Postgraduate Training Program and Career  Development Program in Cancer Research 

Increasingly, proficiency in two or more disciplinary domains is required to conduct research in cancer - where biology, behavior, and environment interact. The goal of Brown's R25T  Cancer Research Training (CaRT) is to train the next generation of physicians, psychologists, public health and behavioral/social scientists to become highly successful, independently funded NIH researchers. 

The program is directed by William Rakowski,  Ph.D. and co-directed by Vincent Mor, Ph.D. and Alan Rosmarin, M.D., along with members of the Advisory Committee.  The focus of the program is on the first three years of research career development in cancer prevention and control. The CaRT combines the strengths of three major research programs at Brown University's Academic Medical Center:

1. Cancer Biology/Medical Oncology
2. Behavioral/Preventive Medicine
3. Public Health/Population Sciences

Applicants from diverse backgrounds in any of the three domains will receive training in at least one other domain through a program of research placements, co-mentoring, and didactics. Applicants must have a desire to become NIH-funded investigators and must have research experience within their own discipline or research area, (e.g., cancer biology, lifestyle risk factors, behavioral medicine, chemo-prevention, clinical trials, epidemiology, health services).  Application process.

Applicants may come to this program from different backgrounds (e.g., with or without a postdoctoral fellowship). Protected time and salary for up to three years are offered to develop a personal research project and to participate in the training program.

The major focus of Brown's CaRT is in cancer prevention/control and population-based science. Studies at Brown aimed at reducing the cancer burden include basic mechanisms, translational clinical trials, and behavioral and population-based research. Efforts involve cancer biologists, oncologists, epidemiologists, social or behavioral scientists, outcomes researchers, methodologists, policy researchers and biostatisticians. 

The collaborating programs at Brown are all conducting NCI-funded cancer research. CaRT participants will be exposed to a range of research options and can negotiate with training faculty regarding their areas of interest. Research areas range across the cancer continuum from primary prevention to survivorship and end of life concerns including the following examples:

• Community-based primary prevention programs (e.g., adolescent smokers) and lifestyle changes (e.g., tobacco, diet, physical activity).
  
  
• High-risk sub-populations and early detection (e.g. mammography screening).
  
  
• Secondary prevention with diagnosed patients (e.g. tamoxifen prophylaxis for women following treatment for breast cancer).
  
  
• Issues related to treatment and clinical trials of cancer patients (e.g., recruitment, retention, adherence to aversive regimens).
  
  
• Rehabilitation, survivorship and end of life issues (e.g., quality of life, prevention of recurrence).
  
  
• Policy-related research (e.g., health services, cost-effectiveness and health care delivery).

For more information about the R25T program, please contact: 

• postdoc_Training@brown.edu

Postgraduate Training Program and Career Development Program in Cancer Research  - Executive Committee