Nine UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have been awarded pilot funding for innovative cancer research projects that aim to advance our understanding of how cancer develops and resists treatment, as well develop novel strategies for preventing cancer and personalizing treatment.
A UF College of Medicine research team launched a six-month pilot award study in February that applies AI to brain tumor research. The team will investigate MRI imaging to improve predictions of how the immune systems of brain tumor patients respond to therapies. The grant from UF Health’s…
An infusion of funding will support the University of Florida-Florida State University research hub.
UF Health Cancer Center member Rui Yin, Ph.D., has received a grant from the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation to develop leading-edge artificial intelligence technologies to identify microRNA (miRNA) interactions in colorectal cancer.
Researchers are expanding a successful program that teaches spouses and other caregivers how to support a patient living with a blood cancer, such as leukemia. Newly filmed videos will feature the expertise of caregiving expert, Allison J. Applebaum, PhD, a professor and director of the Center for Caregiving at the…
The University of Florida is participating in a large national program to create an efficient and mobile healthcare delivery system for rural areas, awarded by Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. As hundreds of hospitals in rural areas struggle to survive financially,…
A prestigious award of more than $850,000 from the National Cancer Institute will support Rahma Mkuu, PhD, as she builds her expertise in implementation science over the next five years while adressing cervical cancer screening disparities among women living with chronic conditions. Mkuu is an assistant professor and chronic disease researcher in the Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics within the University of Florida’s College of Medicine.
Carma Bylund, Ph.D., and Stephanie Staras, Ph.D., received a five-year, $2.5-million grant to focus on the implementation of community oncology strategies to promote clinical trial enrollment…
Ramzi Salloum received conference grant from the National Cancer Institute to support global tobacco control implementation science at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting.
A new interactive series launched in February by the University of Florida’s Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) to helps researchers obtain direct, confidential feedback about proposed research. Called a “Design Studio,” the one-hour meeting mimics a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study section to assess aspiring eggs of research before they hatch.
