Cancer Prevention and Control Research Manpower Development

The overall aim of this four years project is to provide training in breast cancer prevention and control research for six fellows. Primary aims during year three were for third year fellows to submit manuscripts to peer reviewed journals and for each second year fellow to prepare a grant application for extramural funding. A major objective was to recruit a fellow in order to fill a position that was vacated during year two of the project. Our fellows are Sherry Crump, M.D., M.P.H., Mosunmola George-Taylor, Ph.D., Vanessa Parker, Ph.D., Carolyn Rowley, Ph.D. candidate, Ling Wu, Ph.D. and Kangman Zhu, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Crump is being mentored by Beverly Taylor, MD at Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. George-Taylor is being mentored by Linda Pederson, Ph.D. of Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Parker and Carolyn Rowley are being mentored by Susan Robinson, M.D., M.P.H. and Samuel Shacks, Ph.D., M.D. at Charles R. Drew University. Dr. Wu is working with Kofi Semenya, Ph.D. of Meharry Medical College. Dr. Zhu is being mentored by Robert Levine, M.D. of Meharry Medical College. The fellows have made measurable progress during year three. The third year fellows, Drs. Crump and Zhu prepared and submitted articles to peer-reviewed journals. One manuscript has been published. The second year fellows include Drs. George-Taylor, Parker, and Wu. Dr. Parker received funding for one project. Drs. George-Taylor and Wu are in the process of completing applications for extramural funding. Carolyn Rowley joined the project in June 1997. She filled a position that was vacated last year and is developing a research protocol.