Welcome to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)/UMB.CNHS Collaboration
STUDENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY!

Are you INTERESTED in Research and mentor opportunties focusing on cancer & health disparities?

Be a part of a tremondous project - contribute your skills and gain experience! CHECK OUT THE FLYER POSTED HERE!

Open to ALL CNHS students - Exercise & Health Sciences, Nursing - BS, RN-BS, MS and PhD students!

Attend a meeting scheduled for:

Wednesday February 8th, 2pm. Location to be announced.

Karen Burns-White of DF/HCC and Joan Becker(UMB) will present to any interested CNHS student the research opportunties available and the application process. The collaboration will build on the McNair/CURE partnership and will implement activities in three areas:  1) information dissemination and awareness; 2) program development and career advising; and 3) provision of cancer-focused, mentored research experiences.

Thank you for interest in the CURE program at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.

CNHS is part of a larger grant collaboration which will produce opportunties for CNHS students to be involved in research projects.

" The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCCC) and the University of Massachusetts, Boston, were jointly awarded a $4.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health earlier this week.  MORE

_____________ More details on the U-56 Grant project_________

"PhD Program in Health Policy Targeted to Cancer Nursing Care and Health Disparities –

A Joint Venture in Training, Mentorship and Community Outreach

The severe shortage of registered nurses and Doctorally prepared nursing faculty is confounded by the exceptionally severe shortage of minorities within nursing, at a time when a culturally diverse nursing faculty and workforce are critical to meeting the healthcare needs of our country.  Despite the fact that minority groups represent almost 33% of the U.S. population, only 12.3% of registered nurses represent racial or ethnic minority groups (Sullivan Report, 2004).  The overwhelming majority of Doctorally prepared nurses are White, non-Hispanic.  Yet, a culturally diverse nursing faculty and workforce are critical to meeting the healthcare needs of our country.  The problem of too few Doctorally prepared nurses, and even fewer Doctorally prepared minority nurses is further complicated by the paucity of Doctorally prepared nurses with research expertise in health policy, cancer nursing care or health disparities.

Therefore, the purpose of this project is to develop a training and mentorship program that will prepare students, especially under-represented minority in PhD in Nursing students from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a focus on health policy targeted to cancer nursing care and health disparities in a coordinated effort between the DFCI Department of Nursing, the Phyllis Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services and the UMass Boston College of Nursing and Health Sciences.  In addition, to address the major factors (of faculty age and an adequate pool of younger faculty for replacement of nursing faculty) contributing to the faculty shortage, we will design, pilot and evaluate a fast track BS to PhD program focused on cancer, health policy and health disparities.  We will also develop community outreach and prevention programs with the expertise of the DFCI clinical investigators and scholars as well as the resources and interest of UMass Boston faculty and nursing students."

Excerpt cited from U-56 Grant Proposal
by Pat Reid Ponte, RN, DNSc, FAAN and Greer Glazer, RN, CNP, Phd FAAN