Nebraska Prostate Cancer Research Program
Abstract
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the major cancers threatening US males life and has a high incidence in American African males. For improving PCa treatments, better understanding the basic mechanism of this cancer is needed, which would depend on the training of more PCa researchers. The purpose of this grant is to train HBCU undergraduates with science major in PCa research. The scope of this training grant: Dr. Ming-Fong Lin of the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Dr. Shafiq Khan of Clark Atlanta University (CAU) have jointly instituted this training grant between UNMC and CAU for training CAU students in PCa research. The major finding and up-to-date report: Drs. Lin and Khan had identified interested undergraduates at CAU and instituted a summer research training program at UNMC where Dr. Lin recruited PCa scientist as mentors and CAU students learned translational research in labs. Students had spent the majority of their time working at the bench on a research project. They also participated in seminar series that were specifically organized for summer undergraduate students and introduced them to different areas of scientific investigation and advanced technological tools used in scientific discovery. During the academic year, students continued their training at CAU, which is arranged by Dr. Khan. This continuous training prepares students for a graduate career in biomedical sciences or medical school.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA613299
Entities
People
- Ming-fong Lin
Organizations
- University of Nebraska Omaha