Colorado Program in Aging and Cancer

产品说明：（申请人的描述）科罗拉多衰老和癌症计划的目标是在科罗拉多大学综合癌症中心开发一个新的衰老和癌症计划，该计划将促进科罗拉多和落基山脉地区的癌症和衰老的跨学科和跨机构研究。 在衰老和癌症的科罗拉多计划的目的是与其他成功的计划在科罗拉多大学综合癌症中心，并与成功的临床，教育和研究计划在老年医学和肿瘤学在老年医学部和科罗拉多大学中心老龄化的补充。 该计划将在癌症中心和社区内提供教育，科学家和学术临床医生在老龄化和癌症研究方面的职业发展，以及在65岁及以上人群中开展病因学，预防和癌症管理方面的开拓性合作研究。 这将通过教育计划，职业发展战略，并通过旨在导致相互关联和合作的R01资助的研究项目的试点项目的创新研究的支持来实现。 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一致。 这些试点项目的目的不仅是导致未来的R01赠款，而且还提供职业发展机会，为优秀的新的研究人员在科罗拉多谁交叉培训和学术生涯的兴趣重叠的老年医学和肿瘤学领域的大学。 我们认为这些正在发展的研究人员是科罗拉多老龄化和癌症项目的未来领导者。 未来的试点项目将有针对性地将老龄化和癌症研究纳入UCHSC已经强大的基础科学研究。 在Tim Byers博士和Robert Schwartz博士的领导下，将集中老龄化中心和科罗拉多综合癌症中心的资源，开发一个强大的老龄化和癌症多学科项目，该项目将在2006年下一次竞争性更新时纳入科罗拉多大学综合癌症中心CCSG。

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.