Partnership Training Program

非裔美国人是美国所有种族或族裔群体中癌症负担最重的。多种因素（社会、经济、遗传、营养和行为）导致了非裔美国人的高发病率和死亡率，要找出每一种因素的作用，需要大量和持续的研究工作。非裔美国人社区成员参与癌症研究的各个方面对这项努力的成功至关重要。北卡罗来纳中央大学（ncccu）和北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校莱恩伯格综合癌症中心（UNCCH/LCCC）之间的合作伙伴关系，以前通过U56奖资助，为一个机构间培训计划奠定了基础，为本科生提供动力，追求基础癌症研究和公共卫生的职业生涯。该提案要求支持建立一个独特的两年制项目，称为“合作伙伴”，旨在实现我们的目标，即增加来自北卡罗来纳大学和北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的本科生的数量，这些学生成功地从事致力于寻找癌症的原因、治疗方法和预防策略的职业，这些癌症对少数民族，特别是非洲裔美国人的影响很大。合作伙伴的具体目标

African Americans carry the highest cancer burden of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. A variety of factors (social, economic, genetic, nutritional and behavioral) contribute to the high rate of incidence and mortality among African Americans, and sorting out the contributions of each will require substantial and sustained research effort. Participation by members of the African American community in all aspects of cancer research is crucial to the success of this endeavor. The partnership between North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and the UNC-Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNCCH/LCCC), previously funded through a U56 award, has laid the groundwork for an inter-institutional training program for undergraduate students who are motivated to pursue careers in basic cancer research and in public health. This proposal requests support for the establishment of a unique 2 year program, called "Partners", designed to meet our goal of increasing the number of undergraduate students from both NCCU and UNC-Chapel Hill who successfully pursue careers devoted to finding causes, cures, and prevention strategies for cancers that disproportionately affect minorities, particularly African Americans. The Specific Aims of the Partners Program are as follows: (1) Provide NCCU undergraduate students with an intensive introduction to either basic cancer laboratory research or to the field of public health through a summer educational experience. (2) Assist students 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. (3) During the academic year following the summer research experience, provide students both discipline-specific training to further develop research skills in their field and interdisciplinary cross-training to build a basic foundation for interdisciplinary research in public health and social, behavioral and biomedical sciences. (4) Facilitate cancer research experiences for UNC-CH students in laboratories and research centers, and in public health-related departments at NCCU.