# Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control for Priority Populations

> **NIH NIH T32** · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · 2022 · $364,622

## Abstract

PROJECT ABSTRACT
More than 600,000 Americans will die of cancer in 2017. While cancer affects the entire US population, it has
the distinct feature of striking disparities in incidence and mortality across several `priority' populations such as
racial/ethnic minorities, the low-income, and the elderly, reflecting differences in risk factors and access to
prevention and treatments. The National Cancer Institute highlighted the interplay of environment, biology and
behavior as determinants of cancer outcomes in priority populations and the need for its integration in cancer
prevention and control (CPC) efforts, signaling a greater need for multidisciplinary approaches to CPC
research for priority populations. Such complex approaches require developing highly trained research
scientists with a multidisciplinary `mindset': the enthusiasm and appreciation for working across disciplines to
gain new perspectives on old problems and develop innovative solutions. And yet, the development pipeline for
such investigators is inadequate to match the growing burden of cancer and cancer risk in priority populations.
The overarching goal of the proposed CPC postdoctoral research training program is to launch the careers of a
new generation of clinical and non-clinical researchers prepared to apply this multidisciplinary approach to
CPC research targeting priority populations. The program's goals are to: 1) Provide a tailored curriculum
integrating biological, medical, epidemiologic, behavioral, and community perspectives in CPC research in
priority populations; 2) Promote interdisciplinary approaches to CPC research; and 3) Foster multidisciplinary
research careers in CPC among trainees through mentored research. To successfully execute these aims, the
program will recruit candidates who show promise as future multidisciplinary CPC investigators; provide
outstanding mentorship; foster a multidisciplinary team science environment; and facilitate the attainment of
academic career and life skills needed to pursue and sustain long term success as independent investigators.
The program's strengths will lie in the diverse CPC research portfolio at Mount Sinai, its integration in the
newly NCI-accredited Tisch Cancer Institute, the network of methodologically diverse and accomplished
mentors, and Mount Sinai's long history of serving the socioeconomically, racially and ethnically diverse
communities that comprise its catchment area. It is modeled after our highly successful prior R25T Behavioral
CPC training program. The program will matriculate 2 candidates each year for the 2-year fellowship, training a
total of 10 new investigators over 5 years. Each trainee will develop a highly tailored curriculum in consultation
with their mentors and the Program Directors. The curricula will be rooted in the 11 core competencies needed
to start a successful career in multidisciplinary CPC research targeting priority populations. Trainees will have
a primary and secondary mentor(...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10469343
- **Project number:** 5T32CA225617-05
- **Recipient organization:** ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
- **Principal Investigator:** Guy H Montgomery
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $364,622
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-21 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10469343

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10469343, Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control for Priority Populations (5T32CA225617-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10469343. Licensed CC0.

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