BEHAVIOR AND CANCER: ETIOLOGY, PREVENTION, AND MENTAL HE

描述（改编自申请人摘要）：本申请要求资助一个前期和博士后培训项目，为个人在生物行为肿瘤学领域的职业生涯做好准备。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日益增加，但在生物行为或社会心理肿瘤学的博士前或博士后水平上，几乎没有系统的培训。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成熟研究人员不断扩大的需求。该计划利用两所地理位置相邻的大学的优秀教师提供综合跨学科培训。目前为26名培训教员提供的资金包括100多项活跃的研究补助金。在过去的十年中，我们培养了60名博士和34名博士后，其中许多学员已成为有成就和有贡献的卫生科学家。在癌症结果、预防和减少癌症可变风险以及其他癌症相关问题（如压力和免疫状态）的研究方面，培训教员之间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。通过多个部门和多个专业领域的课程学习，以及组织的研讨会和研究会议，学员将参与行为医学和癌症领域的最新研究。该计划的博士预科学员将获得健康心理学或临床或社会心理学学位，并专攻健康心理学。博士后受训者包括行为和生物科学的博士和医学博士。我们在培训计划中使用各种各样的经验，包括正式课程，研讨会和涉及人类和动物的研究计划。受训者参加初级研究项目，同时对其他领域的研究有所了解。研究训练是在心理学和生物学理论发展和系统检验的背景下进行的。要求学员掌握理论文献和实质性文献，培训完成后，准备在学术医学或心理部门担任研究人员。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。有足够的实验室空间、办公空间、秘书支持、电脑设施和图书馆供学员使用。

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.