Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：本儿科癌症流行病学培训项目由明尼苏达大学儿科学系和癌症中心发起。该项目为博士生和博士后提供了机会，以加强他们在儿科癌症流行病学方面的研究训练和经验。通过17名培训教师的专业知识，学员可以在各种研究环境中工作，包括分子生物学，遗传学，预防和病因学，临床结果（包括后期效应）以及暴露和行为评估。明尼苏达大学流行病学（博士）和临床研究（MS）的研究生院学位课程提供流行病学，癌症流行病学，生物统计学，癌症生物学，遗传流行病学，营养学，方法，人体实验研究和儿科癌症相关的实地研究课程。此外，学生有机会在基础生物学、人类和动物研究、研究设计、分析和拨款写作方面进行监督研究。目前培养博士预科研究生1人，博士后3人。博士预科生正式被研究生院流行病学博士项目录取。博士后受训人员是通过国家广告从医学和基础科学领域以及从儿科部完成儿科肿瘤学高级临床培训并开始其培训的研究部分的医学研究员中选拔出来的。特别注意征聘代表人数不足的少数民族的个人。预计将有两名博士后学员选择获得临床研究硕士学位。选择博士前和博士后学员的标准包括：优秀的学术表现和在学术、临床或公共卫生领域从事独立研究的职业方向。从该项目毕业的学员将有能力从事跨学科的儿科癌症流行病学研究。所有受训者参加每周的儿科流行病学会议，每月的研讨会，每年的静修，并在国家会议上作为他们自己研究的演讲者。所有受训者都接受负责任的研究指导。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology training program emanates from the University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics and the Cancer Center. The program provides opportunities for both pre- and postdoctoral students to enhance their research training and experience in pediatric cancer epidemiology. Through the expertise of the 17 training faculty, trainees can work in a variety of research settings including molecular biology, genetics, prevention and etiology, clinical outcomes (including late effects), and exposure and behavior assessment. Strong Graduate School degree programs at the University of Minnesota in Epidemiology (PhD) and in Clinical Research (MS) offer courses in epidemiology, cancer epidemiology, biostatistics, cancer biology, genetic epidemiology, nutrition, methods, human experimental studies, and field research relevant to pediatric cancer. Further, students have opportunities for supervised research in basic biology, human and animal research, study design, analysis, and grant writing. The current training program trains one pre-doctoral graduate student and three post-doctoral students. The predoctoral trainee is formally admitted into the Graduate School Ph.D. program in Epidemiology. The postdoctoral trainees are drawn from the medical and basic sciences through national advertising, as well as from the cohort of medical fellows in the Department of Pediatrics who have completed advanced clinical training in pediatric oncology and are beginning the research component of their training. Special attention is given to recruitment of individuals from under-represented minorities. It is anticipated that two post-doctoral trainees will choose to obtain a MS in Clinical Research. Criteria for selection of both pre- and postdoctoral trainees include: strong academic performance and a career orientation toward independent research in an academic, clinical, or public health setting. Trainees who graduate from this program will have the capacity to undertake pediatric cancer epidemiologic research across a spectrum of disciplines. All trainees participate in weekly pediatric epidemiology meetings, monthly seminars, an annual retreat, and as presenters of their own research at national meetings. All trainees receive instruction in the responsible conduct of research. RELEVANCE: Pediatric cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death in children, and rates have been significantly increasing since the 1970s, with little yet known about causes. This training program builds on the strengths of the internationally recognized pediatric cancer research program at the University of Minnesota and produces broadly educated researchers skilled in the area of pediatric cancer epidemiology.