Nebraska Prostate Cancer Research Program
Abstract
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the major cancers threatening US males life. Especially, PCa has a high incidence in American African. For improving PCa treatments, better understanding the basic mechanism of this cancer is needed, which would depend on the training of more PCa researchers. This proposal is thus to train HBCU undergraduates with science major in PCa research, a joint effort between the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, NE, and Clark Atlanta University (CAU), Atlanta, GA. Dr. Ming-Fong Lin of UNMC and Dr. Shafiq Khan of CAU have ongoing research collaborations. They will identify interested undergraduates at CAU and institute a summer research program at UNMC where the students will learn basic science for translational application in a lab. Students will spend the majority of their time working at the bench on a research project. They will also participate in a seminar series that will introduce them to different areas of scientific investigation and advanced technological tools used in scientific discovery. After the summer, students will continue their scientific development at CAU and prepare for a graduate career in biomedical sciences or medical school.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA610014
Entities
People
- Ming-fong Lin
Organizations
- University of Nebraska Medical Center