Education providing education and training to students and investigators at various stages of their cancer research careers
Led by Dr. Dietmar Siemann, the mission of the UF Health Cancer Center Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination Core (CaRTECC) is to serve as the university-wide center for cancer education and workforce enhancement. As such, CaRTECC provides education and training opportunities across the continuum, from pre-collegiate to faculty, including programs that emphasize training of underrepresented minorities.
Pre-collegiate
pre-collegiate
Cancer Research Conference for Science Teachers
PRE-COLLEGIATE
Florida 4-H University — Cancer Discovery Workshop
Undergraduate
undergraduate
University Scholars Programs
Graduate
graduate
Cancer Biology Concentration
GRADUATE
Certificate in Cancer
GRADUATE
Cancer Policy Internship
GRADUATE
UFHCC Predoctoral Awards
Postdoctoral
postdoctoral
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Cancer Research
TiCaRt T32 Program
Team-based Interdisciplinary Cancer Research Training Program
Core Leader
Dietmar W. Siemann, Ph.D. is the UF Health Cancer Center’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 Center Mentoring Award and the College of Medicine Exemplary Teachers Award. Dr. Siemann has mentored 36 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.
