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While cancer screening can reduce mortality and morbidity, participation in cancer screening can have a
negative psychological and behavioral impact, even when no malignancy is detected. Understanding and
management of the potential negative impact of cancer screening is the focus of the research and mentoring
activities for this award. The PI has spent over 20 years conducting research in behavioral oncology and
mentoring pre- and postdoctoral trainees. His career has focused on the psychological, social, and
behavioral dimensions of cancer detection, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. This award will enable him
to continue to develop his research and mentoring activities. The research builds on the PI's ongoing study
(R01 CA94036) of psychological and behavioral outcomes of transvaginal (TVS) screening for ovarian
cancer and the PI's recent study of psychological and behavioral outcomes of benign breast biopsy (BBB).
Three synergistic studies are proposed: (1) prospective, longitudinal study of psychological and behavioral
outcomes of an abnormal TVS screening result; (2) development and evaluation of brief psychoeducational
interventions for managing the negative psychological and behavioral impact of BBB; and (3) development of
brief psychoeducational interventions for managing the negative impact of an abnormal TVS screening
result. The mentoring plan builds on the PI's prior experience as PI for three pre-and postdoctoral research
training grants. Mentoring will be provided for 4-6 trainees each year. All trainees participate in an existing
research training program in behavioral oncology. The training program consists of core elements:
(1) coursework; (2) participation in behavioral oncology research; and (3) participation in national
professional meetings. These core elements enable achievement of training objectives: (1) knowledge of
the behavioral oncology literature; (2) knowledge of the medical basis of cancer; (3) participation in all
phases of research; (4) acquisition of skills critical to both quantitative and qualitative research; (5) familiarity
with medical settings in which cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment occurs; and (6) professional
development. The overall goal of the training program is to prepare trainees for careers as independent
investigators in behavioral oncology
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/04 → 6/30/11 |
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