M.D. Anderson Education Program in Cancer Prevention

拟议的癌症预防教育计划的更新将继续支持八个 博士后和8个博士后(博士后)实习生职位。本项目已成功培训 超过80名新的调查人员，并已连续资助(R25CAsyyso)14年。实习生是 从基础生物医学、生物医学统计学、流行病学、遗传学、行为学和 社会科学、护理学、医学和相关公共卫生学科。招聘妇女(60%)和 少数族裔学员(27%)非常成功。受训人员是在基于以下条件的两级评审过程中选择的 根据他们提出的教育目标和指导研究项目的优点。申请者建议书， 以类似Koy的格式创建，由我们的顾问委员会和外部审查员小组进行审查 在癌症预防领域。这些建议描述了一个量身定做的教育计划，包括课程工作， 时间表、研究项目和教育目标。每项计划都基于 在至少两个已建立的导师的指导下，正在进行的同行评议的癌症预防研究项目 来自不同学科的调查人员。这个项目的成功激发了教职员工的热情 用于指导学员，有65名教职员工曾指导或共同指导我们的学员。实习生参加 多学科课程，包括癌症生物学、癌症预防、公共 健康，和行为科学，以及专业技能的特别研讨会，如赠款撰写和 公开演讲。博士后研究员需要准备和提交资助申请 训练。学员可以使用M.D.安德森医院现有的患者和研究方面的许多资源 用于预防干预研究的数据库和获取大量人口的机会；其他可用于 通过他们的教员导师培训的学员包括广泛的实验室和临床设施。此程序 继续吸引有前途的受训人员从事癌症预防工作，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，有4个实习生职位， 方案已逐步增加其能力，达到目前16个职位的水平。在同一时期， 在癌症预防方面的教员规模和资助的研究增加了八倍多，提供了 重要的培训资源。

The proposed renewal ofthe Education Program in Cancer Prevention will continue to support eight postdoctoral and eight predoctoral (post-Master's) trainee positions. This Programhas successfully trained more than 80 new investigators and has been continuously funded (R25CAsyyso) for 14years. Trainees are recruited from the basic biomedical sciences, biomedical statistics, epidemiology, genetics, behavioral and social sciences, nursing, medicine, and related public health disciplines. Recruitment ofwomen (60%) and minority trainees (27%)has been highly successful. Trainees are selected in a 2-level reviewprocess based on the merit oftheir proposed educational objectives and mentored research projects. Applicant proposals, created in a Koy-like format, are reviewed by both our AdvisoryCommitteeand a panel of external reviewers in the field of cancer prevention. These proposals describe a tailored .educationalplan includingcoursework, 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 success of this program has stimulated the faculty's enthusiasm for mentoring trainees, with 65 faculty having mentored or co-mentored our trainees. Trainees participate in a multidisciplinary curriculum that includes a core curriculumin cancer biology, cancer prevention, public health, and the behavioral sciences, plus special workshops in professional skills such as grant writing and public speaking. Postdoctoral fellows are required to prepare and submit grant applications during their training. Trainees have access to many resources at M. D.Anderson in its existing patient and research databases and access to large populations for prevention intervention studies; other resources available to trainees through their faculty mentors include extensive laboratory and clinical facilities. Thisprogram continues to attract promisingtrainees to careers in cancer prevention, 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 gradually increased its capacityto the present level of 16positions. During this same period, the size of the faculty and funded research in cancer prevention has grown more than eight-fold, providing a significant training resource.