Cores

The Research Education Core (REC) builds upon our successful 5-year U54 Partnership and rigorous multidisciplinary training environment at Temple University-Fox Chase Cancer Center (TUFCCC) and Hunter College (HC). The REC leverages exceptional institutional strengths in training and research education across TUFCCC and HC, the outstanding core facilities of an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, a combined interdisciplinary research infrastructure in population, clinical, translational and basic sciences, and a highly engaged student population across both institutions.

The Research Education Core (REC) provides intensive mentorship and research support in cancer research to achieve the overarching goal of promoting excellence in the training and professional and scientific development of Early-Stage Investigators (ESIs) and students. Additionally, the REC enhances the training of a well-equipped biomedical workforce through a system of coordinated and integrated activities such as the Summer Cancer Research Institute (SCRI) for undergraduate and graduate students and the facilitation of academic-community research opportunities in partnership with communities and populations in PA, NJ, and NYC.

Core Co-Leaders:

• Carolyn Y. Fang, PhD
  Professor, Cancer Prevention and Control
  Associate Director for Population Science
  Fox Chancer Cancer Center, Temple University

   

• Frida Kleiman, PhD
  Professor, Department of Chemistry
  Hunter College

Early detection through cancer screening plays a critical role in reducing the cancer burden; however, the utilization of these services remains suboptimal. The Community Outreach Core (COC) uses community-engaged approaches to promote cancer screenings and genetic testing in communities throughout the PA, NJ and NYC region. The overall goals of the COC are to engage the community in cancer outreach and sustain cancer screening programs within the communities served and support U54 investigators and trainees on community-based cancer research through building and sustaining CBPR infrastructure. The COC also aims to facilitate and enhance bi-directional communication between TUFCCC/HC investigators and the community.  

Core Co-Leaders:

• Yin Tan, MD, MPH
  Senior Program Director, Center For Asian Health
  Lewis Katz School of Medicine

• Evelyn González, MA
  Senior Director, Office of Community Outreach
  Fox Chase Cancer Center

• Ming-Chin Yeh, PhD
  Chair, Department of Nutrition and Public Health
  Professor, Department of Nutrition and Public Health
  Hunter College

• Marilyn A. Fraser, MD
  Chief Executive Officer, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health  
  Research Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and School of Public Health 
  SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

The Planning and Evaluation Core (PEC) monitors and evaluates the scientific integration and collaboration across the TUFCCC/HC Partnership and bi-directional community engagement.  The overall goal of Planning and Evaluation Core (PEC) is to build on the infrastructure created and continue to: 1) improve the foundation to support planning, monitoring and evaluation of the impact of research projects, cores and shared resources of Temple University Fox Chase Cancer Center (TUFCCC) and Hunter College (HC) Partnership on reducing cancer health burden; and 2) maximize resources, identify new directions and actively facilitate by bringing senior faculty, early-stage investigators, and trainees together to design and pursue cutting-edge cancer research through rigorous solicitation, evaluation, and selection of new projects, using NIH grant review criteria. Guided by the TUFCCC/HC Partnership Logic Model, the PEC team will collaborate with each Core/Project leaders to develop specific evaluation plans; implement procedures to collect all necessary evaluation data with the least cost and burden to Partnership leaders, researchers, and community members.

Core Co-Leaders:

• Grace X. Ma, PhD
  Associate Dean of Population Health Research,
  Chair and Laura H. Carnell Professor, Department of Urban Health and Population Science
  Founding Director, Center for Asian Health (CAH)
  Lewis Katz School of Medicine
  Professor, Fox Chase Cancer Center

• Lin Zhu, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Health and Population
  Assistant Professor, Center for Asian Health
  Lewis Katz School of Medicine

• SJ Dodd, MSW, MSEd, PhD
  Director, Silberman Center for Sexuality and Gender
  Professor, Silberman School of Social Work
  Hunter College