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May 25, 2009 |
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CASE CCC IN THE NEWSIs There Any Association Between COX2 and Colon Cancer? Pink Tie Guys Don Fashion Accessory for Komen to Help Raise ... Medical Community Continues Debate on Age Limit for Cancer Screenings Small Gains Made in Studying Treatment of Elderly As Aged Population Grows, More Doctors Say it's Not Too Late to ... Discovery In Colon Cancer Prevention CWRU, University Hospitals Research Questions Celebrex Effectiveness Against Colon Cancer NIDA Awards Case Western Reserve $3M to Use Proteomics to Study ... Study: Drug Lowers Risk of Getting Prostate Cancer NEW MEMBERS CORNERPlease join us in welcoming the following new members of the Case CCC: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (ASCO) ANNUAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS & POSTERSThe Cancer Center is attempting to track members who are part of the formal program or presenting a poster at the ASCO Annual Meeting, May 29 - June 2 in Orlando, Florida. Please send information to gillian.irwin@case.edu. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– William Lawrence & Blanche Hughes FoundationThe William Lawrence & Blanche Hughes Foundation is a non-profit organization whose major goal is to foster discoveries in pediatric acute lymphocytic leukemia with a goal of developing effective therapies for the disease. Applicants must be either established investigators with an association to an academic institution, or working closely with and part of a lab of an established investigator. Deadline: September 16 For more information, please click here. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– ASCO Cancer Foundation Improving Cancer Care Grant, funded by Susan G. Komen for the CureThe ASCO Cancer Foundation® Improving Cancer Care Grant, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, will provide extramural research funding to address important issues regarding access to healthcare, quality of care, and delivery of care, with general applicability to breast cancer. The goal of this program is to encourage multi-disciplinary research that will have a major impact on cancer care, with general applicability in the breast cancer arena. This grant opportunity is part of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure/ASCO Cancer Foundation Research Initiative. Susan G. Komen for the Cure and The ASCO Cancer Foundation expect to award up to three research grants, each totaling 1.35 million dollars. This money will be distributed as $450,000 total costs per year over three years. Online Application Opens: July 1 For more information, please click here. MARK YOUR CALENDARS– Prostate Cancer Forum: A Pathway to Support, Education and EmpowermentProstate Cancer Forum: A Pathway to Support, Education and Empowerment, is an all-day forum that will cover a variety of topics, including sexuality, osteoporosis, genetic issues, incontinence, and complementary therapies. All sessions are open to spouses, significant others and family members. This event is scheduled for Saturday, June 20 from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm at Corporate College East, 4400 Richmond Road, Warrensville Heights. Cancer Center members Drs. Edward Cherullo, Jay Ciezki, Douglas Einstein, and Charles Nock are scheduled to present. This program is free, but advance registration is required. For more information, please contact The Gathering Place at 216-595-9546 or info@touchedbycancer.org. This forum is sponsored by Ireland Cancer Center, with additional sponsorship provided by the American Cancer Society, the Cleveland Clinic, the Gathering Place, and the Foundation for Cancer Research and Education. MARK YOUR CALENDARS– Race for the PlaceJoin The Gathering Place on Sunday, June 7, National Cancer Survivors Day, for the 9th Annual Race for the Place, a 5k run/walk and 1-mile walk. The race starts at 9:15 am at Beachwood Mall on the upper level parking lot between Dillards and Nordstrom with several pre-race activities beginning at 8:00 am. All proceeds from Race for the Place help keep programs and services free of charge for individuals and families touched by cancer. For details and registration information, please click here. |
EVENTS**All events are open to anyone interested in attending May 25Happy Memorial Day! May 26Neurosciences Special Seminar Taussig Cancer Institute Core Curriculum Series May 27Grand Rounds Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Guest Lecture May 28Neurosciences Seminar TREC Seminar May 29Cancer Center Seminar Series/ Blood Club cancelled Taussig Cancer Institute Grand Rounds cancelled Hematology/ Oncology Fellows Seminar cancelled Cell Biology Seminar more UPCOMING CANCER CENTER SYMPOSIUMS & EVENTSOhio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO) Annual Breast Cancer Update: Highlights of the National Meetings Drug Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Retreat ASCO Review Case CCC Scientific Retreat 2009 Case CCC Scientific Series **For more information on these symposiums, please contact Christine Rhoads. ADDITIONAL UPCOMING SEMINARS & EVENTSCenter for Mind-Body Medicine CancerGuides® II 2nd Annual Business Education Course The Business of Regenerative Medicine: From Stem Cells to the Market Place 2009 caBIG® Annual Meeting: Solving Basic and Clinical Research Challenges in Cancer and Beyond ACS Pan Ohio Hope Ride MSC2009: The Regenerative Medicine and Adult Stem Cell Therapy Conference ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Clinical Trials Methodology Workshop |
