STANDOUT in Behavioral Cancer Prevention and Control Research
Summer Training Accelerating and Nurturing the Development of Outstanding Undergraduate Trainees
Program Overview
STANDOUT is an immersive, hands-on, 10-week paid summer research internship, which focuses on providing trainees with research and career development training in the area of Behavioral Cancer Prevention and Control (BCPC). BCPC is an exciting discipline that provides many opportunities for advanced education, as well as a number of impactful academic and professional careers. The program is supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute (1R25CA260125).
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Program Leaders: Joel Erblich, PhD, MPH, Jennifer Ford, PhD, and Guy Montgomery, PhD
Program Manager: Emily Kaminsky, MS
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For more details about the STANDOUT program, click here.
To apply to STANDOUT, click here.
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What is Behavioral Cancer Prevention and Control Research?
Behavioral factors play a central role in both cancer-related morbidity and mortality, as well as cancer prevention and control. BCPC research is multidisciplinary and spans a diversity of fields such as epidemiology, oncology, psychology, sociology, and public policy.
The major areas addressed in BCPC research include:
1) cancer prevention
2) early detection of cancer
3) diagnosis, treatment, and management of cancer
4) cancer survivorship
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Cross-cutting approaches in all BCPC research reflect a biopsychosocial framework, acknowledging the complementary roles of biological (e.g., stress reactivity, genetics, epigenetics), psychological (e.g., stress, anxiety, depression, risk perceptions, self-efficacy), social (e.g., community norms, demographics, health care access), environmental (e.g., neighborhood, built environment, pollution/toxicant exposure), and policy (e.g., outreach, funding, institutional health care priorities) factors.
