2/2 Cherokee Nation/OSU and SCC Collaborative Partnership for Cancer Research

摘要 进行人工智能癌症差异研究的科学家仍然严重短缺，这可能是原因之一 影响部落国家的癌症差异。切诺基国家和斯蒂芬森癌症中心 合作建立部落癌症研究能力，通过之前的“促进癌症健康的伙伴关系” 股权(PACHE)“P20规划拨款。然而，人们认识到，进一步扩大和维持 切诺基国家的癌症研究人员需要更多的机会接触到拥有大量 进入科学领域的人工智能学生数量。俄克拉荷马州立大学满足了这一需求，作为 全国领先的人工智能学生和早期调查人员大学(ESIS)。本组织的总体任务是 建议的切诺基国家/俄克拉荷马州立大学(OSU)和斯蒂芬森癌症中心(SCC) 癌症研究合作是在美国人的背景下发展持久的研究能力 印度(AI)部落国家解决癌症差异问题。为了实现这一目标， 协作性包括： 1.加强行政基础设施，包括一个联合内部咨询委员会，以确保 在切诺基人中整合癌症研究、教育和外展以及试点研究活动 国家、俄亥俄州立大学和SCC； 2.在烟草使用和癌症风险方面进行创新的试点研究，能够大规模播种 人工智能研究人员在切诺基民族背景下进行的研究项目； 3.教育下一代癌症研究人员在#年与切诺基国家进行有意义的接触 这项研究的背景，重点是Esis、研究生、专业和本科生；以及 4.评价伙伴关系的活动，包括监测试点研究项目的进展情况和 癌症研究教育计划(C-REP)。这项评估将为未来共同执行的努力提供信息 减少人工智能癌症差异。 协作组为巩固抗癌部落能力的基础提供了重要机会 差异研究。OSU的加入加强了Collaborative，因为它在 人工智能和学生在科学领域的教育。此外，切诺基民族和俄亥俄州立大学已经崩溃 位于切诺基民族的美国第一所部族附属医学院。因此，协作性 提供了一个前所未有的环境，部落、大学和研究密集型癌症中心 将协同工作，减少继续影响人工智能人群的不可接受的癌症负担。

Abstract A serious shortage of scientists conducting AI cancer disparities research persists, which may have contributed to cancer disparities affecting tribal nations. Cherokee Nation and the Stephenson Cancer Center have partnered to build tribal cancer research capacity through a previous “Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (PACHE)” P20 planning grant. However, it was recognized that further expansion and sustainability of Cherokee Nation's cancer research workforce requires increased access to an academic ally with a large number of AI students entering scientific fields. Oklahoma State University fulfills this need, as one of the nation's leading universities for AI students and Early Stage Investigators (ESIs). The overall mission of the proposed Cherokee Nation/Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Stephenson Cancer Center (SCC) Collaborative for Cancer Research is to develop durable research capacity within the context of an American Indian (AI) tribal nation to address cancer disparities. To achieve this goal, the four Specific Aims of the Collaborative are: 1. to strengthen administrative infrastructure, including a joint Internal Advisory Committee that ensures integration of cancer research education and outreach and pilot research activities among Cherokee Nation, OSU, and the SCC; 2. to conduct innovative pilot research in tobacco use and cancer risk capable of seeding large-scale research projects performed by AI researchers within the Cherokee Nation setting; 3. to educate the next generation of cancer researchers to engage meaningfully with Cherokee Nation in the context of this research, focusing on ESIs, graduate, professional, and undergraduate students; and 4. to evaluate activities of the partnership, including monitoring progress of pilot research projects and the cancer research education program (C-REP). This evaluation will inform future, jointly executed efforts to reduce AI cancer disparities. The Collaborative provides a crucial opportunity to solidify the foundation for tribal capacity in cancer disparities research. The addition of OSU strengthens the Collaborative by its remarkable success in the education of AI ESIs and students in scientific fields. Moreover, Cherokee Nation and OSU have broken ground at Cherokee Nation on the first tribally affiliated medical school in the US. The Collaborative therefore provides an unprecedented environment in which a tribe, a university, and a research-intensive cancer center will work synergistically to reduce the unacceptable burden of cancer that continues to affect AI people.