Training and Education Program

摘要(培训计划) 低收入农村社区遭受着异常高的癌症负担，包括较低的筛查率， 发现的后期，发病率和死亡率高，生存差。我们已经建立了合作伙伴关系 南伊利诺伊大学医学院(SIUSM)是一所以社区为基础的医学院 他们的主要服务人群经历了显著的癌症差异，Siteman癌症中心位于 圣路易斯华盛顿大学(WUSTL)，NCI指定的综合性癌症中心。我们的短期计划 目标是在SIUSM建设癌症研究能力，为教师提供从事交叉研究的机会 机构癌症研究，并支持博士后研究员和早期研究人员在 农村癌症差异研究的成功平台。我们的长期目标是创造一个可持续的 计划支持SIUSM和SCC调查人员进行高质量的研究，以解决 伊利诺伊州南部和中部的人们经历了巨大的癌症差异。农村癌症 差异培训、教育和职业发展计划解决了所有这些目标。具体来说， 本培训计划的目标是：(1)建立和保持一支训练有素的癌症差距和 SIUSM的人口健康调查人员拥有成功竞争NIH和 其他赠款；(2)为以下方面建立正式和非正式的合作、指导和网络机会 SIUSM和SCC癌症差异研究人员，以支持研究人员的成功和推进研究 职业；以及(3)为培训计划制定评估指标和跟踪计划。要实现这些目标 目标，我们将选择SIUSM实习生/教师参加WUSTL的硕士水平研究学位课程 针对临床和其他博士，我们将实施新的联合农村卫生研讨会系列， 在我们的校园之间轮流。我们还将创建一个交流计划，以帮助学生、实习生和 教员在合作园区的实验室/工作组中进行访问和轮换；改变当前研讨会的结构 在两个校区使用远程学习促进合作伙伴网站的参与。最后，我们将发展 跟踪和评价进程，以监测和严格检查我们的执行情况和影响 活动。我们相信，这些活动不仅将为早期调查人员提供培训，还将支持 研究人员在农村癌症差异研究的职业生涯中取得进展。随着我们在我们的 合作培训活动，我们设想申请NIH资金，以支持额外的和补充的 培训计划(例如，R25或T32资助的机会)。

ABSTRACT (TRAINING PROGRAM) Low-income rural communities suffer from disparately high cancer burden, including lower rates of screening, later stage at detection, higher incidence and mortality, and poorer survival. We have formed a Partnership between the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIUSM), a community-based medical school whose primary service population experiences significant cancer disparities, and the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St Louis (WUSTL), a NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our short-term goals are to build cancer research capacity at SIUSM, provide opportunities for faculty to engage in cross- institutional cancer research, and support postdoctoral fellows and early stage investigators in building successful platforms for rural cancer disparity research. Our long-term goal is to create a sustainable program to support SIUSM and SCC investigators in conducting high-quality research to address the substantial cancer disparities experienced by the people of southern and central Illinois. The Rural Cancer Disparities Training, Education, and Career Development Program address all of these goals. Specifically, this Training Program aims to: (1) Create and maintain a cadre of well-trained cancer disparity and population health investigators at SIUSM with the skills and knowledge to compete successfully for NIH and other grants; (2) Establish formal and informal collaborations, mentors, and networking opportunities for SIUSM and SCC cancer disparity researchers in order to support investigator success and advance research careers; and (3) Develop evaluation metrics and tracking programs for the Training Program. To achieve these goals, we will select SIUSM trainees/faculty to participate in WUSTL's masters level research degree programs aimed at clinical and other doctorates and we will implement a new joint rural health seminar series that alternates between our campuses. We will also create an exchange program to help students, trainees, and faculty visit and rotate at labs/workgroups at the partner campus; and change the structure of current seminars at both campuses to facilitate participation from the partner site using distance learning. Last, we will develop tracking and evaluation processes to monitor and critically examine our implementation and impact of activities. We believe that these activities will not only offer training to early investigators, they will support investigators as they progress in their careers in rural cancer disparity research. As we grow in our collaborative training activities, we envision applying for NIH funding to support additional and complementary training initiatives (e.g., R25 or T32 funded opportunities).