White House Names Abramson Cancer Center Neuro-Oncologist a Cancer Moonshot Scholar

The Biden Cancer Moonshot Program named Penn Medicine’s Richard E. Phillips, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Neuro-Oncology and an assistant professor of Neurology, a Cancer Moonshot Scholar today. Phillips is among 11 scholars included in this year’s cohort, who together will receive a total of $6 million to support cancer research and innovation across the country. The $2.4 million grant will support Phillips as he researches tumor epigenetics, an emerging field pertaining to how changes to DNA can impact the development of cancer cells, with a specific focus on brain tumors in children and young adults.

President Joe Biden announces up to $23 million in funding for Tulane University to invent advanced cancer imaging system

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will visit Tulane University to announce up to $23 million in funding to develop a cutting-edge cancer imaging system. This technology, led by Tulane researchers, aims to allow surgeons to detect and confirm the complete removal of tumors during surgery within minutes, reducing the need for repeated procedures.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Partners with Nation’s top cancer organizations to endorse initiative to increase lung cancer screening in the United States

Sanford Burnham Prebys has partnered with more than 50 cancer organizations to issue a call to action urging individuals, providers and insurers to increase access to and utilization of low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans for those at high risk for lung cancer.

LLNL leads multi-institutional team in modeling protein interactions tied to cancer

Computational scientists, biophysicists and statisticians from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are leading a massive multi-institutional collaboration that has developed a machine learning-based simulation for next-generation supercomputers capable of modeling protein interactions and mutations that play a role in many forms of cancers.

New UW center receives NIH grant to improve the fight against cancer

To bridge the gap between cancer interventions and their implementation within communities across the country, the National Institute of Health’s National Cancer Institute is funding the creation of six implementation science centers focused on cancer control. The creation of these centers are part of NIH’s Cancer Moonshot initiative to make more therapies available and improve prevention and detection. One of the six centers will be at the UW.