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, but have been able to extend that number to four postdoctoral students and four physician trainees. 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 four doctoral students: Heather Baer, Heather Eliassen and Jeanne Marie Gaare-Eby, and Sonia Mathews; and four physicians: Ann Partridge, M.D. received her M.P.H. Larissa Nekhlyadov, M.D., M.P.H., this past year, has been pursuing several research projects in breast cancer prevention and early detection; Candice Aitken, M.D., received her--M.P.H. and Erica Mayer, M.D. will pursue her M.P.H. with the support of this grant. As a result of this award, we have also established the Advanced Cancer Epidemiology Seminar each spring in which allows specialized topics to be explored in depth.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA428615
Entities
People
- Graham Colditz
Organizations
- Brigham and Women's Hospital