Biometry/Epidemiology Training Grant in Biostatistics

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个竞争性的续期申请，要求继续支持在哈佛公共卫生学院和丹娜-法伯癌症研究所（DFCI）为博士后和博士生提供强有力的定量癌症研究方法和实践培训。这一培训项目现已进入第30个年头，吸引了一批杰出的教师，包括生物统计学家和计算生物学家，以及世界知名的癌症治疗和研究专家。其首要目标是为受训者提供成功从事现代癌症研究所需的所有基本培训要素。该培训计划的具体目标是培养学生和博士后成为(1)癌症研究领域的定量科学家，能够运用概率论、统计学、计算机科学和数学来增加我们对癌症的认识和理解；(2)在癌症研究环境中有较强的团队领导/队员和优秀的传播者，能够有效传播其研究成果，在癌症临床试验、癌症预防试验和癌症基因组研究的设计、分析和解释中发挥积极作用。所有获得该培训资助的博士预科生都必须集中学习癌症相关课程。在项目的第一个和第二个暑期，学生被要求参加丹娜-法伯癌症研究所（DFCI）的研究活动，在项目附属的教师导师/培训师的监督下进行。之后，这些学生中的许多人将在DFCI居住并继续他们在癌症方面的研究，最终发展成为他们的论文项目。所有的博士后都密切参与癌症定量科学的实践，并在DFCI居住。所有的学员都必须积极参加一个关于癌症研究中定量问题的工作组系列研讨会，这是哈佛大学讨论当前问题和挑战的主要论坛。申请资助10名博士生预科生和1名博士后，为期5年。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competing renewal application that requests continued support for providing pre- and postdoctoral trainees with strong methodological and practical training in quantitative cancer research at the Harvard Public School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI). This training program, now in its 30th year, draws upon a distinguished faculty, consisting of biostatisticians and computational biologists, as well as world renowned experts in cancer treatment and research. Its overarching goal is to provide the trainees with all essential elements of training needed to successfully undertake modern cancer research. The specific goals of this training program are to train students and postdoctoral fellows to be (1) quantitative scientists in cancer research, who are capable of using probability, statistics, computer science and mathematics to increase our knowledge and understanding of cancer; (2) strong team leaders/players as well as excellent communicators in a cancer research environment, who can effectively disseminate their research results and assume active roles in the design, analysis and interpretation of cancer clinical trials, cancer prevention trials and cancer genomic studies. All predoctoral students supported by this training grant are required to take a concentration in cancer-related courses. During their first and second summer periods in the program, students are required to participate in research activities of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), performed under the supervision of faculty mentor/trainers affiliated in the program. Afterwards, many of these students will take up residence at the DFCI and continue their research in cancer, which eventually evolves into their dissertation projects. All the postdoctoral fellows are closely involved with the practice of quantitative sciences in cancer and are in residence at the DFCI. All trainees are required to actively participate in the a working group seminar series on quantitative issues in cancer research, which serves as a primary forum at Harvard to discuss current issues and challenges on this topic. This proposal requests funding to support 10 pre-doctoral students and 1 post-doctoral fellow for 5 years.