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University of Illinois Cancer Center member Elizabeth Papautsky, PhD, MS, is the Principal Investigator of a $150,000 NCI grant.
March 5, 2025

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NCI Grant to Papautsky, Gadi  

University of Illinois Cancer Center member Elizabeth Papautsky, PhD, MS, is the Principal Investigator (PI) of a two-year $150,000 National Cancer Institute (NCI) RO3 grant, “Using Qualitative Methods to Capture Experiences…

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Images of Kaori Yamada, PhD, and Tohru Yamada, PhD
February 27, 2025

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$2.5M NCI Grant Awarded

University of Illinois Cancer Center members Kaori Yamada, PhD, and Tohru Yamada, PhD, were awarded a five-year $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to reveal the mechanisms…

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Image of Cancer Center Team Science Co-Principal Investigators Jalees Rehman, MD; Andrei Karginov, PhD; Ekrem Emrah Er, PhD; Ameen Salahudeen, MD, PhD; and Alexander Adibekian, PhD.
January 28, 2025

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Team Science Funding Awarded

The University of Illinois Cancer Center has selected the proposal, “Tissue Microenvironmental Regulation of Pre-Cancer Progression to Invasive Lung Cancer,” for a $150,000 Team Science Award. The project is led…

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September 20, 2024

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Hay Awarded Nearly $3M NCI Grant

University of Illinois Cancer Center Associate Director for Basic Science Nissim Hay, PhD, is the Principal Investigator on a new five-year nearly $3 million National Cancer Institute R01 grant to investigate…

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September 17, 2024

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Melanoma Research Foundation Grant to Heiferman

University of Illinois Cancer Center member Michael Heiferman, MD, has received the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) Career Development Award Grant. The grant provides funding up to $50,000 per year for two…

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August 20, 2024

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Nonn Awarded $1.8M NCI Grant

Larisa Nonn, PhD, Associate Director for Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination at the University of Illinois Cancer Center, is Principal Investigator on a $1.8 million National Cancer Institute R01…

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August 19, 2024

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NCI F31 Grant to Trainee Dejonge

University of Illinois Cancer Center trainee Sydney Dejonge, a PhD student in Kinesiology and Nutrition, has been awarded a National Cancer Institute (NCI) F31 grant to examine cognition, vascular function and physical activity in…

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August 2, 2024

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$400K+ NCI Grant to Zhao, Er

University of Illinois Cancer Center Tumor Microenvironment Working Group members Zongmin Zhao, PhD, and Ekrem Emrah Er, PhD, are Principal Investigators on a more than $400,000 National Cancer Institute (NCI)…

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