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Lam TK, Lavigne JA, Qadir X, et al. Training the Twenty-First Century Cancer Epidemiologist. J Cancer Educ. 2019;34(6):1181-1189doi: 10.1007/s13187-018-1426-5.
Lam, T. K., Lavigne, J. A., Qadir, X., Khoury, M. J., & Schully, S. D. (2019). Training the Twenty-First Century Cancer Epidemiologist. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 34(6), 1181-1189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-018-1426-5
Lam, T K, et al. "Training the Twenty-First Century Cancer Epidemiologist." Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education vol. 34,6 (2019): 1181-1189. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-018-1426-5
Lam TK, Lavigne JA, Qadir X, Khoury MJ, Schully SD. Training the Twenty-First Century Cancer Epidemiologist. J Cancer Educ. 2019 Dec;34(6):1181-1189. doi: 10.1007/s13187-018-1426-5. PMID: 30251077.
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J Cancer Educ. 2019 Dec;34(6):1181-1189. doi: 10.1007/s13187-018-1426-5.

Training the Twenty-First Century Cancer Epidemiologist.

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education

T K Lam, J A Lavigne, X Qadir, M J Khoury, S D Schully

Affiliations

  1. Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Shady Grove Building/Room 4E212, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA. [email protected].
  2. Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  3. Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Shady Grove Building/Room 4E212, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
  4. Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  5. Office of Disease Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

PMID: 30251077 DOI: 10.1007/s13187-018-1426-5

Abstract

To assess and advance training of twenty-first century cancer epidemiologists, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sought to obtain a snapshot of the cancer epidemiology training landscape by conducting a survey across academic institutions and cancer centers, focusing on four key training areas driving current cancer epidemiology research ("drivers"): (1) collaboration, (2) novel methods/technologies, (3) multilevel analysis, and (4) knowledge integration. Complementary to the survey, we conducted a portfolio analysis of active NCI-funded training grants. In the present report, we provide our findings from this effort and contribute to the on-going conversation regarding the training of next-generation cancer epidemiologists. Analyses and insights gained from conversations with leaders/educators across 24 academic institutions/cancer centers and the portfolio analysis of training grants echoed contemporaneous conversation that cancer epidemiology training must adapt to meet the needs of the changing research environment. Currently, with the exception of novel methods/technologies, cancer epidemiology trainees receive the majority of their training in collaboration, multilevel approaches, and knowledge integration/translation either informally, ad hoc, or not at all; exposure to these identified drivers varied considerably by institution, mentor, and other external as well as internal factors.

Keywords: Cancer epidemiology; Education; Training

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