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Upcoming Events week of Apr. 1 - Apr. 7

Apr 2

Current Topics in Mentorship Seminar Series -12 p.m., 301 Erma Byrd (BMRC)
Grant Revision 101 - How to Respond Effectively to Critiques

Apr 3

Cancer Cell Biology Presents Sergey Malchenko, MD, PhD - 12 p.m., 2157 HSC

“Characterization of brain tumor initiating cells isolated from an animal model of CNS primitive neuroectodermal tumors”

Apr 4

Music at the Pylons - 12 p.m., HSC Pylons


Blood Drive in WVU Cancer Institute Atrium - please RSVP

Apr 5

Cancer Institute Science Exchange - In Conjunction with WVU Research Week Presents

"Nanomedicine: Optical detection imaging and treatment of cancer" and "3D printed microfluidics"
12 p.m, Room G119 A&B - Health Sciences North

Speakers: Nick Wu, PhD and Peng Li, PhD

"Nanomedicine: Optical detection imaging and treatment of cancer" and "3D printed microfluidics"

Newsweek names WVU Medicine among World’s Best Hospitals

Picture of Ruby Memorial Hospital building complex.
WVU Medicine has been recognized by Newsweek as part of its inaugural list of the World’s Best Hospitals.

According to Newsweek, the World’s Best Hospitals 2019 ranking lists the best hospitals in 11 countries: USA, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and Israel. The countries were mainly selected based on standard of living/life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals, and data availability.

The list is based on three data sources: recommendations from medical experts, results from patient surveys, and medical key performance indicators on hospitals.

This ranking comes on the heels of last year’s U.S. News ranking of four WVU Medicine hospitals as part of its 2018-19 Best Hospitals in the United States.

“Our strategy is to provide the best quality and most comprehensive care to the people of West Virginia so they never have to leave the state to receive the care they need,” Albert Wright, Jr., president and CEO of the WVU Medicine West Virginia University Health System and West Virginia University Hospitals, said. “We have been making great progress in this over the past few years, and to have our health system recognized by Newsweek as one of the best in the world validates our strategy.”

The rankings will be published online and in the March 29 issue of Newsweek magazine.


WVU Relay for Life team The Mad Scientists

The WVU Relay for Life event is rapidly approaching and anyone who wishes to donate or attend needs to be registered. Our team is called the “Mad Scientists” and we need your support!  This is a BIG event for our graduate students and they are trying to raise $1,500.  We are only 60% there.

As a reminder, the event will take place on Friday, April 12 from 6PM-Midnight at the Shell building next to the Coliseum. If you are interested in helping out, attending (volunteer activity), or have any questions, please contact Jessica Allen (jcallen@mix.wvu.edu) or Coty Johnson (bdj0003@mix.wvu.edu).  


JAMA Oncology features Kanate’s study

The Journal of the American Medical Association Oncology has featured a study from first author and project lead, Abraham Kanate, M.D.

Head and shoulders of Abraham Kanate.
Kanate, who serves as an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, led an international consesus project, “Maintenance Therapies for Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas After Autologous Transplantation.”

Maintenance therapies are often considered as a therapeutic strategy in patients with lymphoma following autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation to mitigate the risk of disease relapse.

Kanate’s additional roles include being the Medical Director of the WVU Cancer Institute’s Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Cellular Therapy Program.


WVU’s inaugural Research Week celebrates ‘research with purpose’

West Virginia University’s inaugural Research Week is more than a showcase of the work done at the state’s only R1 Research Institute; it’s a celebration of the faculty and students across campus who pursue ground-breaking research in all disciplines. 

As part of the Cancer Institute’s interdisciplinary Science Exchange lecture series, faculty members Nick Wu and Peng Li will present “Nanomedicine: Optical Detection Imaging and Treatment of Cancer” April 5 from 12-1 p.m. in G119 A&B Health Sciences North

Nick Wu and Peng Li with presentation titles and April 5 from 12-1 pm in G119 A&B Health Sciences.

This event will be webcast for those that can’t attend in person

Research Week 2019 Full Schedule


Tayvia Brownmiller selected for The 3-Minute Thesis Competition during WVU Research Week

Tayvia Brownmiller presenting in front of her title slide.
This is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia, for graduate research students. This competition challenges graduate students to present their research topic and its significance in three minutes and using just one slide.

Brownmiller, who is a PhD candidate, will present "Y Chromosome and Lung Cancer: It’s Not Just About Sex." Her advisor is Dr. Ivan Martinez in the Cancer Cell Biology Program, Biomedical Sciences, WVU School of Medicine.


Community-engaged research seminar scheduled

WVCTSI’s Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series will host its final sessions focusing on effectively engaging the community in a research agenda. Dr. Sally Hodder, WVCTSI director and associate vice president for clinical and translational science, will present, “Strategies for Developing and Engaging a Successful Community Advisory Board” April 12 from noon to 1 p.m. in room 201 of the WVU Health Sciences Center Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Building.


