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Erschienen in: Journal of Cancer Education 2/2016

14.04.2015

Mentoring Strategies and Outcomes of Two Federally Funded Cancer Research Training Programs for Underrepresented Students in the Biomedical Sciences

verfasst von: Marvella E. Ford, Latecia M. Abraham, Anita L. Harrison, Melanie S. Jefferson, Tonya R. Hazelton, Heidi Varner, Kimberly Cannady, Carla S. Frichtel, Omar Bagasra, Leroy Davis, David E. Rivers, Sabra C. Slaughter, Judith D. Salley

Erschienen in: Journal of Cancer Education | Ausgabe 2/2016

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Abstract

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.
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Titel
Mentoring Strategies and Outcomes of Two Federally Funded Cancer Research Training Programs for Underrepresented Students in the Biomedical Sciences
verfasst von
Marvella E. Ford
Latecia M. Abraham
Anita L. Harrison
Melanie S. Jefferson
Tonya R. Hazelton
Heidi Varner
Kimberly Cannady
Carla S. Frichtel
Omar Bagasra
Leroy Davis
David E. Rivers
Sabra C. Slaughter
Judith D. Salley
Publikationsdatum
14.04.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Cancer Education / Ausgabe 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0885-8195
Elektronische ISSN: 1543-0154
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-015-0825-0

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