Implementing international
training programs foroncology researchdevelopment
Kenneth S. Cohen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Adult Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
Program
Section of Hematology/Oncology
The University of Chicago

Introduction to research training• Geography of the University of Chicago• History of oncology research at the Universityof Chicago• Description of our fellowship training• The role of international collaboration inresearch training

Integrated university and medicalcenter campuses

University of Chicago
Medical CenterOncology research at the university

Hematology/Oncology Training• First year (12 months)– Intensive oncology clinical rotations– Core lecture series and Friday AM seminars– Oncotalk communication series– Mentor selection (July – January)– Write small research project or reviews– Develop senior research project (Feb – June)• Second/third year (24 months)– 6 months of clinical hematology training– Fellows pursue independent research projects– One to two half day continuity clinics

Additional training resources• Essentials of Patient Oriented Research• Summer Program in Outcomes Research Training• MERITS Fellowship for education• Ethics Fellowship• Geriatric Medicine Fellowship• Masters Programs (selected options)– Masters in Science for Clinical Professionals– Bioinformatics– Arts and Humanities– Anthropology and Sociology

Clinical Pharmacology andPharmacogenomics Training Program• Clinical Therapeutics in Oncology– 4 year program– Joins our comprehensive heme-onc program withClinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics– Dual certification• Clinical Therapeutics in Industry– 4 year program– Dual certification– Specialized pharma education and research
programs at Abbvie in North Chicago

Individualized fellow training paths• Traditional lab based projects• Phase I trial experience with correlative research• Investigator initiated and pharma phase I/II/III trialexperience• Outcomes research– Young adult and survivorship– Economics and health policy– Geriatriac Oncology (SOCARE clinic)– Sociology/Anthropology– Healthcare disparities research

Center for Global Health (CGH)• Leadership– Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, FACP, Professor ofMedicine and Director of the Center for ClinicalCancer Genetics• Mission– To collaborate with communities locally andglobally to democratize education, increase service
learning opportunities, and advance novel,transdisciplinary, and sustainable solutions toimprove health and well-being while reducing
global health disparities and inequalities

CGH Research Niche Areas• Health, environment, and vulnerable
populations• Genomics and chronic non-communicablediseases• Urban health services and systems delivery• Women’s and children’s health and wellbeing• Partnership with the MacLean Center for
Clinical Medical Ethics

Training opportunities for Univ ofChicago students and trainees

Benefits of international exchange
and research training• Trainee access to novel and unique training
resources• Two way exchange of clinical and research
practices– “Trainee as teacher”• Creation of long term collaborative foundations forresearch– Research reagents and techniques– Shared databases and heterogeneous tumor banks– International multi-institutional clinical trials– Formal training exchanges can foster long-term informal
exchanges between labs and clinical research teams

Summary• Wide array of training resources• Mentors with experience in a variety of
research activities and training• Goal is to help train the next generation ofclinician researchers