The CARES Center career enhancement program is tailored to develop research capacity among early-stage researchers. This is a career resource, guidance, and training hub that provides tools for a competitive, independent career in cancer research, including critical technical and scientific training, training in essential skills for scientific research, connections to experts for collaboration and networking, and training in writing competitive grant applications to foster new projects.
Opportunities
Health Equity Research Education Program (HEREP)
Applications for HEREP open annually in late-summer/early-fall. Participants are mentored in research training and career development through courses on bioethics, biostatistics, epidemiology, and minority aging. During the program, there is an intensive grant writing retreat where participants present a grant proposal that may be submitted to an external funding agency. After presenting, the participant will receive feedback to increase fundability
Current Scholars
Patricia Ajayi-Fox, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Heersink School of Medicine, Gastroenterology
Assessing Health Literacy in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Bowel Preparation in an underserved population in the Deep South
Emily Johnston, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor
Heersink School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Unpacking the role of structural racism in quality of EOL care for children with cancer
Desmin Milner, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Heersink School of Medicine, Radiology
Assessing baseline knowledge and motivations for lung cancer screening in patients who have recently undergone breast cancer screening
Rushil Patel, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Heersink School of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Evaluating the Palliative Care Preferences of Hindu Adults with Cancer and their Caregivers
Korijna Valenti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Heersink School of Medicine, Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care;
UAB School of Public Health
Community Informed Strategies to Address the Needs of Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals in Alabama Who Have Lost a Spouses or Partner, and the Care and Support They Would Want
