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“UHAND”—A National Cancer Institute Funded Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity through Scholar Training
Black and Hispanic adults are disproportionately affected by cancer incidence and mortality, and experience disparities in cancer relative to their White counterparts in the US. These groups, including women, are underrepresented among scientists in the fields of cancer, cancer disparities, and canc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8151028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34064663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105054 |
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author | Haq, Arooba A. Reitzel, Lorraine R. Chen, Tzuan A. Chang, Shine Escoto, Kamisha H. Solari Williams, Kayce D. Roberson, Crystal Koshy, Litty McNeill, Lorna H. |
author_facet | Haq, Arooba A. Reitzel, Lorraine R. Chen, Tzuan A. Chang, Shine Escoto, Kamisha H. Solari Williams, Kayce D. Roberson, Crystal Koshy, Litty McNeill, Lorna H. |
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description | Black and Hispanic adults are disproportionately affected by cancer incidence and mortality, and experience disparities in cancer relative to their White counterparts in the US. These groups, including women, are underrepresented among scientists in the fields of cancer, cancer disparities, and cancer care. The “UHAND” Program is a partnership between institutions (University of Houston and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) aiming to build the capacity of underrepresented and racial/ethnic minority student “scholars” to conduct research on eliminating cancer inequities by reducing social and physical risk factors among at-risk groups. Here, we examine the outcomes of the UHAND Program’s first scholar cohort (n = 1 postdoctoral fellow, n = 3 doctoral scholars, n = 6 undergraduate scholars). Data collection included baseline, mid-program, and exit surveys; program records; and monthly scholar achievement queries. From baseline to exit, scholars significantly increased their research self-efficacy (p = 0.0293). Scholars largely met goals for academic products, achieving a combined total of 65 peer-reviewed presentations and nine empirical publications. Eight scholars completed the 2-year program; one undergraduate scholar received her degree early and the postdoctoral fellow accepted a tenure-track position at another university following one year of training. Scholars highly rated UHAND’s programming and their mentors’ competencies in training scholars for research careers. Additionally, we discuss lessons learned that may inform future training programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-81510282021-05-27 “UHAND”—A National Cancer Institute Funded Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity through Scholar Training Haq, Arooba A. Reitzel, Lorraine R. Chen, Tzuan A. Chang, Shine Escoto, Kamisha H. Solari Williams, Kayce D. Roberson, Crystal Koshy, Litty McNeill, Lorna H. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Black and Hispanic adults are disproportionately affected by cancer incidence and mortality, and experience disparities in cancer relative to their White counterparts in the US. These groups, including women, are underrepresented among scientists in the fields of cancer, cancer disparities, and cancer care. The “UHAND” Program is a partnership between institutions (University of Houston and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) aiming to build the capacity of underrepresented and racial/ethnic minority student “scholars” to conduct research on eliminating cancer inequities by reducing social and physical risk factors among at-risk groups. Here, we examine the outcomes of the UHAND Program’s first scholar cohort (n = 1 postdoctoral fellow, n = 3 doctoral scholars, n = 6 undergraduate scholars). Data collection included baseline, mid-program, and exit surveys; program records; and monthly scholar achievement queries. From baseline to exit, scholars significantly increased their research self-efficacy (p = 0.0293). Scholars largely met goals for academic products, achieving a combined total of 65 peer-reviewed presentations and nine empirical publications. Eight scholars completed the 2-year program; one undergraduate scholar received her degree early and the postdoctoral fellow accepted a tenure-track position at another university following one year of training. Scholars highly rated UHAND’s programming and their mentors’ competencies in training scholars for research careers. Additionally, we discuss lessons learned that may inform future training programs. MDPI 2021-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8151028/ /pubmed/34064663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105054 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Haq, Arooba A. Reitzel, Lorraine R. Chen, Tzuan A. Chang, Shine Escoto, Kamisha H. Solari Williams, Kayce D. Roberson, Crystal Koshy, Litty McNeill, Lorna H. “UHAND”—A National Cancer Institute Funded Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity through Scholar Training |
title | “UHAND”—A National Cancer Institute Funded Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity through Scholar Training |
title_full | “UHAND”—A National Cancer Institute Funded Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity through Scholar Training |
title_fullStr | “UHAND”—A National Cancer Institute Funded Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity through Scholar Training |
title_full_unstemmed | “UHAND”—A National Cancer Institute Funded Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity through Scholar Training |
title_short | “UHAND”—A National Cancer Institute Funded Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity through Scholar Training |
title_sort | “uhand”—a national cancer institute funded partnership to advance cancer health equity through scholar training |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8151028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34064663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105054 |
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