Career Development Award Program

耶鲁大学癌症研究中心职业发展奖励计划（CDAP）的目标是增强我们培养一批新的皮肤肿瘤学家和科学家的能力，他们致力于多学科研究，调查人类皮肤癌风险、预防、诊断、预后或治疗的生物学发现的相关性，并加强和关注那些已经在该领域表现出兴趣和前景的个人的职业生涯。为SPORE的这一部分申请的资金包括每年7万美元，其中5万美元来自耶鲁癌症中心的“匹配”资金，用于支持每年两个教员级别的职业发展奖。资助期限为一年，但可能会延长至第二年。这些奖项的潜在候选人既包括有前途的初级教师（要么已经在耶鲁任职，要么是外部候选人/耶鲁任命的新员工），也包括现有的研究人员，要么目前在耶鲁任职，要么正在被招募到耶鲁，他们以前的研究重点是在其他领域，但他们希望将他们的大部分研究重新定位在皮肤肿瘤学的转化研究上。所有初级教师获奖者都将与一名在转化皮肤/肿瘤学领域的知名研究者配对，该研究者也有成功指导的记录。在最初的五年资助周期中，YSPORE CDAP资金用于支持6名不同调查员的职业发展：四名调查员（包括一名女性和一名西班牙裔）每人获得两年的支持，另外两名调查员每人将获得一年的支持。迄今为止所支持的个人具有不同的背景和以前的经验；2名博士，2名医学博士和2名医学博士/博士，经验丰富，从新招募到耶鲁大学的黑色素瘤研究人员，到专注于皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤转化研究的基础科学研究人员，再到刚刚开始研究生物统计学，黑色素瘤和鳞状细胞癌的初级教师。下一个资助周期已经确定了一个同样多样化的杰出潜在未来CDAP获奖者群体。

The goal of the Career Development Award Program (CDAP) of the Yale SPORE in Skin Cancer is to enhance our capacity to develop a new cadre of investigative cutaneous oncologists and scientists committed to multidisciplinary studies investigating the relevance of biological discoveries in human skin cancer risk, prevention, diagnosis, prognosis or treatment, as well as to enhance and focus the careers of individuals who have already shown interest and promise in this field. Requested funding for this component of the SPORE includes $70,000 per year with $50,000 in "matching" funds from the Yale Cancer Center, to be used for the support of two faculty-level Career Development Awards per year. Funding is for one year, but may be renewed for a second year. Potential candidates for these awards include both promising junior faculty (either already holding appointments at Yale or outside candidates/new recruits for such Yale appointments), but also established Investigators, either currently at Yale or in the process of being recruited to Yale, whose previous research focus has been in other arenas, but who wish to re-orient a significant portion of their research on translational research in cutaneous oncology. All junior faculty awardees are paired with an established investigator in translational cutaneous/ oncology who also has a documented record of successful mentoring. During its initial five-year funding cycle, YSPORE CDAP funds were used to support the career development of 6 different investigators: four investigators (including one woman and one Hispanic) received support for two years each, while two others will have received support for one year each. Individuals supported to date have had diverse backgrounds and previous experience; 2 PhDs, 2 MDs, and 2 MD/PhDs, with experience ranging from an established investigator in melanoma research newly recruited to Yale, to an established basic science investigator refocusing on translational investigation in cutaneous T cell lymphoma, to junior faculty just embarking on investigative careers in biostatistics, melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma. A similarly diverse group of outstanding potential future CDAP awardees have been identified for the next funding cycle.