的博士后候选人，这些博士后候选人需要高度跨学科和协作性。我们的项目侧重于培养行为肿瘤学研究领域的癌症科学家，这一领域显然需要在协作和跨学科环境中进行培训。该项目建立在行为科学、人口科学、流行病学、生物统计学、营养学、护理学和医学研究人员之间广泛而富有成效的合作基础上。这个项目的一个关键特点是开发了行为肿瘤学的专业课程，这在我们机构是没有的，并且以一种基本的方式与项目的培训目标和目的联系在一起。这种专业课程包括一年级和二年级受训人员所需的核心课程和选修课程，旨在提供个性化培训，由每个受训人员与他/她的培训委员会共同选择。在过去的五年中，该项目已经成功地吸引了有才华和多样化的申请者，从这些申请者中招募了最优秀的申请者，并为被招募的学员提供了成为行为肿瘤学领域成功的独立研究者所必需的技能和经验。资金将使我们能够在先前成功的基础上再接再厉，并为行为肿瘤学领域的独立研究人员培养更多的学员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is the second competitive renewal application in response to PAR #06-511 (NCI Cancer Education and Career Development Program). In accordance with the program announcement, we are seeking continued funding for a curriculum-dependent program first funded in September 2003 (R25CA090314) that trains postdoctoral candidates in cancer research settings that are highly interdisciplinary and collaborative. Our program focuses on training cancer scientists in behavioral oncology research, a field that clearly requires training in collaborative and interdisciplinary settings. The program is built upon extensive and productive collaborations among researchers in behavioral science, population science, epidemiology, biostatistics, nutrition, nursing, and medicine. A key feature of this program has been the development of a specialized curriculum in behavioral oncology that was not otherwise available at our institution and is linked in an essential manner to the training goals and objectives of the program. This specialized curriculum consists of a core curriculum that is required for both first-year and second-year trainees and an elective curriculum, designed to provide individualized training, that is selected by each trainee in conjunction with his/her training committee. Over the past five years, the program has been successful in attracting a talented and diverse pool of applicants, recruiting the best applicants from this pool, and providing the trainees recruited with the skills and experiences necessary for becoming successful independent investigators in the field of behavioral oncology. Funding will allow us to build upon our prior success and prepare additional trainees for careers as independent investigators in behavioral oncology.