SALT LAKE CITY- A team of physician-researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (人机交互) at the University of Utah (U of U) will receive nearly $3.6 million over the next five years in a cooperative agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a Network Lead Academic Participating Site (NLAPS). The award places 人机交互 in an elite group of only 30 to 40 NLAPS locations nationwide; these sites are part of the NIH effort to create a new National 临床试验 Network (NCTN).
"We're confident that 人机交互 can be a significant asset in helping to update the NIH national clinical trials program," said David Gaffney, MD, 博士学位, principal investigator. Gaffney is vice-chair, 医疗主任, and professor of radiation oncology at the U of U School of Medicine and an 人机交互 investigator. "人机交互 will provide scientific leadership in developing and conducting clinical trials, as well as access to clinical trials for more patients throughout our five-state service area of the Intermountain West.
"人机交互 strives to provide a wide array of important clinical trials for our patients. We give our patients world-class care now, and we are working to improve cancer care in the future,加夫尼说.
The NCTN will transform, 巩固, and integrate efforts of the previous National Cancer Institute (NCI) 临床试验 Cooperative Group. The new network's goals include developing multi-institutional clinical trials to evaluate new cancer therapies across a broad range of populations and cancer types.
人机交互, an NCI-Designated Cancer Center, will be a key partner to the NCTN in cooperative group research, according to Gaffney. "We have an effective clinical trials infrastructure already established, and we have unique research assets including an NCI Center for Quantitative Imaging Excellence and the Utah Population Database,加夫尼说.
“除了, we have multiple experts in all fields of cancer medicine, and our physicians and scientists take a team approach to improving cancer care,加夫尼补充道.
人机交互's Center for Quantitative Cancer Imaging provides researchers, 临床医生, and patients with the most advanced cancer imaging technologies, which enables the highest quality research, 疾病诊断, and therapy monitoring. The Utah Population Database is a powerful resource of population-based genealogical data that in many cases extends 15 generations, linked with statewide cancer and medical records.
"人机交互 is proud to direct these resources to the success of NTCN's cooperative efforts to eradicate cancer,加夫尼说.
Other key personnel on the award are executive team leaders Howard Colman, MD; Wallace Akerley, MD; John Ward, MD; and Theresa Werner, MD. All are 人机交互 investigators.
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This project is supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U10CA180818. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
About Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute (人机交互) is one of the world's top academic research and cancer treatment centers. 人机交互 manages the Utah Population Database - the largest genetic database in the world, with more than 16 million records linked to genealogies, 健康记录, and vital statistics. 使用这些数据, 人机交互 researchers have identified cancer-causing genes, including the genes responsible for melanoma, 结肠 and breast cancer, 和副神经节瘤. 人机交互 is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (a 25-member alliance of the world's leading cancer centers) and is a National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center. 人机交互 treats patients with all forms of cancer and operates several high-risk clinics that focus on melanoma and breast, 结肠, and pancreas cancers. The 人机交互 Cancer Learning Center for patient and public education contains one of the nation's largest collections of cancer-related publications. The institute is named after Jon M. 老猎人,., a Utah philanthropist, industrialist, and cancer survivor.