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GUIDeS (Guiding U54 Investigator Development to Sustainability) Shared Resource

The GUIDeS Shared Resource will organize and facilitate a range of new services and career enhancement opportunities, primarily targeted for ESIs (Early Stage Investigators) and JIs. (Junior Investigators). The GUIDeS Shared Resource has been strategically designed to interface with the other NACP components to ensure services and expertise across NACP are available to ESIs and JIs. The ESIs and JIs will be fully integrated into the full range of NACP activities and research collaborations between NAU, Cancer Center, and the Native American communities it serves.

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GUIDeS goals

Assist ESIs and JIs through the process of developing a rigorously designed cancer research project and identifying potential funding opportunities.
Pair them with senior NACP faculty researcher mentors and other inter-institutional collaborators for the development of their projects and resulting grants and publications.
Navigate them through the university system in developing the regulatory, financial, and institutional requirements for conducting and submitting research to extramural agencies.
Afford opportunities to participate in grant development workshops and mock study sections as well as access to grant writing and proposal development services.
Provide biostatistics and bioinformatics support services as well as streamlined access to experts in Native American-based community engagement, specifically regarding research (Outreach Core).
Support their development of effective organizational, time management, and research communication skills, e.g., seminar presentation and manuscript preparation.

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Aims

Support and enhance NACP-associated ESIs and JIs in developing competitive research projects for intramural and extramural funding focused on cancer research, notably in addressing cancer disparities among Native Americans.
Provide ESIs and JIs with biostatistics and bioinformatics consulting and methodological support services in developing and analyzing cancer research and cancer health disparities research projects.
Enhance ESIs and JIs’ organizational, management, and research communication skills.

Guides workshops and recordings

Contact

Cancer Center: Ron Heimark, rheimark@arizona.edu

NAU: Jani Ingram, jani.ingram@nau.edu

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