UTRGV has received its first CPRIT grant – $2.5 million in funding for an Integrated Cancer Research Core facility that will serve as a foundation for building the Valley’s growing cancer research network.  
  
The core also will support the established South Texas Centre of Excellence in Cancer Research to address disproportionate, cancer-related health issues in the area.  
  
Dr. Michael B. Hockerdean of the UTRGV School of Medicine, said the CPRIT grant is extremely competitive.   
   
“To have been its recipient solidifies UTRGV’s commitment to providing better healthcare options across the Rio Grande Valley,” he said.   
   
Dr. Subhash Chauhan, Ph.D.professor and chair of the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at the UTRGV School of Medicine, is founding director of the South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research