Temple University/Fox Chase Cancer Center and Hunter College of the City University of New York have received a five-year, $13.3 million grant renewal from NCI to address cancer health disparities.
Mark KelleyMelissa FishelMark Kelley and Melissa Fishel, two researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, received a five-year, $2.4 million grant from NCI to explore therapies that target the critical pathways pancreatic tumors use to survive.
Monica Bertagnolli testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing to be the next NIH Director, Oct. 18, 2023Â Photo credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesA Senate Committee Oct. 25 voted 15-6 to advance the confirmation of Monica Bertagnolli to the role of NIH director.Â
A multi-investigator team has received $4 million from NCI to study immunotherapy in diffuse midline glioma.Â
A study published in Journal of Personalized Medicine explores how oncology subspecialist reviews of pancreatic adenocarcinoma cases can identify care gaps and provide recommendations intended to improve treatment outcomes.Â
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center earned a Merit Extension Award from NCI, which provides two additional years of funding from the NCI Cancer Center Support Grant, adding $15 million to the $36 million grant that the NCI awarded to VICC in 2020.Â
Researchers from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Dana Farber Cancer Institute have received a $4 million five-year grant from NCI to determine whether lifestyle interventions, such as exercise and intermittent fasting, help patients with advanced breast cancer better tolerate side effects from treatment.Â
Amid the gridlock that has seized Washington, NCI faces a grim and disturbing FY2024, the institute’s Principal Deputy Director Douglas R. Lowy said at the annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
The Senate confirmation hearing for NCI Director Monica Bertagnolli, who has been nominated for the job of NIH director, has been scheduled for Oct. 18.
Nearly 80% of NIH staff will be furloughed if Congress fails to fund the federal government or pass a continuing resolution before midnight Saturday, Sept. 30—halting many administrative functions and nonclinical activities in the agency’s research pipelines.
