Fellowship Program - National Cancer Institute

Program Description
Other Program Components
Molecular Prevention
Laboratory Course
Along with participation in the Summer
Curriculum in Cancer Prevention, all fellows at
the NCI take part in the Molecular Prevention
Laboratory course, a hands-on laboratory
experience that is open only to Cancer Prevention
Fellows. The course provides fellows, especially
those with limited laboratory experience,
tangible reference points for understanding
laboratory applications commonly used in cancer
prevention research. The course consists of brief
explanatory lectures interwoven with laboratory
demonstrations. Each exercise is designed to
provide instruction in laboratory techniques
that are frequently referenced in the Summer
Curriculum in Cancer Prevention lectures.
Molecular Prevention Laboratory Course
Left to Right: Salma Shariff-Marco, Ph.D., M.P. H.,
Adeyinka Laiyemo, M.B.B.S., M.P. H., Roycelynn Mentor-
Marcel, Ph.D., M.P. H., Sharon Glynn, Ph.D., M.P. H.
Annual Cancer Prevention
Fellows’ Scientific Symposium
In September 2002, the CPFP held its First
Annual Cancer Prevention Fellows’ Scientific
Symposium. This inaugural event set the stage
for the subsequent yearly symposia held each fall
just prior to the start of the Cancer Prevention
and Control Colloquia Series. The Symposium is
an occasion to bring together the senior fellows,
those fellows who have recently arrived at the
NCI, and the CPFP staff for a day of scientific
exchange in the area of cancer prevention. The
event provides an opportunity for fellows to
discuss their projects, ideas, and potential future
collaborations. Fellows spearhead the planning
of the Symposium, including the development
of the program agenda and special workshops,
and the selection of invited speakers.
Fellows’ Research Meetings
Between September and June, Cancer
Prevention Fellows and CPFP scientific staff attend
the weekly Fellows’ Research Meeting, where
fellows formally present their research. Fellows’
preceptors and invited guests are welcome to
attend. Periodically, career and professional
development topics are also presented.
Cancer Prevention and
Control Colloquia Series
Following the Fellows’ Research Meeting,
fellows attend the Cancer Prevention and Control
Colloquia Series. These seminars feature leading
scientists in the field of cancer prevention and
control. Each fellow has the opportunity to invite
prominent investigators in his/her discipline to
present at these NCI-sponsored lectures.
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