Daniel J. Indelicato, M.D. and and Carmen Allegra, M.D. have been honored by the National Cancer Institute, or NCI, for their achievements as members of the National Clinical Trial Network Adolescent and Young Adult Working Group to develop and implement clinical trials for adolescent and young adult…
Kathryn E. Hitchcock, MD, PhD was recently appointed to a National Clinical Trials Network committee tasked with improving diversity and inclusion efforts for national leaders in oncology research. NCI’s National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) comprises organizations and clinicians that coordinate and support cancer clinical…
Assistant Professor Raymond Mailhot Vega, MD, MPH has been accepted as an EIAP Scholar by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Early Investigator Advancement Program (EIAP). The program was created by the NCI to support scientists from diverse backgrounds as they transition from junior investigators to independent investigators. The EIAP aims…
Daniel Indelicato, MD, Professor, Mendenhall Endowed Chair, and Associate Vice Chair of the UF Department of Radiation Oncology, has been awarded a one-year, $160,000 NIH/NCIÂ grant for the United States Pediatric Proton Therapy study. This is a prospective cohort study including pediatric cancer patients treated with proton therapy and a…
A new, team-based cancer research training program developed by Radiation Oncology faculty has been awarded an NIH/NCI Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant. Based on the premise that advances in fundamental understanding of cancer and its clinical management rarely occur in isolation, the Team-based Interdisciplinary Cancer…
While radiation is required by 70 percent of cancer patients, there is currently no reliable methodology for determining its adverse effects during treatment. A clinical study at UF is aiming to change this. Blood specimens are being collected and analyzed from up to 500 patients undergoing radiotherapy for prostate cancer…
Paul Okunieff, MD, Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the UF College of Medicine, and the University of Florida Health Cancer Center Radiation Oncology team will continue development of a radiation toxicity biomarker through a $2 million National Cancer Institute (NCI) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. The…
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