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sophomores and juniors and first-year graduate students . The goal of the program is to offer distinctive training experiences for students in cancer biology and population sciences .
The UH Cancer Center also supports graduate education and training through a program that has been ongoing for many years . It began with funding one graduate student from the John A . Burns School of Medicine at the UH Cancer Center ' s Cancer Biology Program for one year , then expanded to include two students . Several years later the program grew further to include funding for two graduate students from either the UH Cancer Center or medical school to study and train in the Cancer Center ' s Population Sciences in the Pacific Program .
PACIFIC ISLAND PARTNERSHIP FOR CANCER HEALTH EQUITY ( PIPCHE )
The Pacific PIPCHE grant , first awarded to the UH Cancer Center and the University of Guam in 2003 , has supported establishing new research and training initiatives in other areas within the Pacific , where research infrastructure is less developed . Since the grant was first awarded , funds have supported the training for over 100 underrepresented students and early career scientists .
JENNIFER DOUDNA , PHD , 2020 NOBEL LAUREATE IN CHEMISTRY , SPOKE AT THE UH CANCER CENTER . A GRADUATE OF WAIĀKEA HIGH SCHOOL ON HAWAI ‘ I ISLAND , SHE HAD REMARKED BEING INSPIRED TO PURSUE A SCIENCE CAREER BY A FEMALE RESEARCHER AT THE CANCER CENTER .
2020 |
Hawai ‘ i Cancer Consortium ( HCC ) agreement renewed with community medical centers , & Adventist Health Castle joined as a new clinical member . |
2020 |
The inaugural Clinical Research Professional Certificate Program conducted to help fill the need for clinical research associates in Hawai ‘ i . |
2020 |
UH Cancer Center received $ 1.36 million grant to train undergraduates in the lab in the long running Summer Research Program . |
2020 |
UH Cancer Center / University of Guam Partnership Grant ( U54 ) renewed . |