M.D. Anderson Education Program in Cancer Prevention

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的癌症预防教育计划续期将继续支持8个博士后和8个博士后(博士后)实习生职位。该项目已经成功地培训了115多名新的调查人员，并连续资助了19年(R25 CA57730)。该项目对多样性、职业发展和跨学科合作的独特强调，使其在定位受训人员在不断发展的癌症预防领域担任领导角色方面与众不同。学员来自基础生物医学、生物医学统计学、流行病学、遗传学、行为和社会科学、护理学、医学和相关公共卫生学科。招募妇女(67%)和少数族裔受训人员(29%)非常成功。受训者在两级评审过程中根据他们提出的教育目标和指导研究项目的优点进行挑选。申请者的建议由我们的咨询委员会和癌症预防领域的外部审查小组进行审查。这些建议描述了一个量身定做的教育计划，包括课程、时间表、研究项目和教育目标。每个计划都基于在至少两名来自不同学科的成熟研究人员的指导下进行的同行评议的癌症预防研究项目中的实践经验。该项目的成功激发了教职员工指导学员的热情，已有90多名教职员工指导或共同指导了我们的学员。该计划的创新传统不仅体现在它接受的建议的选择上，而且还体现在与癌症预防研究领域的新发展保持同步上。一个例子是我们开发了一门课程，要求项目实习生学习生物行为研究方法。学员参加了一个多学科课程，其中包括癌症生物学、癌症预防、公共卫生和行为科学的核心课程，以及专业技能方面的特别研讨会，如撰写K07职业发展奖和公共演讲。博士后研究员需要在培训期间准备和提交资助申请。受训人员可以通过机构访问患者和研究数据库，如我们的墨西哥裔美国人队列，以及大量人口(休斯顿大都市区有600万人)进行预防干预研究，以及广泛的实验室和临床设施。这个项目继续吸引有前途的实习生， 指导他们的研究，并以癌症预防研究为重点开始他们的职业生涯。从1992年开始，该方案从4个实习生职位增加到16个职位。癌症预防方面的教员规模和资助的研究增加了15倍以上，提供了重要的培训资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed renewal of the Education Program in Cancer Prevention will continue to support eight postdoctoral and eight predoctoral (post-Master's) trainee positions. This Program has successfully trained more than 115 new investigators and has been continuously funded (R25 CA57730) for 19 years. The program's unique emphasis on diversity, career develoment, and interdisciplinary collaboration sets it apart in positioning trainees to assume leadership roles in the evolving field of cancer prevention. Trainees are recruited from the basic biomedical sciences, biomedical statistics, epidemiology, genetics, behavioral and social sciences, nursing, medicine, and related public health disciplines. Recruitment of women (67%) and minority trainees (29%) has been highly successful. Trainees are selected in a 2-level review process based on the merit of their proposed educational objectives and mentored research projects. Applicant proposals are reviewed by both our Advisory Committee and a panel of external reviewers in the field of cancer prevention. These proposals describe a tailored educational plan including coursework, a timeline, research project, and educational objectives. Each plan is based on hands-on experience in ongoing peer-reviewed cancer prevention research projects under the mentorship of at least two established investigators from different disciplines. The program's success has stimulated the faculty's enthusiasm for mentoring trainees, with more than 90 faculty having mentored or co-mentored our trainees. The program's tradition of innovation is evident not only in the choice of proposals it accepts, but also in keeping pace with new developments in the field of cancer prevention research. One example is our development of a course in bio-behavioral research methods required for program trainees. Trainees participate in a multidisciplinary curriculum that includes a core curriculum in cancer biology, cancer prevention, public health, and the behavioral sciences, plus special workshops in professional skills such as writing K07 career development awards and public speaking. Postdoctoral fellows are required to prepare and submit grant applications during their training. Trainees have institutional access to patient and research databases, such as our Mexican-American Cohort, and to large populations (6 million in the Houston metro area) for prevention intervention studies, as well as extensive laboratory and clinical facilities. This program continues to attract promising trainees, to mentor their research, and to launch their careers with a cancer prevention research focus. Starting in 1992 with 4 trainee positions, the program has increased to 16 positions. The size of the faculty and funded research in cancer prevention has grown more than fifteen-fold, providing a significant training resource.