This component of the
OSU Center for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) develops,
implements, and evaluates a Training and Career Development Program (TCDP) in
cancer health disparities. The overall goal of the TCDP is to help prepare the
next generation of health disparities researchers by offering training that
emphasizes transdisciplinary science and multi-level approaches to address
cervical cancer health disparities among Appalachian populations. The TCDP is open
to students, postdoctoral trainees and junior faculty in behavioral sciences,
public health, nursing, basic sciences and related disciplines. Postdoctoral
trainees will be supported by the TCDP while students and junior faculty will
have opportunities to participate in program initiatives and the Center’s
research projects.
This transdisciplinary training program will prepare trainees for work in
collaborative teams. The Center
investigators have extensive experience with research in Appalachia
and the expertise to provide this focused training.
This training program expands training capacity, and helps to fill a void
in training focused on cancer health disparities. This program builds on the
solid foundation established over the last five years of the OSU CPHHD and will
provide additional capacity for training the next generation of health
disparities researchers with expertise in issues related to cancer prevention
and control among Appalachian populations.
The specific aims of the training program are
to:
- Recruit postdoctoral trainees
to a transdisciplinary training program in health disparities research
that includes: a) a specialized curriculum of instruction, b) mentored
research experiences, and c) development of an NIH grant proposal
- Provide opportunities
for students and junior faculty at OSU to participate in the Center’s
research projects and special program initiatives
- Conduct continuous process
evaluation and annual outcome evaluation of the training
program and provide feedback to center leadership
Electra D. Paskett, PhD – Director
Amy Ferketich, PhD – Co-Director
Toyin Sokari – Core Program Manager