CANCER RESEARCH TRAINING AND EDUCATION COORDINATION CORE (CRTECC) Overview of the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNMCCC) Environment and Resources for Success The University of New Mexico is both a Minority Serving Institution and a Research Intensive University in the Carnegie Classification. In the 2019 College Factual Rankings, UNM ranked in the top 15% of 2,238 colleges and universities analyzed for diversity. The ranking is based on diversity of race, age gender, and geographic origin. Additionally, the diverse student, staff, and faculty constituencies are institutionally supported through a Vice Chancellor for Diversity (UNM HSC) and a Vice President for Equity and Inclusion (UNM main) who collectively oversee services and offices that promote and embrace equity and inclusion as detailed below. Scholars and Research Mentors have ready access to a wide array of Institutional Resources across the Health Sciences Center and Main Campuses of the University of New Mexico, as detailed below. The Resources include numerous centers of research excellence, research instrumentation, professional development support, and offices in support of education and diversity. On the Health Sciences Center Campus, UNMCCC scholars are distributed among the School of Medicine, the College of Pharmacy, the College of Nursing, and the College of Population Health each with unique resources, certificate and degree offerings. On the main campus scholars are distributed between the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering. Current, past, and prospective research mentors represent over 20 participating departments and divisions. It is within this context that the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNMCCC) has assembled its Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination Core (CRTECC) Office, staff, and leadership team as further detailed in the Research Strategy section. CRTECC leadership interfaces with UNMCCC Research Programs and Share Resources, Translational Science Initiative (TSI), Geographic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP), Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) Core, and the Cancer Research Administration, (detailed in individual sections) in support of the training spectrum covered by the UNMCCC. The long-term goal of the Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination Core is to motivate diverse trainees, through culturally relevant training, to assume careers in cancer-focused population sciences, basic and translational science research. More specifically, the training programs at the UNMCCC match HS through junior faculty with outstanding research or clinical mentors. Mentors have broad research interests and are engaged in basic cancer research to clinical translation. Moreover, the intellectual environment is rich with extramurally funded investigators who are pursing cancer research encompassing community participatory res...