Surgical Oncology Research Training

描述(由申请者提供)：佛罗里达大学的外科肿瘤学研究培训计划旨在为学员提供在外科肿瘤学和基础科学研究领域从事职业所必需的技能。我们的目标是培训寻求翻译癌症研究作为其外科肿瘤学学术生涯的重要组成部分的个人。为了实现我们的目标，受训者将由一名基础科学导师和一名临床导师指导。基础科学导师将为基础科学项目提供持续的指导和监督，而临床导师将确保受训者了解其研究的临床背景。独立资助的癌细胞信号和细胞死亡、癌症遗传学和干细胞生物学领域的研究导师和临床活跃、资助的临床导师和该计划的执行委员会将协助学员进行课程开发、项目选择、研究开展、临床相关性和项目评估。每季度，实习生、研究导师、临床导师和执行委员会将开会审查数据并为项目提供指导。随着受训者的成熟，他们将被期望在国家会议上展示他们的发现，并将他们的工作提交给影响较大的期刊。执行委员会寻求招募对外科肿瘤学感兴趣的高素质申请者。此外，我们将征求代表性不足的少数族裔的申请。每年将有一名学员被录取参加该项目，每年总共有两名学员参加该项目。具体地说，该计划旨在实现以下具体目标：1)推进综合外科肿瘤学基础科学计划，以促进学术外科肿瘤学家的发展；2)创建一个促进跨学科方法进行翻译肿瘤学研究的计划；3)制定一个培训计划，以吸引高素质的候选人，包括代表不足的少数族裔。在完成该计划后，受训人员应具备获得著名外科肿瘤学奖学金所需的技能，追求学术外科肿瘤学的职业生涯，并最终成为推进癌症患者护理的新型研究的领导者。 相关性：佛罗里达州是人口第四多的州，但就估计的新诊断癌症病例而言，它是全国第二大州。此外，一些证据表明，佛罗里达州的癌症治疗落后于我们的同龄人。因此，作为该州唯一的外科肿瘤学基础科学培训计划，目标是增加受过基础科学培训的外科肿瘤学家的数量，他们可以通过研究和临床护理来促进癌症患者的护理

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Surgical Oncology Research Training Program at the University of Florida is designed to provide trainees with the skill set necessary to pursue a career in both surgical oncology and basic science research. We aim to train individuals who seek translational cancer research as a significant component of their academic career in surgical oncology. To accomplish our purpose, trainees w ill be mentored by both a basic science preceptor and a clinical preceptor. The basic science preceptor will provide continual guidance and oversight of a basic science project whereas the clinical preceptor will ensure that the trainee understands the clinical context of their research. Independently-funded research preceptors in the fields of cancer cell signaling and cell death, cancer genetics and stem cell biology and clinically-active, funded clinical preceptors and the executive committee of the program will assist the trainee with curricular development, project selection, conduct of research, clinical correlation and project evaluation. Quarterly, the trainee, research preceptor, clinical preceptor and executive committee will meet to review data and provide guidance for the project. As the trainees mature, they will be expected to present their findings at national meetings and submit their work to high-impact journals. The executive committee seeks to recruit high- quality applicants with tangible evidence of an interest in surgical oncology. Furthermore, we will seek applications from under-represented minorities. One trainee will be accepted into the program each year for a total of two trainees in the program per year. Specifically, the program seeks to accomplish the following specific aims:1) To advance an integrated surgical oncology basic science program that promotes development of academic surgical oncologists;2) To create a program the fosters interdisciplinary approaches to translational oncologic research; 3) To develop a training program that attracts high-quality candidates including under-represented minorities. Upon completion of the program, the trainee should have the skills required to obtain a prestigious surgical oncology fellowship, pursue a career in academic surgical oncology and ultimately be a leader for novel research that advances the care of the cancer patients. RELEVANCE: The state of Florida is the fourth most populous state, but, in terms of estimated, newly diagnosed cancer cases, it is second in the nation. Furthermore, some evidence suggests that cancer care in Florida lags behind our peers. Therefore, as the only surgical oncology basic science training program in the State, a goal is to increase the number of basic science-trained surgical oncologists, who can advance the care of cancer patients through both research and clinical care