# Cancer Research Career Enhancement and Related Activities

> **NIH NIH P30** · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $107,542

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Cancer Research Career Enhancement (CRCE) and Related Activities at the Georgetown Lombardi
Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) are designed to leverage and enhance the outstanding array of
educational and career advancement activities available within LCCC, Georgetown University Medical Center
(GUMC), Georgetown University (GU), the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute (MGCI; the oncology clinical
service line) and John Theurer Cancer Center (JTCC). Core educational programs include the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Programs
at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) and MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC) (20 and
14 graduates in the past five years, respectively), the T32-supported Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
(TBIO) doctoral and postdoctoral fellowship training program (33 students, 26 fellows) and the master’s programs
in tumor biology (56 students) and biostatistics (147 students). Other training programs among the 32 ACGME-
accredited programs at GUMC with a considerable focus on cancer research include residency and/or fellowship
programs in radiation oncology, urology, surgery, pathology, cytopathology, internal medicine and radiology.
Training in basic and clinical cancer research is a major component of these programs. In developing the next
generation of cancer researchers, LCCC runs and participates in an array of education programs for high school
and undergraduate students that have provided opportunities for hands-on experience with cancer research for
more than 200 students in the past five years. These programs include career development and mentoring
components designed to encourage the candidates to consider a career in cancer research and help foster and
advance that career. Ongoing CRCE activities are expanding to support the overall goal of encouraging and
supporting clinicians and scientists of all backgrounds to achieve success in cancer-research directed careers.
We will achieve this goal through the following specific aims: 1) Develop and support innovative research
programs and opportunities for high school and undergraduate students to provide rewarding, transformative
experiences for students from all backgrounds within the catchment area to encourage them to explore careers
in cancer research; 2) Provide an enhanced transdisciplinary training environment for residents, graduate
students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical fellows to facilitate translational cancer research and career
development; 3) Provide the most effective mentoring and career development structure possible for junior basic
and clinical cancer research faculty; and 4) Conduct ongoing metric-based assessment of existing and
developing education, training, career development and mentoring activities to optimize the delivery of the most
effective programs possible.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9924505
- **Project number:** 5P30CA051008-27
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** MICHAEL D JOHNSON
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $107,542
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9924505

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9924505, Cancer Research Career Enhancement and Related Activities (5P30CA051008-27). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9924505. Licensed CC0.

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