# Training Program in Behavioral and Health Services Cancer Control Research

> **NIH NIH T32** · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $211,861

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract:
 
This application seeks continued support for the Training Program in Behavioral and Health Services Cancer
Control Research (application # R25 CA093423-06A1) from the National Cancer Institute T32 mechanism.
This Training Program is located within the Massey Cancer Center (MCC) of Virginia Commonwealth
University (VCU) and provides transdisciplinary training for predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates in cancer
prevention and control research. The overall goal of this training program is to provide an environment that
encourages the development of cancer prevention and control research at the highest levels. Training is
targeted to individuals in the social sciences (psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology), public health,
biostatistics, and those who have completed their clinical requirements for specialty training in medicine and
nursing. To accomplish this goal, a training program has been structured to foster transdisciplinary research -
a precondition to conducting research in this field. The predoctoral training component aims to recruit one
potential future investigators to this research area at the earliest time in their careers. This is important if we
are to speed up the development of focused cancer prevention and control research by creating a cadre of
students who are focused on this research area at the outset of their research training. The flexible 2 year
postdoctoral training component helps guide young investigators to this field of study and provides them with
integrated but focused training to conduct fundamental and interventional studies in cancer prevention and
control. This program will specifically and especially foster research that contributes to the understanding of
the production of health disparities in cancer outcomes. VCU is uniquely positioned to provide this training
because of its role as a safety net hospital, the population it serves, and its standing as an NCI- designated
cancer center. The goal of this program is to train the next generation of cancer prevention and control
researchers. To accomplish this goal we will do the following: 1) Offer a multidisciplinary integrated research
training program with a broad range of research opportunities; 2) Meet the needs for training in emerging
research areas in cancer prevention and control; 3) Provide training to researchers from diverse academic
and ethnic backgrounds and intensive mentoring; 4) Provide a specialized curriculum that coalesces cancer
control strengths at our institution.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9981659
- **Project number:** 5T32CA093423-13
- **Recipient organization:** VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Bernard F Fuemmeler
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $211,861
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-12 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9981659

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9981659, Training Program in Behavioral and Health Services Cancer Control Research (5T32CA093423-13). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9981659. Licensed CC0.

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