Cancer Research Career Enhancement and Related Activitites

癌症研究职业发展及相关活动 培训未来的癌症研究人员，并提供丰富的指导环境 对于不同兴趣和背景的教师来说，这是实现MCC培养高影响力的目标的核心 改变癌症预防、检测和治疗的发现。MCC教师参加一个 优秀的培训计划和活动的管道，提高当前和未来的技能 一代癌症研究者。这些努力旨在提供高质量的培训， 有能力对癌症的生物学做出新的发现，并将其转化为新的治疗策略， 并促进MCC和社区临床医生和卫生保健工作者的应用。MCC的目标 癌症研究职业促进和相关活动（CRCERA）的核心是吸引有才华的人 尽早进入癌症研究领域（从高中开始，一直延伸到 本科生，研究生/医学生，研究生/博士后，教师和医疗保健提供者在我们的 社区），并支持和提高研究技能和每个人追求的表现， 从事癌症研究。核心的使命是支持各级学员在他们的癌症为重点的职业生涯 通过职业提升活动的创新。它还旨在吸引和支持多样化和强大的癌症 整个圣地亚哥地区的研究人员。CRCERA将通过以下方式实现这些目标： 以下具体目标：1）为高中和本科生提供一个容易获得的渠道 学生，包括代表性不足的少数民族，走向实验室或临床为基础的癌症研究事业。 2)为研究生提供多学科癌症研究和培训机会，MD/PhD 候选人和医学生。3)提供职业提升活动、资助及 为研究生研究员和各级教师提供指导。4)提供专业发展活动 社区医疗保健合作伙伴的癌症护理。MCC的研究教育和培训方法是 基于以下组合：i）通过让他们参与癌症研究来吸引有才华的个人进入该领域 甚至从高中开始; ii）提供无数的癌症研究教育和培训 在与生物学，预防，检测，癌症治疗有关的所有主要学科的机会; 和癌症患者的生活质量; iii）在本科，研究生， 和研究生水平的基础，转化，人口和临床科学;四）创建MCC- 管理计划，反映了该中心的多样性和差异研究的承诺，并继续 社区保健工作者的教育;以及，v）与财团和其他地方机构合作 合作伙伴创造和维持以癌症为重点的相关研究培训和教育机会。具体 CRCERA核心的优势包括强大的区域培训和教育伙伴关系以及MCC 绝对致力于接触圣地亚哥地区服务不足的少数民族。

CANCER RESEARCH CAREER ENHANCEMENT AND RELATED ACTIVITIES ABSTRACT Training future cancer researchers across the science spectrum and providing a rich mentoring environment for faculty of diverse interests and backgrounds is central to realizing MCC’s goal of fostering high-impact discoveries that transform the prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer. MCC faculty participate in a pipeline of outstanding training programs and activities that enhance the skills of the current and the next generation of cancer researchers. These efforts are aimed at providing high-quality training that increase the ability to make novel discoveries about the biology of cancer, translate these into novel therapeutic strategies, and facilitate their application by MCC and community clinicians and health care workers. The goal of the MCC Cancer Research Career Enhancement and Related Activities (CRCERA) core is to attract talented individuals into the field of cancer research as early as possible (beginning with high school and extending through undergraduate, graduate/medical student, postgraduate/postdoctoral, faculty, and healthcare providers in our community), and to support and enhance the research skills and performance of each person pursuing a career in cancer research. The Core’s mission is to support trainees at all levels in their cancer-focused career by innovating in career enhancement activities. It also aims to attract and support a diverse and robust cancer research workforce throughout the San Diego area. CRCERA will accomplish these goals by pursuing the following Specific Aims: 1) To provide an easily accessible conduit for high school and undergraduate students, including underrepresented minorities, towards laboratory or clinical-based cancer research careers. 2) To provide multidisciplinary cancer research and training opportunities for graduate students, MD/PhD candidates, and medical students. 3) To provide career enhancement activities, funding support and mentorship for postgraduate fellows and all levels of faculty. 4) To provide professional development activities in cancer care for community health care partners. MCC’s approach to research education and training is based on a combination of: i) attracting talented individuals into the field by engaging them in cancer research starting even at the high school level; ii) providing a myriad of cancer research education and training opportunities in all the major disciplines that relate to the biology, prevention, detection, treatment of cancer; and to the quality of life of cancer patients; iii) offering formal degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels in the basic, translational, population, and clinical sciences; iv) creating MCC- managed programs that reflect the center’s commitment to diversity and disparities research and to continuing education for community health care workers; and, v) partnering with consortium and other local institutional partners to create and sustain relevant cancer-focused research training and education opportunities. Specific strengths of the CRCERA core include strong regional training and educational partnerships and MCC’s absolute commitment to reach underserved minorities in the San Diego area.