Graduate Training Program in Cancer Biology - Renewal 01

描述（申请人提供）：该癌症生物学培训计划（CBTP）在芝加哥大学是一个多学科的计划，其核心使命是培养研究生和博士后研究人员在不同领域的癌症研究，包括但不限于基本的分子机制在癌症生物学，系统方法，重新激活的发展计划和使用模式生物，器官部位生物学，癌症治疗学和癌症群体遗传学。此外，我们的学员在假设建立和检验，科学奋进的道德，教学技能以及他们的工作如何有助于人类福祉和疾病管理的理解方面获得了坚实的基础。 在过去5年的培训补助金支持下，我们的癌症生物学计划已经牢固地确立了自己作为一个有效的和充满活力的培训计划，培养下一代癌症生物学家需要满足医疗保健的挑战，从社会中日益增加的癌症发病率。我们的43名教师培训师一直保持着出色的出版记录，并获得了许多著名的荣誉。尽管具有挑战性的资金环境，我们的教师增加了他们的研究在2013年的直接资金相比，2008年。强大的机构支持也使我们能够招募有才华的新教师，他们的专业知识增加了我们的学员在癌症生物学和科学的令人兴奋的新领域的研究机会。值得注意的是，我们继续收到越来越多的合格申请人到我们的计划。我们也很高兴，我们已经能够使代表性不足的少数民族招募到我们的计划的数量显着增加，这些学员是我们最有活力的。 在过去的5年里，我们对我们的课程进行了严格的评估，以进一步改进我们的课程，以满足这十年来癌症研究不断变化的面貌。特别是，我们开发了新的课程，改变了正式课程的要求，并为学员提供了个人发展机会。该计划也在新的领导下与凯麦克劳德博士接替博士Geof格林作为主任，这一培训赠款。与以前所有的领导变化的计划，连续性仍然感谢博士麦克劳德一直与博士格林在过去5年和博士密切合作。格林仍然是领导结构的一部分。重要的是，麦克劳德博士带来了新的能量和想法，以保持该计划的目的性和目标导向的培训目标。 总而言之，凭借我们专业的教师培训师和才华横溢的年轻学员，加上不断改进的课程和培训环境，我们的计划在学员生产力和职业成果方面取得了巨大成功。鉴于我们的计划和我们的持续能力，以招募合格的，优秀的学员数量增加的这些实力，我们建议该计划的需要和优点保留博士前（8）和博士后（3）在此培训补助金更新插槽的数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Cancer Biology Training Program (CBTP) at the University of Chicago is a multi-disciplinary program whose core mission is to train graduate students and post-doctoral researchers in different areas of cancer research, including but not limited to fundamental molecular mechanisms in cancer biology, systems approaches, reactivation of developmental programs and use of model organisms, organ site biology, cancer therapeutics and cancer population genetics. In addition, our trainees receive robust grounding in hypothesis building and testing, the ethics of scientific endeavor, teaching skills and an understanding of how their work contributes to human well-being and disease management in society. Over the past 5 years of training grant support, our cancer biology program has firmly established itself as an effective and vibrant training program, training the next generation of cancer biologists needed to meet the health cares challenges arising from increasing cancer incidence in society. Our 43 faculty trainers have maintained an outstanding publication record and have been recognized by many prestigious honors. Despite a challenging funding climate, our faculty have increased direct funding of their research in 2013 compared to 2008. Strong institutional support has also allowed us to recruit talented new faculty whose expertise has increased the research opportunities for our trainees in exciting new areas of cancer biology and science. Significantly, we continue to receive an ever-increasing number of qualified applicants to our program. We are also pleased that we have been able to make significant increases in numbers of under-represented minorities recruited to our program, and these trainees are amongst our most dynamic. We have evaluated our program rigorously over the past 5 years to improve yet further our curriculum to meet the changing face of cancer research in this decade. In particular, we have developed new aspects of the curriculum, with altered demands in formal coursework, as well as introduced advances in personal development opportunities for trainees. The program has also come under new leadership with Dr. Kay Macleod taking over from Dr. Geof Greene as Director of this training grant. As with all previous leadership changes to the program, continuity remains thanks to Dr. Macleod having worked closely with Dr. Greene in the past 5 years and Dr. Greene remaining part of the leadership structure. Importantly, Dr. Macleod brings renewed energy and ideas to keep the program purposeful and goal-oriented in its training objectives. In summary, with our expert body of faculty trainers and talented group of young trainees, plus a constantly improving curriculum and training environment, our program has been highly successful in terms of trainee productivity and career outcomes. Given these strength of our program and our sustained ability to recruit increased numbers of qualified, outstanding trainees, we suggest that the program needs and merits retaining the number of pre-doctoral (8) and post-doctoral (3) slots in this training grant renewal.