Case CCC Youth Engaged in Science, 09/01/2022-08/31/2027

项目摘要/摘要 本次R25青年享受科学(是)资助申请来自俄亥俄州克利夫兰凯斯西储大学凯斯综合癌症中心，旨在支持、发展和实施激动人心的教育、研究沉浸、外展和课程开发活动，以吸引和指导中学和高中的URM学生进步到大学本科生和科学教师，以增强癌症医疗和研究队伍的多样性。该计划是Case CCC与克利夫兰大都会学区和东克利夫兰学校周边地区学校之间的合作伙伴关系，支持CWRU与克利夫兰大都会学区和东克利夫兰学校的所有癌症相关研究工作，这两个学区都是经济和学业困难的城市学区。克利夫兰被公认为美国最贫穷的主要城市之一。这项针对URM学生、他们的老师和家庭的R25计划，是对我们成功的针对高中生的科学丰富和机会计划以及我们在R25 YES计划中的经验的扩展。这些项目旨在吸引来自CMSD的有前途的高中生与SOM教职员工互动，参与令人兴奋的纵向研究体验，提高学生在生物医学研究和医疗保健专业追求职业生涯的兴趣，特别是与癌症相关的职业。R25 YES计划扩展并加强了我们的努力，以提供协调有序的综合方法，包括1)学习击败癌症，这是一个旨在让URM克利夫兰地区的中学生、他们的家人和教师获得癌症预防和癌症研究机会的计划；2)研究击败癌症，这是一个旨在吸引有前途的URM克利夫兰高中和本科生参加Case CCC癌症教育和研究沉浸机会的计划；和3)Teach to Beats癌症计划，旨在为URM学生的教师提供特殊的研究和教育机会，以提高他们与癌症相关的知识和教育技能，参与课程开发，并提高他们的热情和能力，以促进癌症研究领域的职业和生物医学工作人员的多样性，以及进一步参与社区，增加与Case CCC的互动。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The overall objective of this R25 Youth Enjoy Science (YES) Grant Application from the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, aims to support, develop and implement exciting education, research immersion, outreach and curriculum development activities to attract and mentor URM students in middle and high school progressing to college undergraduate and science teachers to enhance diversity of the cancer healthcare and research workforce. This program is a partnership between the Case CCC, supporting all cancer related research efforts at CWRU with the surrounding area schools of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and East Cleveland Schools, both of which are an economically and academically challenged urban school districts. Cleveland is recognized as being one of the poorest major cities in the U.S. This R25 program for URM students, their teachers and families build, and expands on our successful high school student targeted, Scientific Enrichment and Opportunity Program and our experience with the R25 YES Program. These programs have been developed to engage promising high school students from the CMSD to interact with the SOM faculty, to participate in exciting, longitudinal research experience, to enhance student interest in pursuing careers in biomedical research and healthcare professions, especially as they relate to cancer. The R25 YES Program extends and enhances our efforts to provide a coordinated sequentially integrated approach consisting of 1) Learn to Beat Cancer, a program targeted to engage URM Cleveland area middle school students, their families and teachers to become knowledgeable about cancer prevention and cancer research opportunities; 2) Research to Beat Cancer, a program designed to attract promising URM Cleveland high school and undergraduate students to cancer education and research immersion opportunities at the Case CCC; and 3) Teach to Beat Cancer, a program designed to provide special research and education opportunities for teachers of URM students to enhance their cancer related knowledge and education skills, engage in curriculum development and enhance their enthusiasm and ability to promote careers in cancer research and diversity in the biomedical work force as well as to further engage the community for increased interaction with the Case CCC.