# Cancer Research Career Enhancement and Related Activities

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · 2021 · $144,753

## Abstract

CANCER RESEARCH CAREER ENHANCEMENT AND RELATED ACTIVITIES – ABSTRACT 
The Stephenson Cancer Center (SCC) oversees and coordinates a wide range of education, training and 
career enhancement activities and programs for students and investigators at all levels, with the ultimate goal 
of training the next generation of successful cancer biomedical researchers and oncology health professionals 
for Oklahoma and the nation. These activities are overseen by Julie Stoner, PhD, the SCC Associate Director 
for Cancer Education and Training, and coordinated by the SCC's Education, Training and Career 
Enhancement Core. The aims of this Core are to: 1) provide effective oversight, planning and coordination for 
SCC education, training and career enhancement activities; 2) facilitate collaborations with existing institutional 
education, training and career enhancement programs to extend the reach and impact of SCC activities; 3) 
integrate cancer education, training and career enhancement activities into the SCC's Preclinical Translational 
Cancer Research (PTCR), Gynecologic Cancers (GC) and Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) research 
programs; and 4) partner with Oklahoma's American Indian (AI) populations to develop tribally based research 
and training capacity to address the high cancer incidence and mortality rates among AI in the state. 
Dr. Stoner also chairs the SCC's Education and Faculty Development Committee (EFDC), which includes 
senior personnel who direct education and training programs at OUHSC and the Oklahoma Medical Research 
Foundation (OMRF), the SCC's proposed consortium partner. This committee meets quarterly to oversee and 
evaluate cancer-focused education, training and career enhancement activities at OUHSC and OMRF. Two 
priority foci for this committee are: 1) working with promising junior investigators to attain NIH individual training 
awards and independent funding and 2) developing approaches for the recruitment of students and trainees 
from underserved populations, especially the state's large AI population. 
The Education, Training and Career Enhancement Core helps coordinate and support SCC education and 
training programs through the following activities: 1) identifying, advertising and supporting opportunities for 
students and junior faculty to participate in seminars and workshops (local, regional and national); 2) 
supporting thesis and practicum projects through developmental funding: 3) tracking student and trainee 
outcomes; and 4) conducting educational and career enhancement needs assessments with SCC leaders, 
members, education program participants and community partners to identify training needs and opportunities. 
Priorities for the SCC include an NIH T32 application focusing on tobacco use, cancer prevention and health 
disparities, with a spring 2018 submission date planned.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10177886
- **Project number:** 5P30CA225520-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Akins Darrin
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $144,753
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-05-01 → 2023-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10177886

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10177886, Cancer Research Career Enhancement and Related Activities (5P30CA225520-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10177886. Licensed CC0.

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