Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations

描述（由申请人提供）：这是该计划的第二次也是最后一次修订申请。这个应用程序的目的是开发一个教育计划，激励和教育流行病学MPH学生追求职业生涯中的癌症流行病学研究在特殊人群中。 这将是一个新的课程驱动的程序，包括新的选修课程，特别研究，并在美国少数民族或其他国家的外国人口的短期研究为导向的实地经验。该计划将招募至少50名MPH学生，他们打算从事癌症流行病学的职业，并有兴趣在美国少数民族和/或国际环境中进行研究。很少有癌症流行病学家有技能和经验在少数民族环境中进行研究，包括对移民人口的研究。我们有兴趣和我们的教师和现场合作者之间的能力，在新的课程和专家现场指导，以研究生在拟议的程序提供课程教学。不幸的是，到目前为止，在国际和种族多样化的人口中进行教育和实地研究的重点和机会有限。该计划将把癌症定义为少数民族和国际环境中重要的教育和研究学科。它将吸引来自密歇根大学和其他美国大学的学生，他们对少数民族和国际人群的癌症流行病学感兴趣。 每年，我们部门接受75名新的MPH学生。所有MPH学生都必须有暑期实习项目，这是他们论文的基础。这些学生中约有40%参与了外国或种族多样化的项目，但95%的项目集中在与癌症无关的传染病上。我们的学生很少选择癌症主题为他们的实习，因为癌症的支持资金是不可用的，因为它是为其他主题。例如，去年我们的学生没有一个在癌症方面进行暑期实习，因为只有通过其他机构才能获得传染病培训的资金。实习前后的教育计划将使学生能够从事癌症研究。对学生、导师、课程和实地经验的评估将不断进行审查，年度评估报告将由教育委员会和外部顾问起草。通过该计划制定的战略和吸取的经验教训应广泛适用于其他美国公共卫生和生物医学癌症教育计划。我们计划通过与美国的伙伴关系传播该方案-有潜力和兴趣采用我们的计划的流行病学计划。我们计划举办宣传讲习班，以落实这些伙伴关系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the second and final revised application for this program. The objective of this application is to develop an educational program to motivate and educate epidemiology MPH students to pursue careers in cancer epidemiology research in special populations. This will be a new curriculum-driven program that includes new elective courses, special studies, and short- term research-oriented field experiences in minority populations in the U.S. or foreign populations in other countries. The program will recruit at least 50 MPH students who intend to have careers in cancer epidemiology and with interest in conducting research in U.S. minorities and/or international settings. There are few cancer epidemiologists who have the skills and experience to implement studies in minority settings, including the studies of migrant populations. We have the interest and capacity among our faculty and field collaborators to provide course instruction in the new curriculum and expert field mentorship to graduate students in the proposed program. Unfortunately, up until now, there has been limited emphasis and opportunities for education and field research in international and ethnically diverse populations. This proposed program will define cancer as an important educational and research discipline in minority and international settings. It will attract students from the University of Michigan and other U.S. universities who are interested in cancer epidemiology in minority and international populations. Annually, our department accepts 75 new MPH students. All MPH students are required to have summer internship projects which are the basis for their theses. Approximately 40 % of these students are involved in foreign or ethnically diverse projects, but 95% of the projects are focused on infectious diseases not related to cancer. Few of our students choose cancer topics for their internships because support funding for cancer is not available as it is for other topics. For example, none of our students did a summer internship on cancer last year because funding was only available for infectious disease training through other agencies. The educational program before and after the internships will equip the students to pursue careers in cancer research. Evaluation of students, mentors, curriculum, and field experience will be reviewed continuously and annual evaluation reports will be drafted by the Education Committee and external advisors. Strategies developed and lessons learned through this program should have widespread applicability to other U.S. public health and biomedical cancer education programs. We plan to disseminate the program through partnerships with U.S.-based epidemiology programs that have the potential and interest in adopting our program. We plan dissemination workshops to implement these partnerships.