Cancer Biology Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的癌症生物学培训计划是对机构培训补助金申请的重新提交。我们请求资助2名博士后和2名博士后实习生。尽管癌症研究取得了进展，但它已经成为美国85岁以下人群的头号杀手。癌症生物学培训计划的目标是教育下一代癌症研究人员，以满足对受过癌症生物学多方面培训的科学家日益增长的需求。该培训项目有来自12个系的35名教师导师(22名男性和13名女性)，他们在研究生项目以及癌症治疗和研究中心(CTRC)工作，CTRC是NCI指定的德克萨斯大学健康科学中心的癌症中心。这些导师在资助研究以及培训博士后和博士后研究员方面有着良好的记录。由于我们南得克萨斯州丰富的文化底蕴，这一培训计划特别适合培训少数族裔学生。博士前实习生将从选择癌症生物学轨道的综合多学科研究生计划的学生中招募。受训者将根据他们的学术成就和对癌症研究的奉献精神而被选中。该计划的一个关键组成部分是从分子生物学到临床问题的广泛培训。此外，学生们还将参加癌症杂志俱乐部，并参加癌症系列研讨会。我们的计划强调科学交流方面的培训，并有机会提高口语和写作技能。博士后候选人将拥有博士或医学博士学位或同等学历。博士后实习生将有同样的机会获得不同的癌症研究背景以及沟通培训。广泛的培训计划和我们计划吸引的大量少数族裔受训人员使这一计划成为丰富未来癌症研究人员库中多样性的独特机会。 与公共卫生相关：为了继续与癌症作斗争，需要源源不断的新研究人员。癌症是美国人死亡的主要原因。多元化劳动力的培训是下一代科学家的关键组成部分。让学员广泛接触癌症研究的许多领域，将有助于他们成为疾病多学科方法的一部分。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed Cancer Biology Training Program is a resubmission of an application for an institutional training grant. We request funds to support 2 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral trainees. Despite all the advances made in cancer research, it has become the number one killer of people under 85 in the U.S. The goal of the Cancer Biology Training Program is to educate the next generation of cancer researchers to meet the growing demands for scientists trained in the multiple facets of cancer biology. The training program has 35 faculty mentors (22 men and 13 women) from 12 departments who are working together in the graduate program as well as in the Cancer Therapy and Research Center (CTRC), the NCI Designated Cancer Center of the University of Texas Health Science Center. The mentors have a strong record of funded research as well as one in training pre- and postdoctoral fellows. This training program is uniquely poised to train minority students because of our rich cultural heritage in South Texas. Predoctoral trainees will be recruited from students in the Integrated Multidisciplinary Graduate Program who have selected the cancer biology track. Trainees will be selected for their academic excellence and their dedication to cancer research. A key component of the program is the broad scope of training from molecular biology to clinical problems. In addition, the students will participate in cancer journal club as well as attend the cancer seminar series. Our program emphasizes training in scientific communication with opportunities to improve both oral and written skills. Postdoctoral candidates will have a Ph.D. or M.D. degree or equivalent. The postdoctoral trainees will have the same opportunities to obtain a diverse background in cancer research as well as training in communication. The broad training program and the large number of minority trainees attracted to our program make this a unique opportunity to enrich the diversity in the pool of future cancer researchers. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: A steady stream of new researchers is necessary to continue the fight against cancer, the primary cause of death in the U.S. The training of a diverse workforce is a key component to the next generation of scientist. Giving trainees a broad exposure to the many areas of cancer research will help them become part of the multidisciplinary approach to disease.