Research News & Funding Opportunities for Tulane Cancer Researchers - June 11, 2024 | |
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NCI Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (K12 Clinical Trial Optional)
PAR-24-153
APPLICATION DUE DATE: JUNE 18, 2024
The purpose of the NCI Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (K12) is to support the training of clinical scientists in community cancer prevention, screening, intervention, control, and treatment research. Special emphasis is placed on training clinical scientists whose career goal is to improve the care and outcomes of minority health populations and populations with health disparities that are underrepresented in clinical research by increasing their access to and representation as human subjects in cancer clinical trials using an equity lens.
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) allows the appointment of Scholars proposing to serve as the lead investigator of an independent community-based clinical trial; proposing to increase the integration of cancer health disparities research questions into clinical trials; or proposing a separate ancillary study to an existing prevention, screening, intervention, control or treatment trial; or proposing to gain research experience in a community-based clinical trial led by another investigator; or proposing to serve as leader of innovative clinical trial approaches that expand engagement of minority health populations and populations with health disparities that are underrepresented as human subjects in cancer clinical trials, as part of their research and career development.
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Budget Workshop for
Female Founders
July 15 - 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Salon 22
2407 Bienville St., New Orleans, LA 70119
Salon 22 and Tulane Adjunct Professor Jane Cooper are offering a Budget Workshop for early-stage company founders. The workshop teaches the basics of creating an annual budget, including defining customers, sales and revenue, product/service pricing, volume of sales, cost of goods sold, monthly expenses, and profit/loss. It is a five-week intensive course that ends with a 12-month budget for your company. For more information or to register, click here.
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Approaching Deadlines for Department of Defense Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Program (https://cdmrp.health.mil/funding/prcrp)
Idea Award
o Pre-application submission deadline is June 21, 2024 - 4:00 p.m. Central Time
o Invitation to Submit an Application: August 2, 2024
o Full application submission deadline is September 26, 2024 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
Impact Award
o Pre-application submission deadline is June 21, 2024 - 4:00 p.m. Central Time
o Invitation to Submit an Application: August 2, 2024
o Full application submission deadline is September 26, 2024 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
Career Development Award – Scholar Option
o Pre-application submission deadline is July 12, 2024 - 4:00 p.m. Central Time
o Full application submission deadline is July 26, 2024 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
Patient Well-Being and Survivorship Award
o Pre-application submission deadline is July 12, 2024 - 4:00 p.m. Central Time
o Full application submission deadline is July 26, 2024 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
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Forge AHEAD Pilot Grant Opportunity
The Forge AHEAD Program's new pilot grant opportunity -- made available through Tulane's partnership in the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science -- provides a 1-year, $50,000 award for applicants interested in conducting clinical, community, and population health research into cardiometabolic diseases. Interested applicants should also include health equity and social determinants of health components in their research plans.
The next deadline for letters of intent is June 25.
This flyer provides additional information, but please contact Andy Barton at abarton1@tulane.edu or 504-988-9038 with any questions or to set up a brief call to discuss how your research might fit this request for applications.
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Pfizer Global Medical Grants Announces a New Education RFP in Cervical Cancer
Improving Care for Patients with Recurrent / Metastatic (R/M) Cervical Cancer
The goal of this RFP is to support education for medical oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pharmacists, eye care providers, nurse practitioners and physician assistants working in the oncology setting caring for patients with r/m cervical cancer relating to treatments, management of adverse events, and long-term outcomes.
To review the full RFP please click here.
Application Due Date: August 22, 2024
Tony Enterante, Senior Development Officer for Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations, is happy to work with applicants on their submissions. You can contact Tony at aenteranteiii@tulane.edu.
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Request for Proposals
Equity in Access Research Program
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has just released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for its Equity in Access Research Program, which is dedicated to funding health services research.
They are reissuing the RFP Building Evidence for Effective Interventions to Increase Therapeutic Cancer Clinical Trial Accrual: Promoting Access for Patients from Underrepresented Groups. Awards will be a maximum of $2.5 million each, over 5 years.
