The goal of the Career Development Program of the UAB Breast SPORE is to recruit basic and clinicalinvestigators who are early in their career for pursuit of translational breast cancer research. The program isprimarily composed of young investigators with a junior faculty position in an appropriate basic science orclinical department and are incorporated into the ongoing research efforts of the DAB Breast SPORE under thesupervision of an experienced mentor. Hence, the awardee will be exposed to and participate in theinterdisciplinary and translational research emphasis of the SPORE. Less commonly, the recipient may be anindividual at a more senior level with a successful research record, who wishes to alter his/her career path totranslational research. During the time span of the award, the awardee will seek other career developmentawards and grant support so that he/she can establish an independent research effort, thereby expanding theUAB Breast SPORE translational research effort.
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