Training Grant in Epidemiology and Prevention of Breast Cancer
Abstract
We propose a training grant to recruit and train two postdoctoral students and three physicians. These trainees will acquire skills in the epidemiology and prevention of breast cancer. They will work closely with mentors who have a long track record of training epidemiologists. The funding will allow our research group to focus specific training opportunities on breast cancer. The ongoing epidemiologic studies and prevention trials offer a unique resource in which trainees can participate in cutting edge research and acquire skills that will establish them as future leaders. We have to date enrolled three doctoral students: Heather Baer, Heather Eliassen and Jeanne Marie Gaare-Eby; and three physicians: Ann Partridge, M.D. received her M.P.H. and is working as a clinician and a breast cancer researcher; Larissa Nekhlyadov, M.D., M.P.H., this past year, has been pursuing several research projects in breast cancer prevention and early detection; and Candice Aitken, M.D., a resident in radiation oncology will pursue her M.P.H., and has an interest in cancer prevention, and identification of risk factors for educational models. As a result of this award, we have also established the Advanced Cancer Epidemiology Seminar in Breast Cancer each spring in which all trainees participate.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA418817
Entities
People
- Graham A. Colditz
Organizations
- Brigham and Women's Hospital