Education-Outreach Unit

摘要 Moffitt-PSOC教育的核心是一年一度的创新、独特和紧张的一周 跨学科实践工作坊加速培训下一代综合癌症 研究人员。未来癌症研究的领导者必须精通定量和生命的界面 科学。该研讨会使用当前的中心项目来教授临床观察、生物学 实验和数学模型，以破译肿瘤的启动、促进和进展，并预测 对各种治疗方式的反应。每个小组由PSOC调查人员领导，将由以下人员组成 具有不同科学专业知识的学生、博士后和教职员工。在为期5天的紧张研讨会上， 每个团队将为特定项目开发量化模型，为试点制定一套具体目标 拨款提案，并做一个简短的演示文稿，由资深科学家和 患者权益倡导者。莫菲特癌症中心承诺以5万美元的试点资金资助最好的赠款申请 未来5年的项目奖励，以促进项目的继续。Moffitt-PSOC将分配 提供资金，以便对前景看好的试点项目进行竞争性续签，以便能够收集以下项目的初步数据 成功的外部资金申请。鼓励财团中心的参与，以促进 PSOC调查人员之间的密切合作。中心学生和博士后研究员将参加 青年调查员交流计划和职业提升教育研讨会。为了激发人们对 将定量科学应用于肿瘤学早期，我们将实施各种新的实习 课程范围从高中生的研究经验，到大学本科生和研究生 学生实习。莫菲特外联中心推出了新的计划，在 肿瘤学向普通公众开放。PSOC公开晚间讲座，以及参与和支持 在坦帕湾举行的一年一度的品脱科学节，将以外行的方式介绍跨学科的癌症研究 并将为当地社区提供机会，与著名科学家进行直接的科学对话 研究人员。外展和培训讲座以及编写的课程材料和科学项目 在我们专业设计的中心专用网站上提供并存档。

Summary Central to the Moffitt-PSOC Education core is an annual innovative, unique, and intense one-week interdisciplinary hands-on workshop to accelerate the training of the next generation of integrated cancer researchers. Future leaders in cancer research must be well-versed at the interface of quantitative and life sciences. The workshop uses current Center projects to teach integration of clinical observations, biological experiments, and mathematical modeling to decipher tumor initiation, promotion and progression, and predict response to a variety of treatment modalities. Each team, led by PSOC investigators, will be comprised of students, postdocs, and faculty members with different scientific expertise. During the intense 5-day workshop, each team will develop quantitative models for the specific projects, develop a set of specific aims for a pilot grant proposal, and give a short presentation that will be critically evaluated by a panel of senior scientists and patient advocates. Moffitt Cancer Center has committed to funding the best grant applications with a $50K pilot project award for the next 5 years in order to facilitate project continuation. The Moffitt-PSOC will allocate funding to enable competitive renewals of promising pilot projects to enable collection of preliminary data for successful extramural funding applications. Participation from Consortium centers is encouraged to foster close collaborations between PSOC investigators. Center students and postdoctoral fellows will participate in young investigator exchange programs and career enhancing education workshops. To spark interest in the application of quantitative sciences in oncology early in life, we will implement a variety of new internship programs ranging from high-school student research experiences, to college undergraduate and graduate student internships. The Moffitt Outreach core introduces novel programs to present physical sciences in oncology to the general public. PSOC public evening lectures, as well as participation in and support of the annual Pint of Science festival in Tampa Bay, will introduce interdisciplinary cancer research in layman terms and will offer opportunities for the local community to engage in a direct science dialogue with eminent researchers. Outreach and training lectures as well as developed course materials and science projects will be made available and archived on our professionally designed Center-dedicated website.