Career Enhancement Program

项目摘要--职业提升计划(CEP) 尽管最近有所增长，部分是由希尔曼癌症中心(HCC)HN孢子资助的研究推动的， 头颈部鳞状细胞癌(HNSCC)的翻译研究落后于许多其他肿瘤 恶性肿瘤。肝细胞癌HN孢子处于独特的地位，可以在过去的成功基础上再接再厉，培育下一代 研究HNSCC的一代翻译科学家。中国石油天然气集团公司的职业提升计划(CEP HN孢子的设计目的是吸引、教育和指导一群致力于 认识和根除HNSCC。肝细胞癌和匹兹堡大学已经承诺了大量的 为这一努力提供资金和基础设施，并进行机构匹配，使CEP奖项的数量翻一番 每年给一次。此外，肝细胞癌HN孢子致力于多样性，最近建立了 与约翰·霍普金斯大学、霍华德大学、埃默里大学和梅哈里医学院合作 增加代表人数不足的少数群体参与人寿保险HN孢子CEP，并确实通过 节目的全部内容。此外，我们还任命图利亚·布鲁诺博士为CEP联席主任。她是 前CEP获奖者，HCC妇女特别工作组成员(由Ferris博士于晚些时候发起的倡议 2017年，在癌症中心女性教职员工中解决性别问题)，并联合领导 科学女性协会匹兹堡分会，以帮助增加我们的女性数量 申请者和获奖者。 潜在的CEP获奖者将是HNSCC研究的新手，要么是因为他们是初级教员，要么是 建立自己的职业生涯；研究其他科学问题的老牌研究人员，希望过渡到 HNSCC；或精通临床试验设计和执行的临床研究人员希望 拓宽他们的翻译研究经验。这些奖项的评选过程是严格的，包括 HNSCC研究的方方面面。一旦获奖，CEP受赠者将定期与更成熟的 HNSCC调查员，有成功指导的记录，以及指导团队。他们 将被鼓励参加临床和翻译研究的课程，并参加模拟研究 他们的校外资金申请将由他们的指导团队评分的部分。这样做的目的是 计划是将CEP获奖者的研究发展到更大的项目以及多样化的下一代 HNSCC的研究人员。

PROJECT SUMMARY – CAREER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (CEP) Despite recent gains, driven in part by Hillman Cancer Center (HCC) HN SPORE-funded research, translational research in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) lags that of many other malignancies. The HCC HN SPORE is uniquely positioned to build upon its past successes and foster the next generation of translational scientists studying HNSCC. The Career Enhancement Program (CEP) of the HCC HN SPORE has been designed to attract, educate and mentor a new, diverse group of scientists committed to understanding and eradicating HNSCC. HCC and the University of Pittsburgh have committed substantial funding and infrastructure to this endeavor, with institutional matching to double the number of CEP awards given annually. Moreover, the HCC HN SPORE is committed to diversity and has recently established collaborations with Johns Hopkins, Howard University, Emory University and Meharry Medical College to increase the participation of under-represented minorities in the HCC HN SPORE CEP and, indeed, through the entirety of the program. In addition, we have appointed Dr. Tullia Bruno, as Co-Director of the CEP. She is a previous CEP awardee, member of the HCC Women’s Task Force (an initiative launched by Dr. Ferris in late 2017, which addresses gender issues among the female faculty at the Cancer Center) and co-leader of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association for Women in Science, to assist in increasing our number of female applicants and awardees. Potential CEP awardees will be new to the study of HNSCC, either because they are junior faculty who are establishing their careers; established investigators studying other scientific questions who wish to transition to HNSCC; or clinical investigators well versed in the design and performance of clinical trials who wish to broaden their translation research experience. The selection process for these awards are rigorous and include all aspects of HNSCC research. Once awarded, the CEP grantee will meet regularly with a more established HNSCC investigator with an established record of successful mentorship as well as a mentoring team. They will be encouraged to participate in courses in clinical and translational research and participate in mock study sections where their extramural funding applications will be scored by their mentoring team. The goal of this program is to develop CEP awardees research into larger projects as well as diverse next generation of HNSCC researchers.