Oncology

UCSF Scholars Program

The CaPSURE™ Study seeks applicants annually for the UCSF CaPSURE™ Scholars Program in Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research. The goals of the scholarship are to advance prostate cancer research and to support the career development of young investigators. Research topics include clinical outcomes, utilization of health care resources and quality of life.

Since 1999, scholarships have been offered to qualified residents and fellows at accredited US training institutions. Scholars, working from their home institutions, formulate research plans under the mentorship of senior CaPSURE™ investigators. Mentoring is conducted through email, telephone consultations and in-person meetings. Scholars, UCSF statistical analysts and mentors work together to complete the project within the study year.

Each Scholar receives a monetary stipend to fund presentation of results at a national meeting. Results also are submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

The UCSF CaPSURE™ Scholars Program is administered by the UCSF Department of Urology and funded in part by an independent educational grant from Abbott. Additional information about the CaPSURE™ Study can be found on our Genitourinary Cancer Epidemiology and Population Science (G-CEPS) page.

Overview of Study Year

Scholar Responsibilities

Each Scholar:
• Participates in the program from his/her home institution
• Identifies a local mentor who is familiar with prostate cancer clinical care, outcomes research, or health services research and who is able to provide ongoing research supervision during his/her study year
• Is assigned a national mentor from the group of faculty participating in CaPSURE™
• Is assigned a UCSF statistical analyst to work with on plans for data analysis and interpretation of results
• Is oriented to the CaPSURE™ database via conference call and the web at the start of the study year
• Specifies research interests and plans a project with his/her project group consisting of himself/herself, national and local mentors, and the statistical analyst
• Receives a travel stipend to defray costs of attending a national meeting to present an abstract
• Works with his/her project group to complete the project goals within the study year

Project Group Responsibilities

Each Scholar and his/her project group members:
• Meet via email, conference call or at a national or regional meeting
• Develop specific research questions and determine a time line to accomplish goals throughout the study year
• Submit at least one abstract to a national professional meeting (deadlines are in the fall for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancer Symposium and the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting)
• Attend that meeting to present the project results via oral or poster presentation
• Set up target dates for completion of a manuscript after an abstract has been submitted
• Write and publish a manuscript as first author in an appropriate peer-reviewed journal (e.g. Journal of Urology, Journal of Clinical Oncology).

Mentors

National mentors have extensive experience in prostate cancer research and with the CaPSURE™ project. A listing of all current mentors is to the left.

Application Process

Requirements

Applicants:
• Must identify a local mentor at the time of application
• Must propose a research project
• Are selected by senior leadership of the CaPSURE™ study based on previous research experience, letters of support, seniority in post-graduate study (5th and 6th year residents and post-residency fellows are given priority), and the suitability of personal research interests for the CaPSURE™ database

Key dates:

• Application deadline: none at this time.
• Applicants are notified of decisions 2-4 weeks after deadline.
• Study year: September 2010 through August 2011.

Application Materials

Applicants must provide:
• An application (download from this link)
• A curriculum vitae
• A one-page statement describing previous research experience, career goals, and how the scholarship would support those goals. Include one paragraph describing a topic you would like to study using CaPSURE data.
• Two letters of recommendation with salutation to Peter Carroll, MD, MPH.
Urology residents and fellows: Letters of support from the applicant's local mentor and training program director
Medical students and fellows in disciplines other than urology: Letters of support from faculty members at the applicant's institution who are familiar with his/her academic background and who are able to address applicant's potential for a career in prostate cancer research

APPLICANTS
Submit application, CV, and personal statement by email to the UCSF Capsure Scholars Program (capsurescholars@urology.ucsf.edu)

REFERENCES
Send confidential reference report and letter of recommendation by express delivery to:

Express Delivery:
UCSF CaPSURE™ Scholars Program
Room A618, Department of Urology
1600 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Tel: 415/353-7424

CaPSURE scholars are, or have been residents, fellows and postdocs from departments of urology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, and psychology throughout the US and Canada.

Scholars

2010-2011

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH
Fellow, Department of Medical Oncology, Jonhs Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Jeffrey Tomaszewski, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

2009-2010

Karim Chamie, MD
Fellow, Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Kevin Choe, MD, PhD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Charles Hsu, MD, PhD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Alexander Kutikov, MD
Fellow, Urologic Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

Matthew Resnick, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Jonathan Silberstein, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, University of California, San Diego, CA

2008-2009

Kelvin Moses, MD, PhD
Resident, Department of Urology, Emory University, Atlanta GA

Kevin Oh, MD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Marc Smaldone, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh, PA

Geoffrey Sonn, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Matthew Tollefson, MD
Fellow, Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

2007-2008

Robert Abouassaly, MD
Resident, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH

Ronald C. Chen, MD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

Vincent Fradet, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery (Urology), Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada

David J. Hernandez, MD
Resident, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD

Todd M. Morgan, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA

Wesley White, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville TN

2006-2007

Daniel Barocas, MD
Fellow, Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN

Toni Choueiri, MD, MS
Fellow, Department of Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Y. Mark Hong, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

George Huang, MD
Fellow, Department of Urology, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA

Irwin Lee, MD, PhD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI

Nicole Simone, MD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD

Henry Tsai, MD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

2005-2006

Piyush Agarwal, MD
Department of Urology, The University of Texas, Houston TX

Keith Bellizzi, PhD, MPH
Fellow, Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD

Stephen A. Boorjian, MD
Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN

O. Kenneth Macdonald, MD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT

Charles D. Scales, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC

Jay B. Shah, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, Columbia University, New York NY

Jonathan L. Wright, MD, MS
Department of Urology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA

2003-2004

Jason Anast, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, Washington University, St Louis, MO

Shelley Arredondo, MD, MPH
Resident in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, UCSF

William Bassett, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston MA

Matthew Cooperberg, MD

Sangtae Park, MD
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Kirsten Greene, MD

2002-2003

James Hu, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA

Tracy M. Downs, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Susan Rider Harlan, MD
Resident, Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT

Joseph Mitchell, MD
Resident, Department of Urology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston MA

1999-2001

Peter Langenstroer, MD, MS
Medical College of Wisconsin, Waukesha, WI

Theresa Koppie, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY

David Penson, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Urology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Contents of This Page

UCSF CaPSURE Scholars Program

Overview of Study Year

Scholar Responsibilites

Project Group Responsibilites

Mentors

Application Process

Requirements

Key Dates

Application Materials

Scholars

Program Brochure

Mentors

Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH
CaPSURE Principal Investigator and Scholars Program Director

Jeanette M. Broering, RN, MS, MPH
Director of Data Operations
Email: jbroering@urology.ucsf.edu

June M. Chan, ScD

Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH

Anthony V. D’Amico, PhD, MD
Professor of Radiation Oncology; Chief of Genitourinary Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Christopher J. Kane, MD
Professor of Surgery; Chief of Urology, University of California San Diego, Medical Center

Sara J. Knight, PhD

Badrinath Konety, MD, MBA
Professor and Chair of Urology, University of Minnesota

Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH
Professor of Urology and Health Services Research, University of California Los Angeles

Maxwell Meng, MD

David F. Penson, MD, MPH
Professor of Urologic Surgery; Director, Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Leslie Wilson, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF

Key Staff

Janet Cowan
Programmer Analyst & CaPSURE Scholars Coordinator
Email: capsurescholars@urology.ucsf.edu

Alan Paciorek
Programmer Analyst

Contact Number

Questions about the program can be directed to Janet Cowan, CaPSURE Scholars Coordinator.