Breast Cancer in African American Women: Molecular Analysis of Differences in Incidence and Outcomes

摘要

The DOD funded HBCU/MI Partnership Training award entitled 'Breast Cancer in African American Women: Molecular Analysis of Differences in Incidence and Outcomes' continues to provide quality research experiences to faculty and students and has developed into a highly rewarding collaboration that has expanded from the original 2 faculty at HUCC to include 6 experienced faculty and multiple students. At WRAIR, the original 2 has increased to include 3 new researchers and numerous support staff and students. We have had a total of 9 animal handling workshops attended by students and faculty interested in cancer research, several workshops on establishment of the various stages (virgin, pregnant and lactating) of normal breast organ cultures, workshop on imaging of live animals using luminescent-tagged cells, as well as small group collaborations/meetings on genomics, bioinformatics and proteomics. As a result of participating in our various workshops sponsored by this training grant, especially the in vivo imaging of live animals, Dr. Paul Wang was successful in receiving an HBCU-MI partnership grant from CDMRP-BCRP aimed at bringing this technology to Howard University. These workshops have been very popular with faculty and students performing both cancer and other basic science research. Additionally, our previous reports have detailed the presentation of four workshops on Grantsmanship, Grant Writing and Writing Successful Animal Protocols. We have amassed a multidisciplinary core of students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty who are poised to perform several collaborative studies on breast, and other cancers, as a result of training received from this program. We have jointly produced manuscripts yearly, made key presentations at conferences, published numerous abstracts and continue to expand the original specific aims of the proposal.