The FY25 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the Ovarian Research Program to support patient-centered research to prevent, detect, treat, and cure ovarian cancer to enhance the health and well-being of service members, veterans, their family members and all women impacted by this disease. The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, or CDMRP, at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command is the program office managing these anticipated FY25 funding opportunities.
Cedars-Sinai investigators who previously developed an imaging tool that used artificial intelligence to predict pancreatic cancer are now working to adapt that tool specifically for Black patients, who have disproportionately high rates of the disease.
The NCI Cancer Center Support Grant requires community outreach and engagement, but the design and implementation of COE programs, as well as staff training, are largely left to individual institutions.