UAB Cancer Research Experiences for Students

 描述（由申请人提供）：我们要求资助我们非常成功的癌症研究经验的学生（关怀）计划（补助金5 R25 CA 76023），自1999年以来一直由NCI的R25 E计划资助的五年续约。CARES为亚拉巴马大学医学院（UAB）医学生，UAB公共卫生学生和其他UAB研究生健康专业学生提供带薪短期夏季癌症研究实习，他们都是美国公民或美国永久居民。通常一年级的医学生和研究生参加，但谁持有录取通知书的学生有资格在夏季之前，在他们的学位课程注册的关怀。在UAB综合癌症中心教职员工的指导下，在UAB校园开展了关怀项目。如果我们获得额外的资金，我们将在四个方面加强关怀。我们将通过从三所亚拉巴马大学招收健康专业学生来扩大学生的资格（南亚拉巴马大学、奥本大学和桑福德大学）;我们将通过在亚拉巴马亨茨维尔的哈德逊阿尔法生物技术研究所开展一些CARES项目，增加基因组学和转化研究中癌症研究的机会;我们将通过导师合同的方式加强我们的学生-导师研究协议;我们将通过扩大系列研讨会和为学生提供参加其他研讨会的机会，讲习班和课程。有了这些创新，我们相信，关怀将成为全国公认的首要R25 E短期癌症研究培训计划。此外，我们相信，我们的创新将点燃合作癌症研究和服务活动在亚拉巴马，一个国家的特点是低收入，低教育，和大量的少数民族人口是医疗服务不足，并在癌症和其他慢性病的高风险。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We request funding for a five-year renewal of our very successful Cancer Research Experiences for Students (CaRES) program (grant 5R25 CA76023) that has been funded by NCI's R25E program since 1999. CaRES provides paid short summer cancer research internships for University of Alabama School of Medicine (UAB) medical students, UAB public health students, and other UAB graduate health professional students, all of whom are American citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. In its 15th year, CaRES has supported over 500 students to date. Typically first-year medical students and graduate students participate, but students who hold a letter of acceptance qualify for CaRES in the summer prior to enrolling in their degree program. CaRES projects have been conducted on the UAB campus under the guidance of UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center faculty members. If we are granted additional funding we will enhance CaRES in four ways. We will broaden student eligibility by recruiting health professional students from three Alabama universities (University of South Alabama, Auburn University, and Samford University) in addition to UAB; we will increase the number of opportunities for cancer research in genomics and translational research by basing some CaRES projects at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama; we will tighten our student-preceptor research agreements by means of a mentoring contract; and we will increase the depth and breadth of instruction in career development and in the responsible conduct of research through an expanded seminar series and by affording students the opportunity to participate in other seminars, workshops, and courses. With these innovations we believe that CaRES will become nationally recognized as a premier R25E short- term cancer research training program. Further, we believe that our innovations will ignite collaborative cancer research and service activity in Alabama, a state characterized by low income, low education, and a large minority population that is medically under-served and at high risk for cancer and other chronic diseases.