2018 Volume 64 Issue 3 Pages 198-201
Along with the recent progress in medical science, expert individuals and research groups need to collaborate, and thus training personnel for international translational research is urgently needed. The Academy of Cancer Expert (ACE) is a program that developed through the cooperative efforts of three sister institutes, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC), Keio University School of Medicine, and St. Luke’s International University to train the next generation of cancer care experts in Japan. Juntendo University has become a sister institute of the UTMDACC, together with Keio University and St. Luke's International University. The annual career development seminar hosted by ACE is an open session for Japanese physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and scientists involved in oncology. In this seminar, we learned how to create a constructive team that is essential in the clinical and translational research field. Also, participants shared successful or difficult experiences to build a high-performing team. Strategies for career advancements while being part of a team were also discussed by facilitators. My experience in ACE helped direct my career path. Herein, I detail ACE workshop and review the research that I participated in at UTMDACC.
