Tuskegee Univ/UAB Comprehensive Cancer Ctr Partnership

尽管癌症死亡率的总体发病率有所下降，但少数民族继续遭受这种疾病的不同负担。例如，非裔美国人在乳腺癌、结肠直肠癌、肺癌、前列腺癌和宫颈癌方面的死亡率更高。少数族裔服务机构，如塔斯基吉大学和综合癌症中心，如阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校，都发挥了重要作用，开展高质量的研究和教育项目，旨在消除这种差距。因此，通过合作，每个机构都能够在癌症研究方面增强优势并消除各自机构的弱点。我们建议利用这一P20计划拨款来发展塔斯基吉大学（TU）和阿拉巴马大学伯明翰综合癌症中心（UABCCC）之间的合作。这种伙伴关系将通过以下癌症领域的项目发展来巩固：1)研究，2)研究培训和职业发展，3)教育和4)社区服务。我们建议这一合作伙伴关系将：1)为TU的研究人员提供在UABCCC进行癌症研究的培训机会，2)增加TU从事癌症研究的学生人数，3)增加少数民族研究人员接受生物伦理学培训的人数，4)让UABCCC和TU的研究人员接受生物伦理学研究领域的培训，文化敏感性和社区拓展研究。此外，城市和农村的非洲裔美国人社区将从拟议项目的制定和实施中获益。最后但并非最不重要的是，全面可持续的伙伴关系将加强这两个机构，并使到2010- 2015年消除高加索人和非洲裔美国人之间的差距成为可能。

Ethnic minorities continue to suffer a disparate burden from this disease even though there has been a drop in the overall incidence of cancer mortality. For example, African Americans have a higher mortality rate for breast, colorectal, lung, prostate, and cervical cancer. Minority Serving Institutions such as Tuskegee University and Comprehensive Cancer Centers such as the University of Alabama at Birmingham each play a significant role conducting high quality research and educational programs designed to eliminate this disparity. By joining together in a partnership, each institution is thus able to enhance the strengths and eliminate the weaknesses of the respective institutions in respect to cancer research. We propose to utilize this P20 Planning Grant to develop a sustain a collaboration between Tuskegee University (TU) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center (UABCCC). This partnership will be forged through the development of programs in the following areas of cancer: 1) research, 2) research training and career development, 3) education and 4) community outreach. We propose this partnership will: 1) provide TU researchers with training opportunities in cancer research being conducted at UABCCC, 2) increase the number of TU students in cancer research, 3) increase the number of minority researchers with Bioethics training and 4) expose both UABCCC and TU researchers to training in the areas of Bioethics in research, cultural sensitivity and community outreach research. In addition, urban and rural African American communities will reap benefits from the development and implementation of the proposed programs. Last but not least, a full sustainable partnership will enhance both institutions and make the elimination of the disparities between Caucasians and African Americans a real possibility by the year 2010- 2015.