CPRIT awards more than $15 million to BCM for cancer research
Researchers at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï of Medicine have been awarded more than $15 million in grants by the (CPRIT) to support innovative cancer research, treatments and prevention measures. CPRIT awarded nearly $154 million in grants to institutions across Texas, including nine grants to Baylor, to advance the fight against cancer.
Awards to Baylor include:
Dr. Bingning Dong, assistant professor of medicine and molecular and cellular biology, received an individual investigator award of $900,000 for research titled, “Role of liver receptor homolog-1 in MASH-associated liver cancer.â€
Dr. Margaret Goodell, professor and chair of molecular and cellular biology and Vivian L. Smith Chair in Regenerative Medicine, received an individual investigator award of $900,000 for research titled “Cooperation between NPM1c and TET2 loss in acute myeloid leukemia.â€
Dr. Trey Westbrook, professor of molecular and human genetics and of biochemistry and molecular biology and Robert C. Welch Chair in Chemistry, received an individual investigator award of $900,000 for research titled “The HuSH complex as an immune-oncology target in TNBC.â€
Dr. Chonghui Cheng, professor of molecular and human genetics and of molecular and cellular biology in the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, received an individual investigator award of $900,000 for research titled “Enhancing tumor immunogenicity of TNBC through cryptic splicing-derived neopeptides.â€
Dr. Lisa Kahalley, professor of pediatrics – psychology, received an individual investigator research award for cancer in children and adolescents of $1.2 million for research titled “Radiation dose-volume associations with neurocognitive change in pediatric brain tumor patients treated with proton vs. photon radiotherapy.â€
Dr. Jeffrey Rosen, Distinguished Service Professor of molecular and cellular biology in the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, received an individual investigator research award for clinical trials of $1.6 million for research titled “Enhancing therapeutic efficacy in TNBC through targeted modulation of RNA helicase eIF4A.â€
Dr. Aaron Thrift, professor of medicine and section chief of epidemiology and population sciences, received an individual investigator research award for prevention and early detection of $1,199,450 for research titled “Family-based Helicobacter pylori screening and eradication for prevention of gastric cancer.â€
Dr. Roger Zoorob, Richard M. Kleberg, Sr. Professor and Chair in Family and Community Medicine, received a cancer screening and early detection award of $2,444,560 for research titled “Expansion of the Lung Cancer Screening and Tobacco Control Network to rural and medical underserved populations.
Baylor also received $5 million for a Recruitment of Established Investigator Award.
To date, CPRIT has awarded more than $4 billion in grants to Texas research institutions and organizations through its academic research, prevention and product development programs. Read more about the most recent round of CPRIT funding here.