Training Program in Behavioral and Health Services Cancer Control Research

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请寻求国家癌症研究所R25机制对行为和卫生服务癌症控制研究培训计划(申请#R25 CA093423-06A1)的持续支持。该培训计划位于弗吉尼亚联邦大学梅西癌症中心(MCC)内，为癌症预防和控制研究的博士后和博士后候选人提供跨学科培训。这一培训计划的总体目标是提供一个环境，鼓励最高级别的癌症预防和控制研究的发展。培训针对的是社会科学(心理学、社会学、经济学、人类学)、公共卫生、生物统计学等领域的个人，以及已完成临床要求的医学和护理专业培训人员。为了实现这一目标，已经制定了一个培训计划，以促进跨学科研究，我们认为这是在该领域进行研究的先决条件。博士前培训部分的目的是在这一研究领域最早的时候招募潜在的未来研究人员。如果我们要通过培养一支在研究培训之初就专注于这一研究领域的学生队伍来加快癌症预防和控制研究的发展，这一点很重要。灵活的2-3年博士后培训部分有助于引导年轻研究人员进入这一研究领域，并为他们提供综合但有重点的培训，以进行癌症预防和控制方面的基础和干预性研究。该计划将特别特别地促进有助于理解癌症结果中健康差异的产生的研究。VCU是提供这种培训的独特位置，因为它作为安全网医院的角色，它所服务的人群，以及它作为NCI指定的癌症中心的地位。该项目的目标是培养下一代癌症预防和控制研究人员。为了实现这一目标，我们将做以下工作：1)提供一个多学科综合研究培训计划，提供一系列研究机会；2)满足在癌症预防和控制方面新兴研究领域的培训需求；3)为来自不同学术和种族背景的研究人员提供培训和强化指导；4)提供专业课程，结合我们机构的癌症控制优势。 公共卫生相关性：该培训计划为正在攻读博士学位的个人以及那些已完成博士学位并希望接受癌症预防和控制研究方面的高级培训的人提供培训。该培训计划将为未来的研究人员提供进行研究的技能，这些领域可以帮助人们预防癌症，并在他们确实患上癌症时改善他们的生活。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks continued support for the Training Program in Behavioral and Health Services Cancer Control Research (application # R25 CA093423-06A1) from the National Cancer Institute R25 mechanism. This Training Program is located within the Massey Cancer Center (MCC) of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and provides transdisciplinary training for predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates in cancer prevention and control research. The overall goal of this training program is to provide an environment that encourages the development of cancer prevention and control research at the highest levels. Training is targeted to individuals in the social sciences (psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology), public health, biostatistics, and those who have completed their clinical requirements for specialty training in medicine and nursing. To accomplish this goal, a training program has been structured to foster transdisciplinary research, something we believe is a precondition to conducting research in this field. The predoctoral training component aims to recruit potential future investigators to this research area at the earliest time in their careers. This is important if we are to speed up the development of focused cancer prevention and control research by creating a cadre of students who are focused on this research area at the outset of their research training. The flexible 2-3 year postdoctoral training component helps guide young investigators to this field of study and provides them with integrated but focused training to conduct fundamental and interventional studies in cancer prevention and control. This program will specifically and especially foster research that contributes to the understanding of the production of health disparities in cancer outcomes. VCU is uniquely positioned to provide this training because of its role as a safety net hospital, the population it serves, and its standing as an NCI-designated cancer center. The goal of this program is to train the next generation of cancer prevention and control researchers. To accomplish this goal we will do the following: 1) Offer a multidisciplinary integrated research training program with a range of research opportunities; 2) Meet the needs for training in emerging research areas in cancer prevention and control; 3) Provide training to researchers from diverse academic and ethnic backgrounds and intensive mentoring; 4) Provide a specialized curriculum that coalesces cancer control strengths at our institution. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This Training Program is to provide training to individuals working on their doctoral degrees and those who have completed their doctoral degrees and desire advanced training in cancer prevention and control research. The training program will provide future researchers with the skills to conduct research into areas that can help populations prevent cancer and improve their lives if they do get cancer.