Research and Mentoring in Psychosocial Oncology

简介(申请人提供)：此K05奖项旨在允许William H.Redd博士致力于指导博士后实习生和初级教师，并从事癌症预防和控制方面的研究。辅导将包括：i)一对一的写作和讨论会议，审查和修改研究想法、论文和研究方案；2)教学研究研讨会，介绍和讨论与癌症预防和控制有关的实质性材料；3)工作进展会议，审查学员和/或教师撰写的研究报告；4)学员指导的期刊俱乐部会议，学员选择发表的研究手稿进行审查/讨论；以及5)研究研讨会，癌症预防和控制方面的外部专家介绍他们的工作，并就学员和教师的研究建议和研究提供咨询。辅导课程和研讨会将每周或每两周安排一次。主要目标是使受训人员和初级教员成为癌症预防和控制方面的独立研究人员和导师。 在拟议奖项的任期内进行的研究将反映出我在癌症预防和控制领域的兴趣全面扩大。我将具体调查：1)认知行为疗法在治疗癌症BMT/SCT长期存活者中的焦虑相关适应问题；以及2)文化定向患者导航，以增加医疗服务不足的少数群体中对结直肠癌筛查的参与。这些主题中的每一个都将通过单独的R-01资助的随机临床试验来探索。我还建议表达我对传播癌症预防和控制研究成果的重要性的日益增长的认识。我计划实施一项R-25E培训计划，旨在传播我们开发的干预方法。该计划将培训卫生保健专业人员对癌症幸存者实施认知行为疗法。受训人员将参与拟议研究的所有方面/阶段。 相关性：癌症预防计划审查小组和癌症控制审查小组为国家癌症研究所准备的两份报告强调了探索行为因素在癌症中作用的重要性。这些报告还指出，需要培养一支具有必要的跨学科技能的研究科学家队伍，以解决这些复杂的问题。雷德博士计划在拟议的K-05期间进行的研究和指导直接满足了这些重要需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This K05 award is requested to allow William H. Redd, PhD, to devote his full-time effort to mentoring postdoctoral trainees and junior faculty and to conduct research in cancer prevention and control. Mentoring will include: I) one-on-one writing and discussion sessions in which research ideas, papers and research protocols are reviewed and revised; 2) didactic research seminars in which substantive material relevant to cancer prevention and control is presented and discussed; 3) work-in-progress sessions in which research reports written by trainees and/or by faculty are reviewed; 4) trainee-led journal club sessions in which trainee selected published research manuscripts are reviewed/discussed; and 5) research seminars in which outside experts in cancer prevention and control present their work and consult on trainee and faculty research proposals and studies. Mentoring sessions and seminars will be scheduled on a weekly or biweekly basis. The primary goal is to enable trainees and junior faculty to become independent researchers and mentors in cancer prevention and control. Research conducted during the tenure of the proposed award will reflect an overall broadening of my interests within the area of cancer prevention and control. I will specifically investigate: 1) cognitive-behavior therapy in the treatment of anxiety-related adjustment problems in adult long term survivors of BMT/SCT in the treatment of cancer; and 2) culturally targeted patient navigation to increase participation in colorectal cancer screening among medically under-served minority groups. Each of these topics will be explored through separate R-01 funded randomized clinical trials. I also propose to address my growing appreciation for the importance of disseminating research findings in cancer prevention and control. I plan to implement a R-25E training program designed to disseminate the intervention methods we have developed. The program will train health care professionals to implement cognitive-behavioral therapy with cancer survivors. Trainees will participate in all aspects/phases of the proposed research. RELEVANCE: The importance of exploring the role of behavioral factors in cancer has been highlighted in two reports prepared for the National Cancer Institute by the Cancer Prevention Program Review Group and the Cancer Control Review Group. These reports also note the need to develop a cadre of research scientists with the necessary interdisciplinary skills to address these complex issues. The research and mentoring that Dr. Redd plans to carry out during the course of the proposed K-05 directly addresses these important needs.