BEHAVIOR AND CANCER: ETIOLOGY, PREVENTION, AND MENTAL HE

描述(根据申请者的摘要改编)：本申请申请资助一个博士后和博士后培训计划，为生物行为肿瘤学的职业生涯做准备。尽管行为医学和健康心理学在癌症研究和治疗中的重要性与日俱增，但在生物行为或心理社会肿瘤学方面，几乎没有博士后或博士后水平的系统培训。拟议的培训计划旨在填补这一空白，并满足这一调查领域对尖端研究人员日益增长的需求。该计划利用两所地理相邻的大学的优秀教师来提供综合的跨学科培训。目前为我们的26名培训教员提供的资金包括100多项现役研究补助金。在过去的十年里，我们培训了60名博士后和34名博士后，其中许多受训人员已经成为知名的和有贡献的卫生科学家。培训教师之间在癌症结果研究、预防和减少癌症可改变的风险以及其他与癌症相关的问题(如压力和免疫状况)方面的广泛研究合作，将为生物行为肿瘤学的研究培训提供强有力的背景。学员将结合多个系和几个专业领域的课程工作以及组织的研讨会和研究会议，从事行为医学和癌症方面的最新研究。该计划的博士前实习生获得健康心理学或临床或社会心理学学位，专业是健康心理学。博士后实习生包括行为和生物科学博士和医学博士。我们在我们的培训计划中使用了各种经验，包括正式课程、研讨会和涉及人和动物的研究计划。受训者参加一个主要的研究项目，同时对其他研究领域有所了解。研究性培训是在心理学和生物学理论的发展和系统检查的背景下进行的。每个实习生都需要掌握理论和实质性的文献，完成培训后，博士前实习生将准备好在学术医学或心理学部门担任研究人员。实习结束后，临床学生将为在临床或学术环境中进行健康心理学研究做好准备。为学员提供充足的实验室空间、办公空间、秘书支持、计算机设施和图书馆。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the Applicant's Abstract): This application requests funding for a pre- and postdoctoral training program that will prepare individuals for careers in biobehavioral oncology. Despite the growing importance of behavioral medicine and health psychology in research and treatment of cancer, there is little systematic training available at the pre-doctoral or post-doctoral level in biobehavioral or psychosocial oncology. The proposed training program was designed to fill this gap and meet an expanding need for sophisticated researchers in this area of inquiry. The program draws on an outstanding faculty in two geographically adjacent universities to provide integrated interdisciplinary training. Current funding for the 26 members of our training faculty includes more than 100 active research grants. We have trained 60 predocs and 34 postdocs in the last ten years and many of these trainees have become established and contributing health scientists. Extensive research collaboration among training faculty in research on cancer outcomes, on prevention and reduction of modifiable risk for cancer, and on other cancer-related issues such as stress and immune status will provide a strong context for research training in biobehavioral oncology. Together with course work across a number of departments and in several specialty areas and organized seminar and research meetings, trainees will engage in state-of-the-art research in behavioral medicine and cancer. Predoctoral trainees in the program receive degrees in health psychology or in clinical or social psychology with a specialization in health psychology. Postdoctoral trainees include Ph.D.s in behavioral and biological sciences and M.D.s. We use a variety of experiences in our training program including formal courses, seminars, and research programs involving humans and animals. Trainees participate in a primary research program while becoming knowledgeable about other areas of research. Research training occurs in the context of the development and systematic examination of psychologic and biologic theory. Each trainee is required to master theoretical and substantive literatures, and upon completion of training, predoctoral trainees will be prepared for placement as researchers in academic medicine or psychology departments. Following their internships, clinical students will be prepared for conducting health psychology research in clinical or academic settings. Adequate laboratory space, office space, secretarial support, computer facilities and libraries are available for the trainees.