Surgical Oncology Research Training

描述（由申请人提供）：佛罗里达大学的肿瘤外科研究培训项目旨在为学员提供从事肿瘤外科和基础科学研究工作所需的技能。我们的目标是培养那些寻求转化癌症研究的个人，作为他们在外科肿瘤学学术生涯的重要组成部分。为了达到我们的目的，学员将同时受到基础科学导师和临床导师的指导。基础科学导师将对基础科学项目提供持续的指导和监督，而临床导师将确保受训者理解他们研究的临床背景。在癌症细胞信号传导和细胞死亡，癌症遗传学和干细胞生物学领域的独立资助的研究导师和临床活跃的，资助的临床导师和该计划的执行委员会将协助学员课程开发，项目选择，开展研究，临床相关性和项目评估。每季度，实习生、研究导师、临床导师和执行委员会将开会审查数据并为项目提供指导。随着受训者的成熟，他们将被期望在国家会议上展示他们的发现，并将他们的工作提交给高影响力的期刊。执行委员会寻求招募对外科肿瘤学有兴趣的高质量申请人。此外，我们将寻求少数族裔的申请。每年将有一名学员进入该项目，每年该项目共有两名学员。具体而言，该计划旨在实现以下具体目标：1)推进综合外科肿瘤学基础科学计划，促进学术外科肿瘤学家的发展；2)创建一个项目，促进转化肿瘤学研究的跨学科方法；3)制定培训计划，吸引包括代表性不足的少数民族在内的高素质候选人。完成课程后，学员应具备获得著名的外科肿瘤学奖学金所需的技能，追求学术外科肿瘤学的职业生涯，并最终成为推动癌症患者护理的新研究的领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Surgical Oncology Research Training Program at the University of Florida is designed to provide trainees with the skill set necessary to pursue a career in both surgical oncology and basic science research. We aim to train individuals who seek translational cancer research as a significant component of their academic career in surgical oncology. To accomplish our purpose, trainees w ill be mentored by both a basic science preceptor and a clinical preceptor. The basic science preceptor will provide continual guidance and oversight of a basic science project whereas the clinical preceptor will ensure that the trainee understands the clinical context of their research. Independently-funded research preceptors in the fields of cancer cell signaling and cell death, cancer genetics and stem cell biology and clinically-active, funded clinical preceptors and the executive committee of the program will assist the trainee with curricular development, project selection, conduct of research, clinical correlation and project evaluation. Quarterly, the trainee, research preceptor, clinical preceptor and executive committee will meet to review data and provide guidance for the project. As the trainees mature, they will be expected to present their findings at national meetings and submit their work to high-impact journals. The executive committee seeks to recruit high- quality applicants with tangible evidence of an interest in surgical oncology. Furthermore, we will seek applications from under-represented minorities. One trainee will be accepted into the program each year for a total of two trainees in the program per year. Specifically, the program seeks to accomplish the following specific aims:1) To advance an integrated surgical oncology basic science program that promotes development of academic surgical oncologists;2) To create a program the fosters interdisciplinary approaches to translational oncologic research; 3) To develop a training program that attracts high-quality candidates including under-represented minorities. Upon completion of the program, the trainee should have the skills required to obtain a prestigious surgical oncology fellowship, pursue a career in academic surgical oncology and ultimately be a leader for novel research that advances the care of the cancer patients. RELEVANCE: The state of Florida is the fourth most populous state, but, in terms of estimated, newly diagnosed cancer cases, it is second in the nation. Furthermore, some evidence suggests that cancer care in Florida lags behind our peers. Therefore, as the only surgical oncology basic science training program in the State, a goal is to increase the number of basic science-trained surgical oncologists, who can advance the care of cancer patients through both research and clinical care