# Cancer Education and Career Enhancement Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · JACKSON LABORATORY · 2020 · $269,633

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY CANCER EDUCATION & CAREER ENHANCEMENT
The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) has established a unique Cancer Education & Career Enhancement (CECE)
Core within The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center (JAXCC). JAX has deep experience in educating future and
early career scientists in genetics and genomics, effectively leveraging modular and scalable educational
units. The CECE Core focuses this experience on developing a diverse pipeline of early career cancer
researchers to maximize their potential for impact on challenges in cancer. Aligned with the institutional
commitment to educating the external research community, the Core offers educational programs in cancer
genomics and genetics for internal and external scientists at many career stages and from varied backgrounds.
The CECE leverages the well-regarded education programs managed by JAX's Education team, including the
historic Summer Student Program, the renowned cancer-related short courses and workshops, and The Whole
Scientist career development program. Dr. Linda Hicke, JAX Vice President for Education, leads the CECE Core
as its first JAXCC Associate Director for Cancer Education and Career Enhancement. The CECE team has deep
expertise in curriculum development, course design, postgraduate training, clinical and continuing medical
education, and online education. The CECE Core also leverages JAX cancer genomics and informatics
resources, including the CLIA-certified Clinical Genomics Laboratory and the Clinical Knowledgebase
informatics to build modular training resources in the translational space for basic research and clinical
audiences. These have been effectively used in the JAXCC-led Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative (MCGI), which
provides education on somatic cancer testing to the oncology community in Maine. The CECE partners with
MCGI to offer new training opportunities for cancer-focused Early Career Researchers in the application and
implications of clinical cancer genomic testing, and new continuing education opportunities for clinicians.
The CECE Core serves learners from high school students to faculty and clinicians. Bringing existing programs
that serve basic research, clinical, and educator audiences under the JAXCC umbrella allows the CECE Core to
create coordinated, cancer-specific content that informs a broad spectrum of audiences at different stages in the
scientific workforce pipeline, and recruits early stage trainees to cancer research laboratories. This is
accomplished through three Specific Aims. Aim 1 supports and encourages JAXCC researchers through
mentorship and a continuum of cancer courses, workshops and online training tools that provide modular
educational experiences to foster continuous, life-long learning. Aim 2 provides education and career
development opportunities to external early career cancer researchers. Aim 3 enhances interactions between
basic research trainees, faculty and Maine community clinicians, with the goals to inform all particip...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9854055
- **Project number:** 2P30CA034196-34
- **Recipient organization:** JACKSON LABORATORY
- **Principal Investigator:** Linda A. Hicke
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $269,633
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9854055

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9854055, Cancer Education and Career Enhancement Core (2P30CA034196-34). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9854055. Licensed CC0.

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