1/2 VSU-MCC Partnership for Cancer Disparities Research and Training program (SUCCEED)

总体情况：项目总结 来自弗吉尼亚州立大学(VSU)、历史上的黑人学院/大学和NCI的调查人员- 指定弗吉尼亚联邦大学(VCU)梅西癌症中心(MCC)认识到有必要 合作并利用两个机构的专业知识和资源来教育和培训有前途的人 最终将为缩小弗吉尼亚州癌症差异做出贡献的个人。这样做的结果是 合作形成了VSU-MCC癌症差异研究和合作伙伴关系 培训(成功)计划。Success的首要目标是引领癌症的转化- 为弗吉尼亚州人提供了相关成果，并作为跨学科差异研究和教育的典范。 在NCI框架、我们的初步数据和我们多学科团队的专业知识指导下，我们将 采用多层次方法来开发强大的协作基础设施，该基础设施将基于 合作机构提高其开展癌症健康不平等研究的能力 通过当地数据，并了解当地社区与癌症相关的需求。具体目标是：目标1： 建立VSU和MCC在癌症差异研究方面的互利合作伙伴关系 和培训；目标2：开展协作性、以局部为重点的肝/胃肠道(GI)癌症先导研究 由MCC和VSU的研究人员提供；目标3：提供综合癌症研究培训和职业生涯 VSU教师的发展经验；目标4：支持未被充分代表的少数族裔本科生 从VSU到从事差异研究的职业；目标5：进行持续评估，以反映 合作伙伴关系在实现其目标和目的方面取得的进展。据我们所知，这是第一次 这类有针对性的努力是为了解决弗吉尼亚州癌症差异问题。

OVERALL: PROJECT SUMMARY Investigators from Virginia State University (VSU), a Historically Black College/University, and the NCI- designated Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center (MCC) recognized a need to collaborate and leverage the expertise and resources of both institutions to educate and train promising individuals who will ultimately contribute to diminishing cancer disparities in Virginia. The outcome of this collaboration resulted in the formation of the VSU-MCC PartnErship for CancEr Disparities Research and Training (SUCCEED) program. The overarching goal of SUCCEED is to lead in the transformation of cancer- related outcomes for Virginians and to serve as a model of transdisciplinary disparities research and education. Guided by the NCI framework, our preliminary data, and the expertise of our multidisciplinary team, we will employ a multilevel approach to develop a robust collaborative infrastructure that will build on the strengths of the partnering institutions to enhance their capacity to conduct cancer health inequities research that is driven by local data and informed by the cancer-related needs of local communities. Specific aims are to: Aim 1: Establish a mutually beneficial collaborative partnership between VSU and MCC in cancer disparities research and training; Aim 2: Conduct collaborative, locally focused liver/gastrointestinal (GI) cancer pilot research studies by investigators at MCC and VSU; Aim 3: Provide an integrated cancer research training and career development experience to VSU faculty; Aim 4: Support underrepresented minority undergraduate students from VSU to pursue careers in disparities research; Aim 5: Conduct an ongoing evaluation that reflects the progress of the collaborative partnership in meeting its goals and objectives. To our knowledge, this is the first targeted effort of this nature to address cancer disparities in the state of Virginia.