cancer epidemiology training program
Yale has been chosen by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as the first site in the nation to become its official partner for pre-doctoral training in cancer epidemiology.
The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the School of Medicine will join with the NCI's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) to create an innovative training program utilizing the resources of both institutions.
"The next generation of cancer epidemiologists requires multidisciplinary training and access to resources that are difficult to find at a single academic institution," explains Susan Mayne, associate professor of epidemiology and public health and principal investigator for the grant and program. "This novel collaboration between Yale and the NCI will benefit both institutions and help to prepare future leaders investigating determinants of human cancer risk."
The program, which will admit its first students in September, will support tuition and dissertation research for four to six pre-doctoral students while they train in modern methodologies for evaluating life-style factors associated with cancer risk -- especially nutrition, the environment and one's occupation.
The program will include in-class instruction at Yale along with a summer training program at the NCI. Students will select two mentors from Yale and two from the NCI, who will then serve as their dissertation advisory committee. The dissertation research will be conducted at the NCI's DCEG.
"Yale has previously partnered with the NCI on an ad hoc basis, and we are pleased to strengthen that partnership through this collaborative training effort," says Mayne. "We fully expect that graduates of this program will be uniquely qualified to be future leaders in the field of cancer epidemiology and genetics."
The other members of the Yale steering committee for the program are Dr. Harvey Risch and Tongzhang Zheng of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. Dr. Demetrius Albanes leads the partnership for the NCI as head of the DCEG Office of Education.
Students interested in the program should contact Mayne at susan.mayne@yale.edu or (203) 785-6274. The application deadline for next fall is Jan. 2.
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