Education providing education and training to students and investigators at various stages of their cancer research careers

The mission of the UF Health Cancer Institute Cancer Training and Education Program (CTEP), led by Dr. Dietmar Siemann, is to serve as the university-wide institute for cancer education and workforce enhancement. The CTEP provides education and training opportunities across the education continuum, from pre-collegiate to faculty, and includes programs that emphasize training of underrepresented minorities.

LEADERSHIP

Dietmar W. Siemann, Ph.D. is the UF Health Cancer Institute’s associate director for education and training and the John P. Cofrin Professor for Research in the department of radiation oncology.

Dr. Siemann’s research spans over 30 years of continuous funding from the National Cancer Institute. His research interests include the tumor microenvironment’s influence on treatment resistance of cancer to conventional anticancer therapies, and its critical role in malignant progression and dissemination of tumor cells; molecular targeting of critical signaling pathways; and the impact of aerobic exercise on tumor progression and cancer management.

Dr. Siemann is co-leader of the UF College of Medicine Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences Cancer Biology Concentration. He has served on the UF Graduate Council and UF Senate and was the recipient of the UF Health Cancer Institute Mentoring Award and the College of Medicine Exemplary Teachers Award.  Dr. Siemann has mentored 39 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

Pre-collegiate

pre-collegiate

Cancer Research Conference for Science Teachers

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PRE-COLLEGIATE

Cancer Research Symposium for High School Students

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PRE-COLLEGIATE

Florida 4-H University — Cancer Discovery Workshop

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Undergraduate

Graduate

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Cancer Biology Concentration

GRADUATE

Certificate in Cancer

GRADUATE

Cancer Policy Internship

GRADUATE

Predoctoral Awards

Postdoctoral

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Postdoctoral Fellowships in Cancer Research

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TiCaRt T32 Program

Team-based Interdisciplinary Cancer Research Training Program

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Education News & Updates

Video FEATURE

Cancer Researchers on the Rise

Xzaviar Solone, M.S.

Xzaviar Solone, M.S., a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Cancer Biology Concentration, is the latest investigator featured in the UF Health Cancer Institute's Cancer Researchers on the Rise video series, which highlights young, promising cancer researchers at the University of Florida. His lung cancer research aims to understand the molecular regulation diving the association between LKB1 loss and onset of malignant aggressive behaviors.

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