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Cancer Chemoprevention: New Opportunities
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
Speaker: Rajesh Agarwal, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Functional Heterogeneity in Head and Neck Cancer
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
Speaker: Rana P. Singh, PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Sprague Hall 105
Questions? Contact Xiaolin Zi
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Advancing Physician Scientist Careers in Dermatology
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Physician Scientist Collective: Distinguished Speaker Series
Speaker: Maryam Asgari, MD, PhD, University of Colorado, Aurora
Sprague Hall 105
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Personalizing Skin Cancer Risk Assessment: A Novel Approach to Skin Cancer Screening
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UCI SKIN Distinguished Speaker Series
Speaker: Maryam Asgari, MD, PhD, University of Colorado, Aurora
Sprague Hall 105
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Epigenetic Re-establishment of Tumor Suppression in Glioblastoma
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UCI Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center Seminar Lecture Series
Speaker: Alea Mills, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
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Leveraging Mobile Health and Remote Monitoring to Improve Breast Cancer Treatment and Outcomes
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Host: Cancer Control Research Program
Speaker: Illana Graetz, PhD, Emory University
Zoom
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Data as a Public Good for the Public Good to Solve Immediate Real-World Challenges
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Institute for Precision Health Distinguished Lecture Series
The Beach at UCI Beall Applied Innovation
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UCI Spacial Omics Symposium
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Host: Genomics Research and Technology Hub and Institute for Precision Health
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
Register by April 15 (space is limited)
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Save the Date: Molecular Tumor Board Virtual Meeting
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Belonging, Equity and Empowerment (BEE) Scene | |
Accepting Nominations! Learning about each other cultivates an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered to contribute and succeed. Nominate a colleague for a spotlight showcasing their unique stories beyond their roles at the CFCCC. Faculty, staff, and self-nominations are encouraged.
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Beyond Cancer Spotlight: Adeela Syed
Meet Adeela Syed, Manager of the Optical Biology Core (OBC) Shared Resource. Discover her commitment to supporting UCI researchers in their scientific endeavors while also prioritizing a balanced life that includes her family and various fun hobbies!
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Paula Cabanting
Clinical Research Coordinator (Breast Team/Team I)
sisonp@hs.uci.edu | 714-509-2444
Paula has a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UCSC. She brings 2.5 years of research coordination experience from UCSF’s melanoma and cutaneous oncology program. At UCSF, she lead protocol activations, wrote IRB regulatory reports, and trained peers, in addition to standard CRC tasks. Paula also has 1.5 years of epidemiologic undergraduate research experience where she explored the health impacts of environmental toxins on adolescents. She is passionate about contributing to evidence-based care and providing adequate healthcare access for patients. Welcome, Paula!
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Amanda Macareg
Sr. Clinical Research Coordinator (GU Team/Team F)
macaraeg@hs.uci.edu | 714-456-6264
Amanda has a MS in Biomedical and Translational Sciences, where her focus was in clinical research including developing/drafting protocols, completing analysis of results, etc. She immediately handled a high patient load when she initially onboarded as a CRC in Sep2022, maintained high quality of her work, and consistently aided her colleagues with training and coverage. She has high attention to detail, is proactive, organized, and has demonstrated leadership with training junior coordinators, taking on Beacon projects and screening for different teams, and is a wonderful asset to our unit. We are excited to see Amanda flourish in this new role and to continue being an invaluable member to our unit!
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Emiri "Emi" Matsuda, MSPH
Clinical Research Manager
emirim@hs.uci.edu | 714-509-2710
Emi joined us in 2021 with close to 6 years clinical research experience dating back to her undergrad days. She immediately hit the ground running, showing initiative and enthusiasm to take on difficult tasks and rise to unforeseen challenges far beyond reasonable expectations. When approached to be our cell therapy coordinator lead - a daunting endeavor - she did not hesitate. In doing so, she helped take what was an infantile version of our cell therapy research program and make it something much more. Our UCI 20-126 sponsor recognized her hard work by adding her as an author to their LLM abstract this year. Her work is integral and vital to what we do here. Please join me in welcoming and congratulating Emi on her new position!
