Career Enhancement Program

CAREER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (CEP): SUMMARY Despite the tremendous recent advances in lung cancer research, it remains the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Ensuring that there is a robust pipeline of talented investigators pursuing lung cancer research is essential to establish future discoveries and further improve lung cancer outcomes. The availability of appealing career opportunities in industry makes the recruitment and retention of talented investigators in academia challenging. The Career Enhancement Program (CEP) of the Yale SPORE in Lung Cancer (YSILC) is designed to address this problem by providing funding, mentoring and support for investigators interested in pursuing a career in lung cancer research. The goal of the CEP is to train a new generation of investigators committed to translational research in lung cancer. The CEP has substantial institutional commitment, both in terms of funding and infrastructure. Potential CEP candidates include promising junior faculty who are interested in establishing their careers in translational lung cancer research and/or established investigators whose previous research has been in other areas and who would like to transition into lung cancer focused research. Awardees will be paired with mentors who are more established lung cancer investigators with a documented record of successful mentoring. In this way, the YSILC will stimulate the development of the next generation of lung cancer scientists, to tackle the most challenging issues in lung cancer research.