Colorado Program in Aging and Cancer

（申请人描述）科罗拉多老年和癌症项目的目标是在科罗拉多大学综合癌症中心开发一个新的老年和癌症项目，该项目将促进科罗拉多州和落基山脉地区癌症和老龄化的跨学科和跨机构研究。科罗拉多老年与癌症项目旨在与科罗拉多大学综合癌症中心的其他成功项目，以及老年医学部和科罗拉多大学老年医学中心在老年医学和肿瘤学方面成功的临床、教育和研究项目相辅相成。该项目将以癌症中心和社区内的教育为特色，在老龄化和癌症研究方面的科学家和学术临床医生的职业发展，以及65岁及以上人群癌症病因学、预防和管理方面的开创性合作研究的发展。这将通过教育计划、职业发展战略和通过试点项目支持创新研究来实现，这些试点项目旨在引导相互关联和协作的r01资助的研究项目。最初的试点项目将在老年病学和肿瘤学的临床领域，这与我们目前在科罗拉多大学的实力是一致的。这些试点项目的设计不仅是为了获得未来的R01资助，而且还为科罗拉多大学优秀的新研究者提供职业发展机会，他们在老年病学和肿瘤学领域有交叉培训和学术兴趣。我们认为这些发展中的研究人员是科罗拉多衰老与癌症项目的未来领导者。未来的试点项目将致力于将老龄化和癌症研究纳入ucchsc已经强大的基础科学研究中。在Tim Byers博士和Robert Schwartz博士的领导下，我们将集中老年中心和科罗拉多综合癌症中心的资源，开发一个强大的老年和癌症多学科项目，该项目将在2006年的下一次竞争更新中整合到科罗拉多大学综合癌症中心CCSG中。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Description) The goal of the Colorado Program in Aging and Cancer is to develop a new program in aging and cancer at the University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center that will foster inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional research in cancer and aging in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region. The Colorado Program in Aging and Cancer is designed to be complementary with other successful Programs at the University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center and with the successful clinical, educational, and research programs in geriatrics and oncology within the Division of Geriatric Medicine and the University of Colorado Center on Aging. The Program will feature education both within the Cancer Center and within the community, career development of scientists and academic clinicians in aging and cancer research, and the development of pioneering collaborative research in the etiology, prevention, and management of cancer among those ages 65 and older. This will be accomplished via educational programs, career development strategies, and the support of innovative research via pilot projects designed to lead to inter-related and collaborative R01-funded research projects. Initial pilot projects will be in clinical areas of geriatrics and oncology, which is consistent with our current strength at the University of Colorado. These pilot projects are designed to not only lead to future R01 grants, but also to provide career development opportunities for outstanding new investigators at the University of Colorado who have cross-training and academic career interests overlapping the areas of geriatrics and oncology. We regard these developing investigators as the future leaders for the Colorado Program in Aging and Cancer. Future pilot projects will be targeted to build aging and cancer research into the already strong basic science research at the UCHSC. With leadership by Dr. Tim Byers and Dr. Robert Schwartz will focus the resources of the Center on Aging and the Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center to develop a strong multi-disciplinary Program in Aging and Cancer which will be integrated into the University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center CCSG at the time of its next competing renewal in 2006.