Cancer Prevention Fellowship
The Cancer Prevention Fellowship is a joint program by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Dana–Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. It trains the next generation of experts in cancer prevention and control, with emphasis on disparities, implementation science, health communication, global cancer, and population science methods.
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Curriculum
The Core Curriculum includes two courses required of all fellows:
Topics range from genetics and cancer biology, cancer prevention and control methodology and strategies, and biomarkers.
Responsible Conduct of Research (HPM 548)
This ethics course is a Harvard Chan requirement for all trainees funded by NIH grants
Cancer Prevention seminar series
All fellows are required to participate in a monthly seminar series with other trainees in this Program, providing a breadth of perspectives on cancer prevention. Additionally, the seminar series focuses on career development.
Mentored research
Each fellow will work with a primary mentor and secondary mentor, and other program faculty. The fellowship provides fund for research-related activities. We utilize a developmental network mentoring approach that builds a network of support across career development stages.
Grant preparation and writing training
Fellows will prepare (not submit) a small grant (R03, R21) or a K-series grant. Pre-doctoral fellows do this in the course of the methods sequence, and post-doctoral fellows with their mentoring team.