Partners Research Education Program

项目总结/摘要 非裔美国人是美国任何种族或族裔群体中癌症负担最高的。的 本U 54提案的研究教育核心将提供研究经验和专业 发展活动，以支持我们的长期目标：发展一支致力于 消除癌症患病率、筛查、诊断和治疗方面的差距。癌症伙伴 研究教育计划，作为UNC-Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer 中心，北卡罗来纳大学-吉林斯全球公共卫生学院和北卡罗来纳州中央大学（NCCU），是 实现这一目标的工具。目的一是提供一个密集的NCCU本科生（合作伙伴研究员） 介绍基础癌症实验室研究或公共卫生癌症预防研究， 学年和夏季研究经验。目标二是促进研究员的专业发展 技能和欣赏癌症研究的跨学科性质。这一目标将得以实现 （a）协助研究员发展必要的专业技能， 进入生物医学科学或公共卫生领域的竞争性研究生院和专业学校， （B）为研究员提供跨学科的教育经验， 建立对公共卫生，社会，行为和生物医学科学研究的基本理解。而 目标1和2集中于NCCU学生，目标3将促进夏季癌症研究经验， 在NCCU实验室为UNC-CH学生提供专业发展。

Project Summary/Abstract African Americans carry the highest cancer burden of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. The Research Education Core of this U54 proposal will provide research experiences and professional development activities in support of our long-term goal: the development of a workforce devoted to eliminating disparities in cancer prevalence, screening, diagnosis, and treatment. The Partners Cancer Research Education program, developed as a collaboration between UNC-Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the UNC-Gillings School of Global Public Health, and North Carolina Central University (NCCU), is the vehicle for reaching this goal. Aim 1 is to provide NCCU undergraduates (Partners Fellows) with an intensive introduction to either basic cancer laboratory research or to public health cancer prevention research through academic year and summer research experiences. Aim 2 is to facilitate Fellows’ development of professional skills and an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of cancer research. This aim will be accomplished through two complimentary sub-aims: (a) Assist Fellows in developing the professional skills necessary to gain admission to competitive graduate and professional schools in the biomedical sciences or in public health and to successfully complete those programs; (b) Provide Fellows an interdisciplinary educational experience to build a basic understanding of research in public health, social, behavioral and biomedical sciences. While Aims 1 and 2 concentrate on.NCCU students, Aim 3 will facilitate summer cancer research experiences and professional development for UNC-CH students in laboratories at NCCU.