Research Education Core

项目总结/摘要 庞塞健康科学大学（PHSU， 以前称为PSM）和莫菲特癌症中心（MCC）建立了一个教育管道， 解决已知导致癌症健康差距的几个已确定的障碍， 西班牙裔/拉丁裔（H/L）人口，特别是在波多黎各（PR）。其中包括H/L稀缺 癌症研究人员，癌症诊断处于更高级的阶段，减少了获得癌症护理的机会， 在临床癌症试验中代表性不足，对癌症研究和癌症控制的认识有限 在当地人口中。PSM-MCC伙伴关系区域经济共同体的总体目标是增加 基础科学研究者和临床研究科学家的数量和质量， 针对PR人群的预防性癌症医学研究。我们的核心切实改善并实现了 我们在上一个供资周期中确定的基准。在下一个周期，我们建议完善我们的 正在进行的活动，同时考虑到那些行之有效的努力， 不太成功。我们将在这两个机构提供严格和结构化的学生教育， 教师研究主持人/顾问和同行的职业指导和发展的综合网络。到 实现我们的目标参与者将在多个职业层次招募：PHSU研究生和医学生; MCC研究生和医科学生;以及PR居民和研究员。具体可衡量的目标， REC如下：（1）提供研究方法的教育，并提供具体的经验，以提高癌症 以波多黎各人和H/L人口为重点的研究;（2）加强健康方面的研究教育 在MCC的差距，并提供更多的机会，公关博士后研究员，和（3）支持 医学研究员和住院医生的职业生涯，以提高癌症临床研究能力，在公关和治疗 PR人口。这些目标的成功成果将扩大 波多黎各癌症研究人员，解决岛上西班牙裔健康差距，有助于长期 癌症研究教育基础设施在PHSU，并加强癌症研究，旨在改善 在PR和佛罗里达的西班牙裔人群中诊断和治疗癌症。REC将补充 并利用MCC和PHSU的现有计划，显著增强整体伙伴关系 目标，提供更训练有素的工作人员进行癌症相关的研究， 创建新的研究计划，解决西班牙裔人口中发现的健康差异。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Research Education Core (REC) of the Partnership between Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU, formerly known as PSM) and the Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC) has built an educational pipeline designed to address several identified barriers which are known to contribute towards cancer health disparities within the Hispanic/Latino (H/L) population and, particularly within Puerto Rico (PR). These include a scarcity of H/L cancer researchers, cancer diagnoses at a more advanced-stage, reduced access to cancer care, underrepresentation in clinical cancer trials, and limited awareness of cancer research and cancer control within the local population. The overall objective of the REC of the PSM-MCC Partnership is to increase the number and quality of basic science investigators and clinical research scientists focused on precision and preventative cancer medicine research for the PR population. Our core tangibly improved and achieved the benchmarks established in our previous cycle of funding. Under the next cycle we propose to refine our ongoing activities taking into consideration those endeavors that worked well while modifying those that were less successful. We will provide rigorous and structured student education at both institutions, with a comprehensive network of faculty research hosts/advisors and peers for career guidance and development. To achieve our goals participants will be recruited at multiple career levels: PHSU graduate and medical students; MCC graduate and medical students; and PR residents and fellows. The specific measurable objectives of the REC are as follows: (1) Provide education in research methods with specific experiences to enhance cancer research focused on the Puerto Rican and H/L populations; (2) Enhance research education in health disparities at MCC and provide additional opportunities for PR post-doctoral fellows, and (3) Support the careers of medical fellows and residents to enhance the cancer clinical research capacity in PR and treatment of the PR population. Successful outcomes from these goals will expand the numbers and achievements of Puerto Rican cancer investigators, address Hispanic health disparities on the Island, contribute to a long-term cancer research education infrastructure at PHSU, and augment cancer research aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the Hispanic population in both PR and Florida. The REC will complement and leverage the existing programs at both MCC and PHSU to significantly enhance the overall Partnership objectives by providing a better trained workforce to conduct cancer related research with the momentum to create new research initiatives addressing the health disparities found in Hispanic populations.