Pathways to Cancer Research

摘要 弗雷德·哈钦森癌症研究中心的“癌症研究之路”旨在 实现国家卫生研究院和国家癌症研究所扩大参与的目标 科学领域中不同人群的多样性，从而增加了科学工作者的多样性。我们会 制定三项相互关联的教育战略，以增加任职人数不足和 经济困难的学生被科学、技术、工程和数学所吸引和留住 (STEM)作为研究职业生涯准备的途径：1)对于教师，提供多年的指导 研究经验，提供专业成长，增加对科学职业的理解，以及 结果是，课程将吸引学生。课程设计将与工作人员、顾问、 和FHCRC的科学家，并在Path的学生和教师的课堂上进行了测试；2)对于早期高中 学校学生，制定一个为期两周的介绍性外展计划，以增加符合条件的年轻人池 对一般科学特别是癌症研究感兴趣的学生；以及3)预科本科生 学生，创建个性化的、有指导的多年实习计划，以增加留住 在STEM途径中代表不足的学生，目的是追求癌症研究事业。这 该计划为学生提供了坚实的科学基础和专业准备，并建立了他们作为 科学家。我们的方法利用了FHCRC的广泛资源，包括一大批致力于 科学家，最先进的设施，安全培训实验室，以及两个现有的FHCRC实习计划。两个人 现有的计划(针对高中高年级学生和大学高年级学生)在指出 在我们的教育体系中存在差距，并为我们的计划设计提供了信息，从而产生了 癌症研究事业发展的综合路径。

ABSTRACT “Pathways to Cancer Research” at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) is designed to meet the goals of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute of broadening participation of diverse populations in science and thereby increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce. We will develop three interrelated educational strategies that will increase the number of underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students attracted to and retained in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) pathways as preparation for research careers: 1) For teachers, provide a multi-year mentored research experience that provides professional growth, increases understanding of scientific careers, and results in curricula that will engage students. The curricula will be designed in collaboration with staff, advisors, and FHCRC scientists, and tested with Pathways students as well as in teachers' classrooms; 2) For early high school students, develop a two-week introductory outreach program that increases the pool of eligible young students interested in science in general and cancer research in particular; and 3) For early undergraduate students, create an individualized, mentored, multi-year internship program that increases the retention of underrepresented students in STEM pathways for the purpose of pursuing cancer research careers. This program gives students a strong scientific foundation, professional preparation, and builds their identity as scientists. Our approach leverages the extensive resources of FHCRC including a large faculty of committed scientists, state of the art facilities, safe training labs, and two existing FHCRC internship programs. The two existing programs (for seniors in high school and seniors in college) have been instrumental in pointing out gaps in our educational continuum and have informed our program design resulting in a holistic, comprehensive pathway for cancer research career development.