WashU and Siteman receive $11.6M SPORE grant for endometrial cancer research

UNC Lineberger awarded endometrial cancer SPORE grant

NCI has awarded a five-year, $11.2 million Cancer Health Disparities Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Endometrial Cancer grant to Victoria Bae-Jump and Hazel Nichols at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

October 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.37

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Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center awarded $12M NIH SPORE grant to advance breast cancer research

From left to right: Geoffrey Shapiro, Leif Ellisen and Nancy Lin. Sitting below them is Kornelia Polyak.The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, a cancer research consortium comprised of five of Boston’s academic medical centers, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital, has been awarded an NCI grant to continue its Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Breast Cancer.

October 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.36

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UNM’s Kimberly Leslie awarded $12.9M NCI grant to study endometrial cancer

Kimberly Leslie, a professor at the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a 5-year, $12.9 million grant from NCI. Leslie and her research team, which includes scientists from the Universities of Iowa, Utah, Kansas, Virginia, and California at San Diego, will study all available hormonal regimens to prevent and treat endometrial cancer.

September 26, 2025

Vol.51 No.35

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UCSF awarded $12M SPORE grant to study cancer outcomes for meningioma, prostate cancer, and breast cancer

The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center was awarded the Specialized Programs of Research Excellence grant by NCI for a combined program focused on cancer outcomes.

September 19, 2025

Vol.51 No.34

In Brief

UTSW receives SPORE grant from NCI to study liver cancer

The Liver Tumor Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center has been selected by NCI as a Specialized Program of Research Excellence.

September 19, 2025

Vol.51 No.34