CPC Welcomes Zack Jarrett to the Team

Head and Shoulders Zack Jarrett.
Please join Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) in welcoming Zack Jarrett to our team. Zack joined CPC in March and works with the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (WVBCCSP) as a Community Clinic Interventionist. Zack supports primary care clinics to increase breast and cervical cancer screening with evidence-based interventions and collaborates with communities to facilitate cancer screening services for women across southern WV.

Zack graduated from WVU with his Bachelor’s degree in Sociology & Anthropology. He is currently working on his Master’s Degree in Applied Anthropology and a graduate certificate in Public Health. Zack lives in Morgantown with his wife Brittany who is a WVUCI Infusion Nurse.
The mission of the WVBCCSP is to prevent disease, disability, and premature death due to breast and/or cervical cancer. CPC leads three components of the WVBCCSP under a contract with the WV Bureau for Public Health:  policy and environmental change, community-clinic linkages, and primary care systems change. The WVBCCSP is part of CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. 

Newsweek names WVU Medicine among World’s Best Hospitals -

World’s Best Hospitals 2019 159. WVU Medicine West Virginia University Hospitals Source Newsweek - Mar 29, 2019

(Editors Note: This news item is in multiple media locations)

Colon cancer survivor advocates for awareness - Dominion Post (March 30)

Colon cancer is topic of community program - Herald Mail Online

Plerixafor alone for the mobilization and transplantation of HLA-matched sibling donor hematopoietic stem cells.
Chen YB, Le-Rademacher J, Brazauskas R, Kiefer DM, Hamadani M, DiPersio JF, Litzow MR, Craig M, Horwitz ME, Artz AS, McClune BL, Fernandez HF, Duong HK, Kobusingye H, Proue M, Drexler RJ, Horowitz MM, Shaw BE, Miller JP, Hosoba S, Waller EK, Devine SM.
Blood Adv. 2019;3(6):875-883.

A prospect of cell immortalization combined with matrix microenvironmental optimization strategy for tissue engineering and regeneration.
Wang Y, Chen S, Yan Z, Pei M.
Cell Biosci. 2019;9:7.

NIH Notices
NIH Releases Protocol Template for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Involving Humans
(NOT-OD-19-092)

Notice of Intent to Publish: Funding Opportunity Announcement for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
(NOT-CA-19-038)

Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) R25
(NOT-GM-19-024)

NIH Requests for Applications
Optimizing the Management and Outcomes for Cancer Survivors Transitioning to Follow-up Care (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
(RFA-CA-19-035)

ITCR: innovative algorithms (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
(RFA-CA-19-038)

Early-Stage Development of Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
(RFA-CA-19-039)

Advanced Development of Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
(RFA-CA-19-040)

Sustained Support for Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
(RFA-CA-19-041)

NIH Directors Transformative Research Awards (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
(RFA-RM-19-007)

NIH Directors Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional)
(RFA-RM-19-008)

NIH Program Announcements
None this week

Other Funding or Opportunities

Alliance Cancer Care Delivery Research Pilot Project Funds
Letter of Intent: May , 2019; Application (Invitation only)
June 3, 2019

The Alliance is pleased to announce the availability of funds to support pilot projects in Cancer Care Delivery Research (CCDR). The purpose of these pilot projects is to generate preliminary data that will lead to the development of an Alliance CCDR study for submission to the NCORP network.
Award: Up to $200,000 in total costs (including institutional indirect costs) for 12 months.


DOD Peer Reviewed Cancer, Idea Award with Special Focus
Letter of Intent: May 22, 2019; Application (Invitation only)
September 11, 2019
The FY19 PRCRP Idea Award with Special Focus supports innovative, untested, high-risk/ potentially high-reward concepts, theories, paradigms, and/or methods in cancer research that are relevant to active duty Service members, Veterans, other military beneficiaries, and the American public. The "Special Focus" of this award mechanism is on exposures, conditions, or circumstances that are unique to the military, disproportionately represented in a military beneficiary population, or may affect force readiness.


DOD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program – Horizon Award
Letter of Intent: Aug. 21, 2019. Application: Sept. 11, 2019
The FY19 PRCRP Horizon Award supports junior-level scientists in conducting impactful research with the mentorship of an experienced cancer researcher (i.e., Mentor). The Horizon Award challenges junior scientists to develop and implement research in the cancer field.

DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer, Impact Award
Upcoming Deadline: Pre-Application: May 22, 2019; Application (Invitation only): September 11, 2019
Abstract: The FY19 PRCRP Impact Award supports hypothesis-driven, high-impact research. The Impact Award mechanism encourages applications with mature research projects that specifically focus on critical scientific or clinical cancer issues, which, if successfully addressed, have the potential to make a major impact on at least one of the FY19 PRCRP Topic Areas.


DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer, Translational Team Science Award
Pre-Application: May 22, 2019; Application (Invitation only): September 11, 2019
The FY19 PRCRP Translational Team Science Award (TTSA) supports hypothesis-driven translational studies. These studies should be associated with a clinical trial. The proposed project should focus on research for the next-phase clinical trial or future clinical application. The TTSA is intended to support advanced translational studies that are based on results from clinical investigations.  


DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer, Career Development Award
Upcoming Deadline: Pre-proposal: August 21, 2019  Application: September 11, 2019
To be considered for funding, applications for the FY19 PRCRP Career Development Award (CDA) must address at least one of the FY19 PRCRP Topic Areas as directed by Congress. Research applications in the areas of breast, prostate, lung (excluding mesothelioma), kidney, melanoma, or ovarian cancer will not be accepted.


DoD Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP): Career Development Award
Upcoming Deadline: Pre-proposal: August 1, 2019  Application: August 21, 2019
The FY19 LCRP Career Development Award supports early-career, independent investigators to conduct impactful research under the mentorship of an experienced lung cancer researcher as an opportunity to obtain the funding, mentoring, and experience necessary for productive, independent careers at the forefront of lung cancer research. This award is intended to support impactful research projects with an emphasis on discovery.


DoD Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP): Idea Development Award
Pre-proposal: May 15, 2019  Application (Invitation only): August 21, 2019
The FY19 LCRP Idea Development Award mechanism promotes new ideas that are still in the early stages of development and have the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation. This award supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress toward eradicating deaths and suffering from lung cancer.


DoD Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP): Translational Research Partnership Award
Pre-proposal: June 26, 2019  Application (Invitation only): August 21, 2019
The FY19 LCRP Translational Research Partnership Award mechanism supports partnerships between clinicians and research scientists that will accelerate the movement of promising ideas in lung cancer into clinical applications. This award supports the development of translational research collaborations between two independent, faculty level (or equivalent) investigators to address a central problem or question in lung cancer in a manner that would be less readily achievable through separate efforts.


DoD Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP): Investigator-Initiated Translational Research Award
Pre-proposal: May 15, 2019  Application (Invitation only): August 21, 2019
The FY19 LCRP Investigator-Initiated Translational Research Award mechanism supports translational research that will develop promising ideas in lung cancer into clinical applications. Translational research may be defined as an integration of basic science and clinical observations. Observations that drive a research idea may originate from a laboratory discovery, population-based studies, or a clinician’s firsthand knowledge of patient care. The ultimate goal of translational research is to move a concept or observation forward into clinical application.


Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Study Grants (YY)
Upcoming Deadline: Application: September 16, 2019
UICC's mission is to unite the cancer community, to reduce the global cancer burden, to promote greater equity, and to integrate cancer control into the world health and development agenda.

Apr 9

- 11 a.m., HSC Charleston Room 2014

"An Educational Intervention for Skin Cancer Prevention with Hospital Staff: A Pilot Project for System Change"

Apr 10

HSC Vice President's Awards Ceremony -
4 PM, Pylons Lobby

Apr 11

Community-based research town hall scheduled for April 11
WVCTSI and the WVU Mountaineer Health Initiative are hosting a town-hall style event to highlight research In WV. “Conversation and Collaboration: WVU Community-Engaged Researchers and Outreach Staff Making a Difference,”
4 - 6 p.m., G-06 of the WVU Agricultural Sciences Building. Please direct any questions to abby.starkey@hsc.wvu.edu. RSVP here.

Apr 12

WVU ASDA at Relay for Life - Mad Scientist Team forming

If you are interested in participating or for more information, please contact Jessica Allen (jcallen@mix.wvu.edu) or Coty Johnson (bdj0003@mix.wvu.edu).  

Apr 16

Career Development Workshop - Job Offers and Benefits Know What You Are Worth - 3-4 PM, HSC-N Room #1909
RSVP

Apr 17

Cancer Cell Biology Presents Suming Huang, PhD - 12 PM, HSN Room #2157

“Making connections: 3D leukemic genome organization and potential target therapy”

Apr 24

Cancer Cell Biology Spring Seminar Series - Student Seminar - 12PM, 201 Erma Byrd

Apr 25

DEMO Day at WVU IdeaHub

Apr 26-27

Annual Spring Gala

Apr 30

Music at the Pylons - 12 p.m., HSC Pylons

May 2-4

The Great Lakes Breast Cancer Research Symposium - Grant Events Center - Colombus OH

May 3

Career Development Workshop - Propel Careers - STEM Majors - Developing Your Career Search Strategy - 11 AM - 1 PM, HSC-N Room #1909
RSVP


Science Exchange - 12 p.m., Werner Geldenhys, PhD, MS

May 5

Music at the Pylons - 12 p.m., HSC Pylons

May 18

WVU Cancer Institute Spring Screen Event

July 26

2019 Breast Cancer Conference - Erickson Alumni Center

See more on the WVU Cancer Institute Calendar