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Amy Santos, MPH
Sr. Community Health Educator
absantos@hs.uci.edu | 714-456-6836
Amy brings a wealth of experience and expertise in community engagement and healthcare advocacy. With a distinguished background as a public health professional, she has demonstrated proficiency in management, workforce development, community outreach, and program planning. Notably, Amy has conducted impactful community-based participatory research and implemented programs tailored to the needs of Spanish-speaking Latinx communities. Her passion for minority health, community building, teaching, and workforce development is evident from her remarkable track record. Welcome, Amy!
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Call for Cancer Research Proposals
The UCI Cancer Research Institute is pleased to announce that funds are available through the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant. This institutional grant will fund several proposals for one year at a level up to $60,000 per award. All eligible faculty from each school at the University of California, Irvine are encouraged to apply, so long as the proposal has a clear link to some aspect of cancer research. The purpose of the seed grants is to provide pilot funds for research in both basic and clinical cancer-related problems. Learn more about eligibility and application instructions.
Applications: April 30, 2024
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Administrative Supplements from NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) NOT-CA-24-032: Administrative supplements to understand effects of within-group heterogeneity on cancer control outcomes in underrepresented populations. Learn More.
- Applications: April 29, 2024
(NEW) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) NOT-CA-24-035: Administrative supplements for Assessing and Enhancing Survivorship Care. Learn More.
- Applications: June 4, 2024
If you're interested in applying to any of the above supplements, please email cfcccpilots@hs.uci.edu.
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Experimental Tissue Shared Resource (ETR) Offers Custom Tissue Microarray and Brightfield Whole Slides Scanning
The ETR is excited to discuss your project’s study design and tissue needs. We can now create custom tissue microarrays (TMA) with tissue you provide or human tissue remnants and scan whole histology slides at 40X. Selection of optimal representative tissue regions can be performed by our pathologist.
We can provide histology support for special transcriptomics platforms supported by GTH Share Resource
Questions? Contact Delia Tifrea, ETR Core Manager, 714-872-1093.
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The Biobehavioral Shared Resource (BBSR) Consultation & Comprehensive Project Request is Live
The BBSR is excited to discuss your project’s study design and needs, as well as see how our new menu of services can best support your project goals.
During our “Consultation Meeting” we’ll learn more about your project and how the BBSR can support your team. Ready to schedule? Complete the "Consultation Request" on iLab.
Questions? Contact Jose Lechuga, BBSR Core Manager.
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Biostatistics Shared Resource - In-person Walk-in or Zoom Consultations Available
Informal statistical in-person walk-in or via Zoom consultations are available to discuss your study design and statistical needs.
With Wen-pin Chen, MS, Senior Statistician & Manager for BSR:
With Thomas H. Taylor, PhD, Principal Statistician for BSR:
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Every Wednesday from 2:00 - 3:00 PM via Zoom | No pre-booking necessary, drop in here
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For a curated list of internal, federal and foundation funding opportunities, please refer to CFCCC's Funding Opportunities webpage. Highlighted funding opportunities are listed below.
UCI & UC FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
UCI CFCCC: A1 Bridge
Up to $20k in bridge funding to investigators who have received scores on NIH grant applications (i.e., not triaged) that have missed the funding pay line and will be resubmitted.
Applications: Due on a rolling basis
Learn More and Apply >>
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FOUNDATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
(NEW) 2025 Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research
Focus Area: Assistant professors; basic or translational cancer research
$300k / 4 years
One candidate will be nominated
Internal Application: April 29, 2024
Learn More and Apply >>
The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research
Multiple awards available: research support, career development and community support
Applications: various deadlines, see below link
Learn More and Apply >>
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OTHER NON-FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award (Winn CDA) for Early-Stage Investigator Physicians
$120k / year salary supported for 2 years
Applications: May 13, 2024
Learn More and Apply >>
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UC Irvine-led research team discovers role of key enzymes that drive cancer mutations
“It’s critical to understand how cancer cells accumulate mutations leading to hot spots that contribute to disease progression, drug resistance and metastasis,” said corresponding author Rémi Buisson, UCI assistant professor of biological chemistry.
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