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August 27, 2012 |
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CASE CCC IN THE NEWSLack of Sleep Found to be a New Risk Factor for Aggressive Breast Cancers Precise and Persistent Cell Sabotage Is Chemo-Brain Real? What Was the Question Again? Stem Cell Innovations from Cleveland's Metrohealth, Case Western Reserve Help Correct Abnormal Heart Rhythms FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESAmerican Association for Cancer Research Awards and LectureshipsThe American Association for Cancer Research is currently accepting nominations for its annual series of awards and lectureships. Since 1961, when the first scientific award was presented, the AACR has honored hundreds of scientists and physicians who collectively have made significant contributions to the understanding, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer. Recipients will be honored at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, which will be held April 6-10, 2013, in Washington, D.C. The awards and lectureships are:
Nomination Deadline for all awards: October 3. Melanoma Research Alliance-Prostate Cancer Foundation Team Science Partnership AwardApplications are solicited by the Melanoma Research Alliance and the Prostate Cancer Foundation for one jointly sponsored Team Science Award that will simultaneously advance clinical science in both diseases. This award will support innovative, meritorious and translational work with the potential for high clinical impact in prostate cancer and melanoma. The following are examples of investigative areas relevant to both kinds of cancer, for which applications will be considered: 1) nuclear imaging technologies and/or applications as early predictors of treatment outcomes, including novel tracers to distinguish immune from tumor cells in the context of immunotherapy; 2) therapeutic interventions targeting tumor cell metabolism and protein translation; and 3) development of effective combinatorial therapies in the adjuvant or advanced disease setting, based on immune-modulating drugs paired with other agents. Deadline: October 15 ANNOUNCEMENTSMaciejewski Receives Funding from Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyJaroslaw Maciejewski, MD, PhD received a grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This grant is part of the their Translational Research Program, an initiative designed to help accelerate the movement of promising discoveries from the lab to the clinic. Dr. Maciejewski will receive $200,000 for three years to study the implications of STAT3 mutations in large granular lymphocyte leukemia. Cultural Competency Training ResourcesCultural competency training is available for Cleveland Clinic employees through the Cleveland Clinic Office of Diversity and Inclusion and for University Hospitals employees through the online Learning Management System (access via UH Intranet home page, click on Human Resources, then click on Employee Direct Access, see "2012 Resident Orientation Cultural Competency"). Additional training and resources are available from RTOG. RTOG conducted a session on Cultural Competency and Recruitment Training in June 2011, which is available on the RTOG website. This session consists of four modules, module 3 being the most useful. This module consists of several role-playing scenarios that emphasize principles important to recruitment of underserved populations. | EVENTS
**All events are open to anyone interested in attending August 27
August 28Pathology Research Seminar Series August 29Hematology and Oncology Division Research Conference Immunology Invited Speaker Seminar Series August 30Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Seminar August 31Cancer Center Research in Progress will resume in September Cancer Center Seminar Series will resume in September Taussig Cancer Institute Grand Rounds will resume in September Hematology/Oncology Fellows Conference/Curriculum Series
UPCOMING CANCER CENTER SYMPOSIUMS & EVENTSNational GvHD Health Symposium ADDITIONAL UPCOMING SEMINARS & EVENTSFirst Ohio Health Data Statewide Symposium NCI Office of Cancer Centers Learning Series Webinar: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Cancer Research and the National Cancer Institute Ninth International Conference of the Society for Integrative Oncology Biennial Science of Global Prostate Cancer Disparities conference American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2013 |
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES |
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New Connections: Increasing Diversity of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Programming- Junior Investigator Program |
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation 'A' Award |
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NIH BULLETIN – Notices and Funding OpportunitiesSuccessor-in-Interest (Type 6 Parent) (PA-12-269) Change of Grantee Organization (Type 7 Parent) (PA-12-270) Tobacco Control Regulatory Research - R21 (PAR-12-266) |
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| Produced by: Gillian Irwin Todd 11100 Euclid Avenue, Wearn 149 Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5065 216.844.8317 phone 216.844.7832 fax gillian.irwin@case.edu |
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