Grants

Chen receives a UNC Health-E-NC grant

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-07-26T14:55:00Z

Dr. Ronald Chen is among the recipients of a UNC Health-E-NC* project grant entitiled “Improving Cancer Survivorship Care through Enhanced Communications and Coordination.” The study consists of two coordinated projects to both develop and evaluate a comprehensive approach to integrating primary and specialty oncology survivorship care for patients with breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer.

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*Health-E-NC is a statewide effort to improve cancer outcomes for diseases that affect North Carolina's citizens. Sponsored by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University Cancer Research Fund, the effort is aimed at finding innovative approaches to cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship, and spreading the latest and best evidence-based cancer information to health care providers, advocacy groups, cancer patients, their families and survivors.

Rosenman funded for "Statistics of Shape" grant

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-06-07T13:25:00Z

The School of Medicine Dean’s Office has announced that Dr. Rosenman’s grant proposal, Mathematical Statistics of Computer Representations of Multi-Object Complexes, has received funding from the School’s Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program.

Congratulations also to the co-authors:

Professors Stephen Pizer, Depts. of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Radiation Oncology, James Marron, Dept. of Statistics and Operations Research, and James Damon, Dept. of Mathematics.

Chen Awarded Grant to Study Heart/Prostate Factors

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-04-18T15:31:37Z

who recently received a research grant from RTOG.

“A Study to Evaluate Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Receipt of Primary and Preventive Care in Prostate Cancer Patients who Receive Definitive Radiation Therapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy”

A formal public award announcement will be at the June RTOG meeting.

Congratulations to Dr. Ron Chen for receiving research funding from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) for a grant entitled “A Study to Evaluate Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Receipt of Primary and Preventive Care in Prostate Cancer Patients who Receive Definitive Radiation Therapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy”.

Zhang awarded R01 grant

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-04-18T15:30:00Z

For the award of a RO1 grant issued March 19th and beginning in July 2012.

Project title: Mitochondrial p32 regulation of the Mdm2-p53 tumor suppression signaling and apop.

This is GOOD NEWS indeed!

Congratulations to Dr. Yanping Zhang for receiving funding for an NCI R01 grant beginning in July 2012. The project's title is "Mitochondrial p32 regulation of the Mdm2-p53 tumor suppression signaling and apoptosis."

Great news!

Tepper Improves Nanoparticle Production

Suzanne G Bodeen — 2010-10-11T19:45:00Z

The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $13.6 million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (C-CCNE) based at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, for research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer through applying/using advances in nanotechnology. The grant will support the continued work of the center launched in 2005 as part of NCI’s Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer. The C-CCNE, one of eight original centers in the national program, is one of nine that are funded in the new phase.

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$3.3 Million to Study Prostate Cancer Therapies

Gregg S Tracton — 2010-08-02T16:45:00Z

UNC physicians Ronald Chen, MD, MPH, Department of Radiation Oncology, and Paul Godley, MD, PhD, Division of Hematology and Oncology (Department of Medicine), are leading a team of researchers comparing different management strategies for localized prostate cancer. The team has received a $3.3 million grant for this work from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Read more...

Chang and Zhou awarded GO grant from NCI

Gregg S Tracton — 2010-01-23T17:05:00Z

Professors Otto Zhou (UNC Physics & Astronomy) and Sha Chang (UNC Radiation Oncology) have received a prestigious Grand Opportunity (GO) grant in the amount of two million dollars from the National Cancer Institute to develop a nanotechnology-based microbeam radiation therapy treatment delivery system for brain tumors. This is a recent achievement of Zhou and Chang's fruitful collaboration that has led to a number of radiotherapy-specific novel technologies for basic cancer research and future clinical applications.

Adams awarded 4-year grant from the NCI

Gregg S Tracton — 2010-01-15T05:00:00Z

Dr, Robert Adams is the recipient of a $1 million NCI (National Cancer Institute) R25 grant entitled "Curriculum and Modules for Computer-Based Instruction of Medical Dosimetry". This new grant will support the development of computer-based educational modules for the clinical training of the Department's medical dosimetry students, and has the potential for use in other training programs both nationally and internationally. The UNC Department of Radiation Oncology has had a nationally-accredited, one year, medical dosimetry certificate program for the past eight years, the first accredited program of its kind in the United States. The purpose of this grant is to translate part of the dosimetry education and training into a computer-based format, with training modules including designed case studies, assessment and evaluation tools, and links to external resources for further topic study.

Yanping Zhang awarded 5-year grant from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Gregg S Tracton — 2010-01-03T05:00:00Z

Dr. Yanping Zhang, Associate Professor in the Cancer Biology Division, was awarded a 5-year research grant from Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for his work on Targeting B23.NPM in leukemia and lymphoma.

Chang awarded 3-year NCI grant

Gregg S Tracton — 2010-01-02T05:00:00Z

Dr. Sha Chang, Associate Professor and the Chief of Physics & Computing Division, was awarded a three-year NCI grant to develop carbon nanotube field emission based x-ray pixel array micro-CT technology for small animal cancer model research.

Rosenman awarded 2-year NCI grant

Gregg S Tracton — 2010-01-01T05:00:00Z

Dr. Julian Rosenman, Professor of Radiation Oncology, was awarded a 2-year NCI grant to develop automation techniques for radiotherapy treatment planning of head and neck cancer.