Implementation Research Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control

描述（由申请人提供）：通过这份R25t申请，我们打算在马萨诸塞大学医学院（UMMS）建立一个跨学科的研究教育和培训项目，重点研究癌症预防和控制的实施研究，包括烟草、肥胖、饮食、体育活动、皮肤癌预防和癌症筛查。在癌症预防和控制知识的发现与将这些知识应用于临床实践、公共卫生实践和卫生政策以造福人口健康之间存在着充分记录的差距。实施研究已成为一个多学科领域，旨在缓解这些差距。我们提出了一个跨学科的博士后培养计划，通过学术培训和指导研究经验，促进独立实施研究人员的发展。为了实现这一目标，我们提出了五个具体目标：1)建立一个行政基础设施，以支持实施癌症预防的研究、教育和培训；2)制定和实施以癌症预防实施研究为重点的教育课程，并可选择获得实施科学专业的硕士学位；3)与合作机构合作，为博士后提供指导研究经验；4)招聘高素质、多元化的候选人；5)对项目进行有效的监控和评价。该应用程序是UMMS预防和行为医学系和定量健康科学系的共同努力，与其他部门（家庭医学和社区卫生、精神病学）和中心（迈耶斯初级保健研究所、预防研究中心、卫生公平干预研究中心、卫生地理实验室、移动医疗中心、烟草治疗和研究中心）合作。通过马萨诸塞大学临床和转化科学中心（NIH CTSA）建立的基础设施和跨校园合作，包括马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特公共卫生与健康科学学院和计算机科学学院以及马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校，也将得到利用。临床和社区合作伙伴包括：卓越癌症中心，贝德福德和中央MA VA医疗中心，马萨诸塞大学纪念医疗保健中心，爱德华·肯尼迪社区卫生中心，马萨诸塞州公共卫生部，nci赞助的癌症研究网络和马萨诸塞大学公共卫生和健康科学学院的公共卫生培训中心。我们建议每年招收两到三名研究员。在培训项目完成后，我们预计研究员将建立独立调查员的职业生涯，专注于消除将循证癌症预防研究转化为实践的差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With this R25t application we intend to establish an interdisciplinary research education and training program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) focused on implementation research in cancer prevention and control, including tobacco, obesity, diet, physical activity, skin cancer prevention and cancer screenings. There are well-documented gaps between the discovery of knowledge in cancer prevention and control and the application of this knowledge in clinical practice, public health practice, and health policy to benefit population health. Implementation research has emerged as a multi-disciplinary field that seeks to alleviate these gaps. We propose an interdisciplinary training program for postdoctoral fellows that will promote the development of independent implementation researchers through academic training and mentored research experiences. To achieve this goal, we propose five specific aims: 1) To establish an administrative infrastructure to support implementation research education and training in cancer prevention; 2) To develop and implement educational curricula focusing on implementation research in cancer prevention with the option of receiving an MS degree specializing in implementation science; 3) To offer mentored research experiences for postdoctoral fellows in collaboration with our partnering organizations; 4) To recruit highly qualified, diverse candidates; and 5) To effectively monitor and evaluate the program. This application is a joint effort of the UMMS Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, in collaboration with additional departments (Family Medicine and Community Health, Psychiatry) and centers (Meyers Primary Care Institute, Prevention Research Center, Center for Health Equity Intervention Research, Health Geography Lab, Center for mHealth, Center for Tobacco Treatment and Research). Infrastructure and cross campus collaborations established through the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (NIH CTSA), including the UMass Amherst Schools of Public Health and Health Sciences and Computer Science and UMass Boston, will also be leveraged. Clinical and community partners include: the Cancer Center of Excellence, the Bedford and Central MA VA Medical Centers, UMass Memorial Health Care, the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the NCI-sponsored Cancer Research Network and the Public Health Training Center at the UMass School of Public Health and Health Sciences. We propose to enroll two to three fellows per year. At the completion of the training program, we anticipate that fellows will establish careers as independent investigators who will focus on eliminating gaps in the translation of evidence-based cancer prevention research into practice.