The goal of this program is to provide opportunities for medical students and under-represented minority college students to acquire cancer research training and experience, to motivate these students to prepare for careers as cancer investigators, and to increase their knowledge and understanding of the relationships between research findings and the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The medical student cancer research experience will be short-term and/or long-term, the former consisting of a three-month summer project and later consisting of a five-month senior project. Fifteen medical students and four underrepresented minority college students will be recruited annually into summer research. Five medical students will be recruited annually into senior research starting in Year 4 of the program. About 78 faculty in Einstein's Cancer Research Center will be available to serve as research mentors. Planning, development and monitoring of the program will be under the aegis of a Student Cancer Research Committee with the Program Director serving as Chairman. Cancer research projects available to students are in the areas of immunooncology, viral oncology, gene expression, receptor-mediated growth and differentiation, membrane synthesis and structure, carcinogenesis and chemotherapeutic agents, growth control in malignant cells, and clinical oncology and epidemiology.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Education Projects (R25)
Project #
5R25CA047779-10
Application #
2769728
Study Section
Cancer Education Review Committee (CEC)
Program Officer
Agelli, Maria
Project Start
1988-09-30
Project End
1999-08-31
Budget Start
1998-09-01
Budget End
1999-08-31
Support Year
10
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department
Anatomy/Cell Biology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
009095365
City
Bronx
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10461