Implementation Research Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control

摘要 通过这项R25 t应用，我们打算建立一个跨学科的研究教育和培训计划 在马萨诸塞州大学医学院（UMMS）的一项研究中， 预防和控制，包括烟草、肥胖、饮食、体育活动、皮肤癌预防和癌症 筛选。在癌症预防知识的发现和癌症治疗之间存在着有据可查的差距。 在临床实践、公共卫生实践和卫生政策中控制和应用这些知识， 有利于人群健康。实施研究已经成为一个多学科领域，旨在 缩小这些差距。我们提出了一个跨学科的博士后研究员培训计划，将促进 通过学术培训和指导，培养独立的执行研究人员; 研究经验。为达致这个目标，我们提出五个具体目标：1）建立一个 建立基础设施，以支持癌症预防的实施、研究、教育和培训; 2） 并实施教育课程，重点是癌症预防的实施研究， 获得专门从事实施科学的硕士学位; 3）提供指导研究经验 与我们的合作伙伴组织合作，为博士后研究员; 4）招募高素质，多样化， （五）有效监督和评价方案。这一应用程序是一个共同的努力， UMMS预防和行为医学部和定量健康科学部， 与其他部门（家庭医学和社区卫生，精神病学）和中心合作 （Meyers初级保健研究所，预防研究中心，健康公平干预研究中心， 健康地理实验室，移动健康中心，烟草治疗和研究中心）。基础设施和 通过麻省大学临床和转化科学中心（NIH）建立的跨校园合作 CTSA），包括马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特公共卫生与健康科学学院和计算机科学学院 和麻省大学波士顿分校也将被利用。临床和社区合作伙伴包括： 卓越，贝德福德和中央MA VA医疗中心，马萨诸塞大学纪念保健，爱德华M。 肯尼迪社区卫生中心，马萨诸塞州公共卫生部，国家癌症研究所赞助 癌症研究网络和马萨诸塞大学公共卫生学院的公共卫生培训中心， 健康科学。我们建议每年招收两至三名研究员。在培训计划结束时， 我们预计，研究员将成为独立调查员，专注于消除差距， 将循证癌症预防研究转化为实践。

ABSTRACT With this R25t application we intend to establish an interdisciplinary research education and training program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) focused on implementation research in cancer prevention and control, including tobacco, obesity, diet, physical activity, skin cancer prevention and cancer screenings. There are well-documented gaps between the discovery of knowledge in cancer prevention and control and the application of this knowledge in clinical practice, public health practice, and health policy to benefit population health. Implementation research has emerged as a multi-disciplinary field that seeks to alleviate these gaps. We propose an interdisciplinary training program for postdoctoral fellows that will promote the development of independent implementation researchers through academic training and mentored research experiences. To achieve this goal, we propose five specific aims: 1) To establish an administrative infrastructure to support implementation research education and training in cancer prevention; 2) To develop and implement educational curricula focusing on implementation research in cancer prevention with the option of receiving an MS degree specializing in implementation science; 3) To offer mentored research experiences for postdoctoral fellows in collaboration with our partnering organizations; 4) To recruit highly qualified, diverse candidates; and 5) To effectively monitor and evaluate the program. This application is a joint effort of the UMMS Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, in collaboration with additional departments (Family Medicine and Community Health, Psychiatry) and centers (Meyers Primary Care Institute, Prevention Research Center, Center for Health Equity Intervention Research, Health Geography Lab, Center for mHealth, Center for Tobacco Treatment and Research). Infrastructure and cross campus collaborations established through the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (NIH CTSA), including the UMass Amherst Schools of Public Health and Health Sciences and Computer Science and UMass Boston, will also be leveraged. Clinical and community partners include: the Cancer Center of Excellence, the Bedford and Central MA VA Medical Centers, UMass Memorial Health Care, the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the NCI-sponsored Cancer Research Network and the Public Health Training Center at the UMass School of Public Health and Health Sciences. We propose to enroll two to three fellows per year. At the completion of the training program, we anticipate that fellows will establish careers as independent investigators who will focus on eliminating gaps in the translation of evidence-based cancer prevention research into practice.