Ford Marvella E, Abraham Latecia M, Harrison Anita L, Jefferson Melanie S, Hazelton Tonya R, Varner Heidi, Cannady Kimberly, Frichtel Carla S, Bagasra Omar, Davis Leroy, Rivers David E, Slaughter Sabra C, Salley Judith D
Cancer Disparities, Hollings Cancer Center, Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), 86 Jonathan Lucas Street, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
Public Information and Community Outreach, Department of Library Science and Informatics, MUSC, 171 Ashley Avenue, Suite 305, MSC 403, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2016 Jun;31(2):228-35. doi: 10.1007/s13187-015-0825-0.
The US is experiencing a severe shortage of underrepresented biomedical researchers. The purpose of this paper is to present two case examples of cancer research mentoring programs for underrepresented biomedical sciences students. The first case example is a National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI) P20 grant titled "South Carolina Cancer Disparities Research Center (SC CaDRe)" Training Program, contributing to an increase in the number of underrepresented students applying to graduate school by employing a triple-level mentoring strategy. Since 2011, three undergraduate and four graduate students have participated in the P20 SC CaDRe program. One graduate student published a peer-reviewed scientific paper. Two graduate students (50 %) have completed their master's degrees, and the other two graduate students will receive their degrees in spring 2015. Two undergraduate students (67 %) are enrolled in graduate or professional school (grad./prof. school), and the other graduate student is completing her final year of college. The second case example is a prostate cancer-focused Department of Defense grant titled "The SC Collaborative Undergraduate HBCU Student Summer Training Program," providing 24 students training since 2009. Additionally, 47 students made scientific presentations, and two students have published peer-reviewed scientific papers. All 24 students took a GRE test preparation course; 15 (63 %) have applied to graduate school, and 11 of them (73 %) are enrolled in grad./prof. school. Thirteen remaining students (54 %) are applying to grad./prof. school. Leveraged funding provided research-training opportunities to an additional 201 National Conference on Health Disparities Student Forum participants and to 937 Ernest E. Just Research Symposium participants at the Medical University of South Carolina.
美国正面临代表性不足的生物医学研究人员严重短缺的问题。本文旨在介绍两个针对代表性不足的生物医学专业学生的癌症研究指导项目案例。第一个案例是美国国立卫生研究院/国立癌症研究所（NIH/NCI）的一项P20资助项目，名为“南卡罗来纳癌症差异研究中心（SC CaDRe）”培训项目，该项目通过采用三级指导策略，促使申请研究生学习的代表性不足学生数量有所增加。自2011年以来，已有三名本科生和四名研究生参与了P20 SC CaDRe项目。一名研究生发表了一篇经同行评审的科学论文。两名研究生（50%）已完成硕士学位，另外两名研究生将于2015年春季获得学位。两名本科生（67%）已进入研究生或专业学校学习，另一名研究生即将完成大学最后一年的学业。第二个案例是一项由国防部资助、专注于前列腺癌研究的项目，名为“南卡罗来纳州本科HBCU学生暑期合作培训项目”，自2009年以来已为24名学生提供了培训。此外，47名学生进行了科学展示，两名学生发表了经同行评审的科学论文。所有24名学生都参加了GRE考试备考课程；其中15名（63%）已申请研究生学习，其中11名（73%）已进入研究生或专业学校学习。其余13名学生（54%）正在申请研究生或专业学校。利用获得的资金，为另外201名参加全国健康差异学生论坛的学生以及937名参加南卡罗来纳医科大学欧内斯特·E·贾斯特研究研讨会的学生提供了研究培训机会。
