Dine College/Mayo Clinic: Developing Cancer Researchers

描述(由申请人提供)： 通过对学生和教职员工进行癌症教育和癌症研究培训，Dine College(DC)，一所由纳瓦霍民族和梅奥诊所癌症中心(Mayo)特许设立的多校区、本科生和部落学院，将寻求提高一年级和二年级美国原住民本科生对生物医学课程和职业的兴趣和承诺，这将使他们的社区受益。共同的具体目标是：1)癌症教育--教师培训：在DC和Mayo之间制定联合培训方案，以：(A)提高Mayo调查人员在美洲原住民(特别是纳瓦霍人)关于癌症的价值观、信仰、态度和做法方面的文化能力；(B)在DC为纳瓦霍民族社区开展关于各种形式癌症的病因和可用治疗方法的强化外展教育；以及(C)培训DC调查人员进行癌症研究，并教育Mayo和DC调查人员和纳瓦霍社区成员认识癌症健康差距以及研究在解决和减少这些差距方面的作用；2)癌症教育-学生课程：共同开发、试点、完善和建立癌症教育课程，为DC学生参加梅奥大学的本科生癌症研究培训奖学金/实习做准备；3)癌症研究培训-学生研究培训：联合开发和试点以癌症为重点的夏季指导本科生研究奖学金，仿照梅奥的SURF(夏季本科生研究奖学金)计划，为梅奥大学DC学生建立临床癌症研究培训奖学金计划。为了实现这些目标，我们将：1)对梅奥研究人员、华盛顿特区教职员工和纳瓦霍社区成员进行需求评估，以指导发展适当的技能，包括识别和解决美洲原住民癌症健康差距的技能；2)举办一系列座谈会，让科学家、生物伦理学家、社区成员、学生和其他人参与对话，讨论与研究在减少美洲原住民社区癌症差距中的作用有关的问题；以及3)实施、试行和完善学生癌症课程和美洲原住民学生暑期研究培训计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Through cancer education and cancer research training of students and faculty, Dine College (DC), a multi- campus, undergraduate, tribal college chartered by the Navajo Nation and the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (Mayo) will seek to increase first and second year Native American undergraduates' interest in and commitment to pursuing biomedical coursework and careers, especially in cancer research, that will benefit their communities. Shared Specific Aims are:1) Cancer Education - Faculty Training: Develop joint training programs between DC and Mayo to: (a) enhance cultural competence of Mayo investigators regarding Native American (especially Navajo) values, beliefs, attitudes, and practices regarding cancer; (b) develop enhanced outreach education at DC for Navajo Nation communities regarding causes and available treatments for various forms of cancer; and (c) train DC investigators in cancer research and educate Mayo and DC investigators and Navajo community members to recognize cancer health disparities and the role of research in addressing and reducing them; 2) Cancer Education - Student Curriculum: Jointly develop, pilot, refine, and build commitment for a cancer education curriculum to prepare DC students to participate in an undergraduate cancer research training fellowship/internship at Mayo; 3) Cancer Research Training - Student Research Training: Jointly develop and pilot a cancer-focused summer mentored undergraduate research fellowship modeled on Mayo's SURF (summer undergraduate research fellowship) program to establish a clinical cancer research training fellowship program for DC students at Mayo. To accomplish these aims, we will: 1) conduct a needs assessment of Mayo investigators, DC faculty and staff and Navajo community members to guide development of the appropriate skills, including skills to recognize and address cancer health disparities among Native Americans; 2) hold a series of colloquia to engage scientists, bioethicists, community members, students and others in a dialog on issues related to the role of research in reducing cancer disparities in Native American communities; and 3) implement, pilot test, and refine a student cancer curriculum and summer research training program for Native American students.