South Carolina Center Health Equity Consortium (SC CHEC): Summer Undergraduate Research Training Program â Administrative Supplement

南卡罗来纳州医科大学（MUSC）、南卡罗来纳州大学（USC）和三所 历史上的黑人学院/大学-克拉夫林大学（CU），南卡罗来纳州州立大学（SCSU），和 Voorhees学院（VC）-在南卡罗来纳州癌症健康公平的更大支持下加入了力量 财团（SC CHEC）为R25 E NIH/NCI癌症教育赠款计划开发此应用程序。 这些机构共同创建了一个创新的、机构间的、为期14周的夏季课程。这是 结合动手实验室研究培训平台和职业指导，由一些国家的 领导癌症研究人员吸引和催化新一代多样化的生物医学科学家。内 这个新的五年计划，80名本科三年级和四年级学生（指定为SC CHEC学生研究员） 来自南加州大学，CU，SCSU和VC的研究人员将与MUSC Hollings癌症中心的研究人员合作， 癌症研究所（NCI）指定的癌症中心，让他们了解生物医学研究的最新进展 跨越基础，临床和人口科学，重点是南方癌症差异动态 卡罗莱纳（南卡罗来纳州）。这一新举措的课程和培训集中在四个最不同的领域， SC中乳腺癌、前列腺癌、头颈癌和宫颈癌的发病率、发病率和死亡率 癌被诊断患有这四种癌症的患者的健康结果受到种族的强烈影响， 种族、城市/农村居住地、社会经济地位以及潜在的生物学。这个R25 E计划的主要目的 战略将采用在人的课堂和实验室教学的背景下，当代 MUSC癌症研究的科学方法。这些将由选定的临床和 以生物技术为重点的轮换，社区参与和研究生入学考试准备。的 SC CHEC领导层坚信，促进兴趣，职业发展和承诺， 千禧一代（出生于20世纪90年代）对癌症生物医学和生物行为的研究是至关重要的 在在册种姓及其他地区实现卫生公平和改善卫生成果的步骤。不幸的是，由于 2020年夏季，由于COVID-19大流行，SC CHEC计划无法提供癌症治疗， 对SC的本科生进行研究培训，这是启动他们的学术研究的重要资源。 研究生涯。SC CHEC是一个高影响力的计划。自2016年成立以来，100%的61 SC CHEC学生研究员要么仍在本科学院/大学就读，要么在 研究生院/专业学校。61名中国海洋工程委员会SC学生研究员发表了77次科学演讲， 共同撰写了4份经同行审查的出版物（另有几份手稿正在编写中）。资金 通过本行政补充文件提供的信息将使我们能够继续开展这项宝贵而重要的工作。

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), the University of South Carolina (USC), and three historically black colleges/universities – Claflin University (CU), South Carolina State University (SCSU), and Voorhees College (VC) – have joined forces under the larger aegis of the South Carolina Cancer Health Equity Consortium (SC CHEC) to develop this application for an R25E NIH/NCI Cancer Education Grants Program. Together, these institutions have created an innovative, inter-institutional, 14-week summer course. This is combined with a hands-on laboratory research training platform and career mentoring by some of the nation's leading cancer researchers to attract and catalyze a new generation of diverse biomedical scientists. Within this new five-year initiative, 80 undergraduate juniors and seniors (designated as SC CHEC Student Fellows) from USC, CU, SCSU, and VC will engage with investigators at the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated cancer center, to expose them to the latest advances in biomedical research spanning basic, clinical, and population sciences with an emphasis on cancer disparity dynamics in South Carolina (SC). The curriculum and training of this new initiative are focused on four of the most disparate cancers in terms of incidence, morbidity, and mortality in SC – breast, prostate, head/neck, and cervical cancer. Health outcomes for patients diagnosed with these four cancers are strongly influenced by race, ethnicity, urban/rural residence, socioeconomic position, and potentially biology. This R25E program's primary strategy will employ in-person classroom and laboratory instruction within the context of contemporary scientific approaches to cancer research at MUSC. These will be complemented by selected clinical and biotechnology-focused rotations, community engagement, and Graduate Record Examination preparation. The SC CHEC leadership strongly believes that promoting interest, career development, and commitment from the Millennial Generation (those born in the 1990s) to cancer biomedical and biobehavioral research is a critical step to attaining health equity and improved health outcomes in SC and beyond. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during the summer of 2020, the SC CHEC program was unable to provide the cancer research training to undergraduate students in SC that is such a vital resource in kick-starting their academic research careers. The SC CHEC is a high-impact program. Since its inception in 2016, 100% of the 61 SC CHEC Student Fellows are either still enrolled in undergraduate college/university or are enrolled in graduate/professional school. The 61 SC CHEC Student Fellows have given 77 scientific presentations and co-authored 4 peer-reviewed publications (with several additional manuscripts in progress. The funding provided through this Administrative Supplement will allow us to continue this valuable and important work.