SUCCEED Cancer Research Education Program (CREP)

癌症研究教育计划：总结 有效地解决癌症健康差异需要一个全面的，多学科的多样化的劳动力， 解决多层次和复杂的卫生不公平问题，这在持续不成比例的癌症中很明显。 代表性不足的少数群体的发病率和死亡率。为了充分理解和解决最关键的 影响癌症健康差异的因素，有必要不断加强设计，方法， 癌症健康差异研究的实施、传播和实践。同样， 建立可持续的基础设施，促进教学培训， 代表性不足的少数民族（URM）研究人员和学生在癌症健康差异研究。弗吉尼亚州 弗吉尼亚州立大学（VSU）和弗吉尼亚联邦大学（VCU）梅西癌症中心（MCC）已经建立了一个新的癌症中心。 合作癌症研究教育计划（VSU-MCC CREP），以最大限度地利用现有的机构 资源，并建立一个基础设施，将提高教师和学生的能力，追求和 促进癌症健康差异研究，提高VSU在教育，社区和教育方面的领导能力。 参与和研究弗吉尼亚州的癌症健康差异。 VSU-MCC CREP伙伴关系的总体目标是试点测试癌症健康差异培训， 教育计划，并使用初步数据，不仅倡导这些制度化， 计划，而且还通知VSU URM教师成功竞争NIH的管道的发展 资金（K奖，R 01）。长期目标是制定一个可持续的教育和培训计划， 将通过增加研究发现和翻译的数量， 代表性不足的少数民族研究人员和学生谁可以显着通知，影响和进行癌症 健康差异研究。我们的方法有三个方面：1）发展研究能力和发展资本 教师在VSU进行癌症差异研究; 2）增加不同的学生在这两个数量 对癌症健康差异研究感兴趣并参与癌症研究教育的机构 经验;和3）增加两个机构进行癌症研究的研究人员数量。 SUCCEED CREP将提供一套独特和可持续的培训经验，旨在提高 当地一所历史悠久的黑人大学在教育、社区参与和研究方面发挥带头作用的能力 与癌症相关的健康差异。教师教育和培训经验的组织主题 和学生是建立知识，技能，伙伴关系和能力的多学科方法， 查明和减少当地与癌症有关的健康差距及其决定因素。

CANCER RESEARCH EDUCATION PROGRAM: SUMMARY Effectively addressing cancer health disparities requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary diverse workforce to address multi-level and complex health inequities, which are evident in the continuing disproportionate cancer incidence and mortality rates of underrepresented minorities. To fully understand and address the most critical factors effecting cancer health disparities, it is necessary to continuously enhance the design, approach, implementation, dissemination, and practice of cancer health disparities research. Likewise, it is fundamental to establish a sustainable infrastructure that will facilitate the didactic training and inclusion of more underrepresented minority (URM) investigators and students in cancer health disparities research. Virginia State University (VSU) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center (MCC) have established a collaborative Cancer Research Education Program (VSU-MCC CREP) to maximize existing institutional resources and to build an infrastructure that will increase the capacity of faculty and students to pursue and facilitate cancer health disparities research and enhance VSU’s ability to lead in education, community engagement, and research in cancer health disparities in Virginia. The overall goal of the VSU-MCC CREP partnership is to pilot test cancer health disparities training and education programs and to use the preliminary data to not only advocate for the institutionalization of these programs but also to inform the development of a pipeline for VSU URM faculty to successfully compete for NIH funding (K awards, R01s). The long-term goal is to develop a sustainable education and training program that will improve the impact and scope of research discoveries and translation by increasing the number of underrepresented minority investigators and students who can significantly inform, influence, and conduct cancer health disparities research. Our approach is threefold: 1) develop the research capacity and capital of developing faculty at VSU to conduct cancer disparities research; 2) increase the number of diverse students at both institutions interested in cancer health disparities research and participating in cancer research education experiences; and 3) increase the number of investigators at both institutions conducting cancer research. The SUCCEED CREP will provide a set of unique and sustainable training experiences aimed at increasing the capacity of a local historically black college to take the lead in education, community engagement, and research in cancer-related health disparities. The organizing theme of the educational and training experiences for faculty and students is to build the knowledge, skills, partnerships, and capacity for multidisciplinary approaches to identify and reduce local cancer-related health disparities and their determinants.