Building Minority Research Capacity Project
In recognition of the need to recruit more ethnic minorities into cancer research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has established a program to join minority serving institutions with comprehensive cancer centers.
In
response to that program, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center (FHCRC)
and New
Mexico State University (NMSU) have
formed a partnership. As a result of our
collaboration, we will enhance the opportunities for minority faculty and
students,
specifically Hispanics and Native Americans, to become trained and
experienced in cancer research.
The collaboration results from a five-year, $2.5 million planning grant awarded in June 2002 by NCI's Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch, which is a program dedicated to addressing disparities in cancer incidence and mortality in underserved ethnic minorities. The philosophy of the National Cancer Institute is that an ethnically diverse population of cancer researchers and health-care providers is best poised to meet the medical needs of traditionally underserved groups.
The planning grant supports initiatives to recruit and train minorities in cancer research as well as five pilot research projects that involve investigators from the four research divisions at FHCRC and various scientific departments at NMSU.
- Welcome from Dr. Lee Hartwell, President and Director of FHCRC
- Summary of Pilot Research Projects
- Summer Research Internships for NMSU Minority Students
- Visit New Mexico State University's Minority Institution/Cancer Center Partnership website
Principal Investigators:
Beti Thompson, Ph.D.
Member, Public Health Sciences Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Mary
O'Connell, Ph.D.
Professor, Agronomy and Horticulture
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Hymer, Project Coordinator, at 206.667.7480 or jhymer@fhcrc.org.
