Arizona Cancer Center :: Science&Research :: GI Spore

The Arizona Cancer Center and the University of Arizona College of Medicine recognize the need for hypothesis-based translational research as central to development of effective strategies for treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal cancer. Recruiting and developing translational researchers with promise is clearly critical. Candidates for such career development have two sources: clinicians with research interest and basic scientists who have interest in the application and extension of their work into the clinical setting where GI cancer risk is elevated, or where treatment of GI cancer is taking place.

The objective of career development for basic scientists as a part of the GI SPORE is to help selected basic scientists see the opportunities for application of their work to GI cancer, and how that work can be translated to clinical care and prevention. The basic scientist must learn to work with also opportunities to gather samples and data from patients in the clinic. He or she must learn to recognize the problems of sample variability and limited experimental options present in the clinic.

Latest Career Development Awards:

Biomarker Development for c-Myc Inhibition in Pancreatic Cancer
Baker, Amanda F., Ph.D.

Role of prostaglandion E2 (PGE2) in colorectal carcinogenesis in the absence of functional transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFB1) signaling
Cherukuri, Durga Prasad, PhD

Decreased eIF3f expression contributes to pancreatic cancer development
Shi, Jiaqi, Ph.D.

Career Development awards are made once a year. For more information on the program and how to apply, contact Kim Nicolini, Research Administrator, at knicolini@azcc.arizona.edu