CSULA-COH Collaborative to Study Cancer Disparities

描述(由申请人提供)：我们建议在少数族裔服务机构加州州立大学洛杉矶分校(CSULA)和NCI指定的综合癌症中心希望之城(COH)之间建立一个研究和培训合作项目。CSULA/COH癌症合作中心的目标是：1)提高少数族裔学生和少数族裔教员参与癌症研究的程度和能力，特别是在涉及少数族裔人群癌症差异的情况下；2)在分子、行为和心理社会层面上增加我们对少数族裔人群癌症差异的了解。从结构上讲，癌症协作组将由五个部分组成：a)行政核心；b)内部咨询委员会(IAC)；c)试点项目学院；d)实验室导师；e)CSULA学生。F)行政核心，包括首席调查员，将安排合作活动，完成进度报告，并最终负责癌症协作组的总体财务和行政业务。委员会将就计划决定向私人投资主任提供意见、检讨和遴选试验计划拨款建议、监察其进度、检讨和监察少数族裔教师的职业生涯。启动发展计划，批准选择学生参加培训计划并监督他们的进度，试点项目教师和实验室导师将在CSULA和GoH调查人员之间形成合作，共同撰写研究提案，执行研究，发表文章，并指导CSULA学生。CSULA和GoH的少数族裔教员研究人员将制定和完成个性化的职业发展计划，其中将包括共同发展和参与试点项目，并将利用COH的许多癌症相关资源。该合作项目还将培训CSULA的学生进行癌症研究，其中一些学生将有资格通过即将建立的CSULA-COH管道机制进入COH的生物学院研究生院。协作组还将通过杰出演讲者系列提高研究人员和学生对少数群体癌症差异的认识，并促进试点项目向RO1级资助的过渡。这些活动将有助于缩小代表人数不足的少数群体与多数群体之间的保健差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to create a research and training collaborative program between the California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), a Minority Serving Institution, and the City of Hope (COH), an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. The goals of the CSULA/COH Cancer Collaborative are: 1) to increase the participation and capacity of minority students and minority faculty in cancer research, especially as It relates to cancer disparities among minority populations; and 2) to increase our understanding, at the molecular, behavioral and psychosocial levels, of cancer disparities among minority populations. Structurally, the Cancer Collaborative will consist of five components: a) the Administrative Core; b) the Internal Advisory Committee (IAC); c) the Pilot Project Faculty; d) the Laboratory Mentors; and e) the CSULA students. f) The Administrative Core, which includes the Principal Investigators (PI's), will arrange collaborative activities, complete progress reports and, ultimately, is responsible for the overall fiscal and administrative operations of the Cancer Collaborative. The IAC will advise the PIs on programmatic decisions, review and select pilot project proposals for funding and monitor their progress, review and monitor minority faculty career. Initiating Development plans and approving selection of students into the training program and monitor their progress, The Pilot Project Faculty and the Laboratory Mentors will form collaborations between CSULA and GOH investigators, co-write research proposals, perform research, publish articles, and mentor CSULA students. Minority faculty investigators at CSULA and GOH will develop and complete individualized career development plans that will include co-development and participation in Pilot Projects and that will take advantage of the many cancer-related resources at COH. The Collaborative will also train CSULA students in cancer research and some of these students will be eligible for admission into COH's Graduate School of: Biological School through a CSULA-COH pipeline mechanism to be established. The Collaborative will also increase awareness of researchers and students of minority population cancer disparities through a Distinguished Speaker Series, and promote the transition of Pilot Projects to RO1-level funding. These activities will help to narrow the gap in health care disparities between the underrepresented minority populations and the majority population.