Developing and Implementing a Cancer Prevention and Control Research Curriculum t

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的目的是在莫尔豪斯医学院（MSM）开发和执行癌症预防和控制课程培训计划，以帮助公共卫生和生物医学科学专业的学生为癌症预防和控制研究岗位做好准备。课程将基于从实验室到床边到社区的癌症预防和控制框架，并将强调针对减少和消除癌症差异的研究。它将包括为学生提供癌症流行病学和癌症预防与控制领域的适当知识基础的课程，并将教他们如何进行癌症预防与控制方面的研究并制定干预措施以缩小差距；实习经验旨在通过提供在癌症预防和控制领域获得适当水平和内容的实践经验的机会，加强对癌症预防和控制方面的知识和研究成果的理解和应用于公共卫生环境；以及在癌症研究人员的指导下进行癌症预防和控制研究的机会。该培训计划的教师将从MSM的各种研究生教学计划中抽取，从而将其整合到MSM培训计划中。该课程将在第一年开发，并将提供给MSM公共卫生硕士，临床研究理学硕士，医学博士和少数民族暑期公共卫生奖学金项目的学生。将实施评估计划，以不断地监测项目，并评估其在实现其目标和目的方面的成功，并将结果用于持续改进。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this project is to develop and execute a cancer prevention and control curriculum training program at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) that will help prepare professional students in public health and in the biomedical sciences for positions in cancer prevention and control research. The curriculum will be based on a framework for addressing cancer prevention and control from bench to bedside to community and will emphasize research targeted at reduction and elimination of cancer disparities. It will include courses that will provide the students with a suitable knowledge base in the areas of cancer epidemiology and cancer prevention and control and that will teach them how to do research in cancer prevention and control and to develop interventions to reduce disparities; practicum experiences designed to enhance the understanding and application of knowledge and research findings in cancer prevention and control to public health settings by providing an opportunity to gain practical experience, at an appropriate level and content, in the field of cancer prevention and control; and opportunities to conduct research in cancer prevention and control under the guidance of cancer researchers. The faculty of this training program will be drawn from the various graduate teaching programs at MSM, thereby integrating it into MSM training programs. The curriculum will be developed in year one, and it will be offered to students in MSM's Master of Public Health, Master of Science in Clinical Research, Doctor of Medicine and Minority Summer Public Health Fellowship programs. An evaluation plan will be implemented to constantly monitor the program and assess its success in achieving its goals and objectives, and the results will be used for ongoing improvement. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: There is a tremendous need in the US to increase the number of minority scientists, particularly in academic medicine. Although African Americans suffer from major health disparities, less than 1% of investigator-initiated grant dollars go to Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCU) and less than 1% of R01-funded research is awarded to African American researchers. This R25 grant will help to ensure that investigators at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), an HBCU, can play a major role in cancer research by creating a cadre of public health and health care professionals at MSM who have an increased capacity to describe health disparities related to cancer and associated mechanisms over time and across the cancer continuum, and by strengthening the skills and level of competence of MSM graduates in preparation for their inclusion in the public health workforce in the field of cancer prevention and control.