Morehouse School of Med/Tuskegee Univ/Univ of Alabama Ca Ctr Partnership 2 of 3

莫尔豪斯医学院(MSM)、塔斯基吉大学(TU)和UAB综合癌症中心(UABCCC)之间拟议的合作伙伴关系建立在这三个机构之间现有的伙伴关系基础上。每个机构都带来了一套独特的优势，有效地补充了其他机构的固有弱点。还值得注意的是，该伙伴关系的地理位置位于东南部的心脏地带，该地区有大量历史上服务不足的非洲裔美国人。由于这一伙伴关系最终将为消除白人和黑人之间的癌症发病率、发病率和死亡率差距做出重大贡献，现有研究人群的人口统计数据具有很高的相关性。 该伙伴关系的第一个目标是在MSM和TU建立一个有效的癌症研究项目，并在TU发展一个未来少数民族研究人员的管道。解决这一目标的一种方法是通过有效的研究、培训和职业发展(RTCD)计划。我们的计划将继续挖掘目前在MSM和TU的有才华的教职员工和学生，并将他们与UABCCC的现有研究人员和研究基础设施联系起来。解决这一优先事项的第二种方式 是通过我们的发展研究计划，该计划提供与RTCD计划平行进行的研究项目资助机会。最后，我们的癌症教育计划鼓励来自不同科学学科的毕业生和本科生在生物科学领域追求职业生涯，并为我们的RTCD和发展研究计划提供渠道。该伙伴关系的其他目标是扩大我们已建立的社区外展计划，以促进我们最缺乏服务的人群对癌症的认识和健康的生活方式，并增加少数族裔参与治疗 临床试验。我们的生物伦理共享资源不仅在促进和确保遵守生物伦理原则方面很重要，而且还解决了多数和少数机构之间以及机构和未得到充分服务的社区之间的关系中的重要伦理考虑。随着持续的成功，我们预计这一合作伙伴关系将为UABCCC、MSM和TU提供更强的能力来进行癌症健康差异研究。 总而言之，我们建议通过加强现有的四个项目，即发展研究、研究培训和职业发展、社区推广和癌症教育项目来实现我们的目标。这些计划还得到了生物伦理学和生物统计学共享资源的支持。

The proposed partnership between Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), Tuskegee University (TU) and the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center (UABCCC) builds upon an existing partnership between these 3 institutions. Each institution brings to the table a unique set of strengths that effectively supplement the inherent weaknesses of the others. It is also worth noting that the Partnership is geographically located within the heart of the Southeast, a region with a large, historically underserved, African-American population. With this partnership ultimately existing to make a significant contribution to the elimination of the gap in cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality between Whites and Blacks, the demographics of the available study population is highly relevant. The partnership's first objective is the establishment of an effective cancer research program at MSM and TU and developing a pipeline of prospective minority investigators at TU. One way to address this objective is through an effective Research Training and Career Development (RTCD) Program. Our program would continue to tap the pool of talented faculty and students currently at MSM and TU and link them to established investigators and research infrastructure at the UABCCC. A second way to address this priority is through our Developmental Research Program, which provides research project funding opportunities to be conducted in parallel to the RTCD Program. Last, our Cancer Education Program encourages graduates and undergraduates from across scientific disciplines to pursue careers in the biosciences and provides a pipeline into our RTCD and Developmental Research Programs. The partnership's additional objectives are to expand our established Community Outreach Program to promote cancer awareness and healthy lifestyles among our most underserved populations and to increase minority participation in therapeutic clinical trials. Our Bioethics Shared Resource not only is important in promoting and insuring adherence to bioethical principles, but also addresses important ethical considerations in relationships between majority and minority institutions and between institutions and underserved communities. With continued success, we anticipate that this partnership will provide UABCCC, MSM and TU with an enhanced capability to conduct cancer health disparity research. In summary, we propose to accomplish our objectives through the enhancement of four existing programs, Developmental Research, Research Training and Career Development, Community Outreach, and Cancer Education Programs. The Programs are additionally supported by the Bioethics and Biostatistics Shared Resource.