Specifically, they seek proposals that will implement and evaluate interventions designed to:
- Mitigate multilevel barriers to therapeutic clinical trial accrual for underrepresented groups
- Quantitatively measure the impact of these interventions on patient accrual
They are particularly interested in proposals that address systemic, institutional, and clinician-related barriers that impede clinical trial participation.
It is not necessary for applicants to have previously conducted research in blood cancer. The due date for Letters of Intent is September 12, 2024 at 2 pm CST.
For more information, visit LLS.org/EquityinAccess
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Unlimited Access to GIDEON
The Matas Library is now providing unlimited access to GIDEON, the Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network. Whether you're a researcher, faculty, or a medical student, GIDEON serves as your comprehensive hub for infectious disease data, research, and diagnostics.
With GIDEON, you can:
1. Access a vast repository of information on diseases, vaccines, and microbes.
2. Use a sophisticated probability engine and interactive decision tree to identify pathogens.
3. Construct step-by-step diagnoses tailored to your specific case.
4. Visualize data through dynamic charts and maps for enhanced understanding and analysis.
Take advantage of unlimited access to GIDEON through the Matas Library now.
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Product Updates and Open Training Sessions from Elsevier
Explore the latest product updates and join open training sessions from Elsevier, featuring Complete Anatomy and Osmosis. Open webinar sessions are available all summer!
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Open Access Publishing Opportunities
Tulane University Libraries has negotiated agreements with publishers like Springer Nature, Elsevier, Oxford University Press, and Wiley to waive article processing charges (APCs) for Tulane contributing authors.
To learn more about these waivers and any associated restrictions, click here.
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Recent Member Publications | |
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Structural Determinants of Peptide Nanopore Formation. Sun L, Hristova K, Bondar AN, Wimley WC. ACS Nano. 2024 Jun 6. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.4c02824. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38844421
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the process of CA19-9 production and dynamics of the immune microenvironment between CA19-9 (+) and CA19-9 (-) PDAC. Zhang D, Cui F, Zheng K, Li W, Liu Y, Wu C, Peng L, Yang Z, Chen Q, Xia C, Li S, Jin Z, Xu X, Jin G, Li Z, Huang H. Chin Med J (Engl). 2024 May 30. doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000003130. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 38816396
Pancreatic epithelial IL-17/IL-17RA signaling drives B7-H4 expression to promote tumorigenesis. Castro-Pando S, Howell RM, Li L, Mascaro M, Faraoni EY, Le Roux O, Romanin D, Tahan V, Riquelme E, Zhang Y, Kolls JK, Allison JP, Lozano G, Moghaddam SJ, McAllister F. Cancer Immunol Res. 2024 Jun 6. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-23-0527. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 38842383
Xenohormetic Phytochemicals Inhibit Neovascularization in Microphysiological Models of Vasculogenesis and Tumor Angiogenesis.
Kpeli GW, Conrad KM, Bralower W, Byrne CE, Boue SM, Burow ME, Mondrinos MJ. Adv Biol (Weinh). 2024 Jun 4:e2300480. doi: 10.1002/adbi.202300480. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38831745
Batf-Dependent Th17 cells act through IL23R pathway to promote prostate adenocarcinoma initiation and progression. Liu S, Rivero SL, Zhang B, Shen K, Li Z, Niu T, Rowan BG, Jazwinski SM, Abdel Mageed AB, Steele C, Wang AR, Sartor O, Zhang Q. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Jun 4:djae120. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djae120. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 38833676
Transmembrane helix interactions regulate oligomerization of the receptor tyrosine kinase EphA2. Wirth D, Özdemir E, Wimley WC, Pasquale EB, Hristova K. J Biol Chem. 2024 Jun 3:107441. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107441. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38838777
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The Tulane Cancer Center NGS Analysis Core team assists investigators with furthering their research through comprehensive processing and analysis of data obtained from widely used high-throughput sequencing applications.
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Cell Analysis Core
The Cell Analysis Core Facility is designed to collaborate with investigators and contribute to all aspects of the research process, including consultation in experimental design, data analysis and storage, troubleshooting, interpretation of results, and the preparation and production of presentation graphics.
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Tulane Cancer Center Membership
Please click here for Tulane Cancer Center's membership guidelines and our online application form.
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