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NCI CANCER BULLETINNews Guest Director's Update In Depth MARK YOUR CALENDARS– Pan Ohio Hope Ride Research RallyOn May 30, the American Cancer Society will be sponsoring the Pan Ohio Hope Ride Research Rally to celebrate the cancer research going on in the Cleveland area and to raise awareness of the Third Annual ACS Pan Ohio Hope Ride to be held July 30 - August 2. The Research Rally will begin at 9:00 a.m. in front of the ACS Hope Lodge at 11432 Mayfield Rd. After a brief program, the riders will proceed down Euclid Avenue to Public Square and loop around back at the Hope Lodge. Everyone in the local oncology community is encouraged to participate in the approximately 10-mile bike ride. Anyone interested in participating should contact Paul Purdy, ACS Pan Ohio Staff, at Paul.purdy@cancer.org or 888-227-6446, ext. 1208. For more information, please click here. MARK YOUR CALENDARS– ACS Pan Ohio Hope RideThe American Cancer Society's Pan Ohio Hope Ride is a bicycling tour that enables you to take an incredible bicycle journey and to support ACS Hope Lodges and other vital patient services. The Pan Ohio Hope Ride will take cyclists from Cleveland to Cincinnati in a four-day tour through Ohio's scenic countryside from July 30 - August 2. Challenge yourself to hit the road and make the road smoother for those battling cancer. For more information, please click here. |
MARK YOUR CALENDARS– Drug Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics RetreatJoin your colleagues on Saturday, June 20 from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Squire Valleevue Farm Sheep Barn for a broad scientific discussion of new drug targets, screening approaches, and examples of successful pathways towards clinical development. Our goal is to develop a more cohesive scientific initiative in drug discovery leading to therapeutic development of new agents and combinations in cancer. The emphasis of the retreat will be on aligning our programmatic strengths in targets, disease-based research, study design and laboratory correlatives, and exploring potential new directions in drug discovery. Anyone with a poster related to this theme is encouraged to present it at the retreat. Please let us know if you plan on bringing one so we can make arrangements. Agenda will be released soon. Please RSVP to gillian.irwin@case.edu by Friday, June 5. MARK YOUR CALENDARS– Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO)The fourth annual Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO) will be hosted by Case Western Reserve University on June 15-17. The conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of methods, research findings, and experiences. An important goal for the conference is to foster long-term collaborative relationships and networking opportunities within the domain of computational approaches to biology that benefit Ohio. Poster Presentation Abstracts are due by May 11 for review by the OCCBIO '09 committee. All appropriate posters submitted will be accommodated. For more information, please click here. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS– Fanconi Anemia Research FundThe Fanconi Anemia Research Fund has released a Call for Abstracts for the 21st Annual Fanconi Anemia Research Fund Scientific Symposium, schedule for October 1-4, 2009 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland. Abstracts may be submitted online at http://www.fanconi.org May 11- June 19. |
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES |
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Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award |
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Investigator-Initiated Research (IIR) Grants |
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NIH Bulletin – Notices and Funding Opportunities |
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| Produced by: Gillian Irwin 11100 Euclid Avenue, Wearn 152 Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5065 216-844-8317 phone 216-844-7832 fax gillian.irwin@case.edu Janice Hassinger 11100 Euclid Avenue, Wearn 149 Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5065 216-844-1862 phone 216-844-7832 fax janice.hassinger@uhhospitals.org |
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