UT MD Anderson Cancer Center - Cancer Prevention Research Training Program
Hospital & Health CareTexas, United States201-500 Employees
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Prevention Research Training Program operates within the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, and lies within the hospital and health care sector. It is designed to prepare health scientists and clinicians to take on leadership roles in cancer prevention and control research. The program adopts a multidisciplinary approach, broadening trainees’ perspectives beyond their primary specialty to include other relevant areas of cancer prevention research. Learning occurs through graduate courses, a seminar series, and ongoing mentored, peer-reviewed research. The program seeks to immerse trainees in a collaborative, multidisciplinary research environment with the aim of launching them toward principal investigator roles relatively early in their careers. Based in Houston, Texas, it serves health scientists and clinicians within a hospital and health care setting and employs a few hundred people.