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Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research Program Kicks Off
If you noticed an extra buzz of energy in the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center this week, it is likely because we welcomed the inaugural class of the new Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR) Program! A total of 32 undergraduates from across the country were selected from nearly 300 applications and we are excited to have these bright young minds training with our researchers. This week, the scholars were immersed in a thorough overview of cancer research, took a tour of Cleveland on Lolly the Trolley, went bowling together downtown and were introduced to the labs they'll be working in for the next 9 weeks. Thank you to each of the cancer center members that have graciously taken on the task of mentoring our CanSUR scholars - I am certain that their time with you is priceless as they prepare for the next step in their careers. I'm looking forward to seeing our scholars learn, grow and present their final research experience at the CanSUR symposium at the end of the summer!
Mark W. Jackson, PhD
Program Director, CanSUR Program
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Cleveland Researchers Test Novel Gene Therapy for Glioblastoma
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to
Andrew E. Sloan, MD, Director of
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the Brain Tumor & Neuro-Oncology Center and the Center of Excellence for Translational Neuro-Oncology (CETNO) at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Seidman Cancer Center and
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Stan Gerson, MD, Director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, as they were recently awarded a prestigious U01 grant from the National Cancer Institute to further study gene therapy.
The $2.7 million grant will further a gene therapy study focusing on the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents
O-benzylguanine (BG) and temozolomide (TMZ) and repair enzyme MGMT, known to be an important prognostic indicator in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the dealiest form of brain cancer, among the most difficult cancers to treat. Read the full release>
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Wanted: Post-doctoral Fellows
Postdoctoral scholar positions in cancer microenvironment and metastasis are available in the lab of
Khalid Sossey-Alaoui, PhD
at the Division of Cancer Biology, MetroHealth Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Their research focuses
on the basic molecular  mechanisms underlying cancer invasion and metastasis as well as interactions within the tumor microenvironment in major solid tumor cancers, with a focus on breast, prostate and brain cancers. Highly motivated cancer biologists with PhD, MD, or both degrees and a proven record of research creativity and productivity are welcome to apply.
Working experience using transgenic/knockout and xenograft mouse models, cell signaling and basic molecular biology techniques is valuable; familiarity with CRSPR/Cas9, cancer stem cells, bioinformatics or drug discovery is a plus. Competitive salary and generous benefit package will be provided for qualified candidates. Case Western Reserve University is an equal opportunity employer.
Several positions are immediately available. Interested candidates should send their CV and contact information for three references to Dr. Sossey-Alaoui at [email protected]. View the full posting>
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Team Case CCC Fundraiser Bash
June 7, 5-8p | Tavern of Little Italy
You're invited to party with the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's VeloSano team today from 5-8pm at the Tavern of Little Italy! Tickets are $40 and include 2 drink tickets, 1 raffle ticket, food, live entertainment and valet parking. PLUS: Riders (existing and those who sign up at the event) will receive a $40 credit toward their fundraising goal when they attend Friday's Bash! Pay at the door or
grab your ticket in advance>
To-date, Team Case CCC has
58 members who are committed to cancer research, prevention, treatment and cures and have
raised $21,025 and counting. We've grown by 11 members and raised $3,165 in the last week alone!
Thank you, Team Case CCC sponsors!
| Spangenberg, Shibley, & Liber Attorneys at Law |
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| Park Place Technologies |
Taft |
| Elephants and Tea |
Majic Family Fund |
| Rich & Erica Horvitz |
Keri Lab & Grimberg Lab |
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Solving Health Care Challenges with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
June 11, 5-6:30p | Nord Hall, Room 356
The BrainX Community and Case School of Engineering's Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD) will host a session titled "Solving Health Care Challenges with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence" on Tuesday, June 11 at 5pm in Nord Hall room 356.
Ashish Khanna from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Rakesh Shiradkar, a research associate in the CCIPD and Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, will speak during the event.
They will discuss the multifaceted challenges facing health care and the promise of machine learning and artificial intelligence in solving them, as well as the ethical and legal issues with application of artificial intelligence in health care. Email
[email protected] to RSVP for the session.
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PRCHN Seminar Series
June 12, 12p | B-03, BioEnterprise Building
Case Western Reserve University's Prevention Research Center (PRCHN) hosts a monthly lunchtime research seminar series featuring local and national experts presenting research on public health, food policy, and related issues. Presentations keep the conversation growing in ways that continually seek to improve the way we understand and address health concerns in our community.
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AACI Clinical Research Innovation Meeting
July 9-11 | Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel
The 11th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation Meeting will be held July 9-11 at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel. This year the meeting has been expanded to a three-day format and will begin on Tuesday, July 9 at 1:00 pm central and end on Thursday, July 11 at noon central. The program will provide opportunities for our members to network, expanded poster sessions, and panel discussions with content experts. The theme for this year's meeting is "Strategies to Maximize Innovation to Advance Cancer Clinical Research."
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VeloSano Catalyst Fellowship
Deadline: 5 pm, June 7, 2019
The experiment should catalyze highly innovative and impactful projects and help strengthen fellowship and career development grant applications. The intent of the award is to support a single or limited set of innovative experiments, not for general laboratory supplies/projects or maintenance of the trainee's project. Eligibility and application instructions>
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Global Oncology Young Investigator Award (GO YIA): Implementation Science to Address Oncology Care in LMICs
Deadline: June 27, 2019
The Conquer Cancer Foundation's Global Oncology  Young Investigator Award (GO YIA) provides research funding to early-career investigators to encourage and promote quality research in global oncology and to develop the next generation researchers to address global health needs. "Global oncology" is a term that generally refers to the application of the concepts of global health to cancer, and implies an approach to the practice of oncology that acknowledges the reality of limited resources in most parts of the world. For purposes of this Request for Proposals (RFP), "global health" is described as an "area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving health equity for all people worldwide."
This Global Oncology YIA has been established in support of implementation science projects to address oncology care in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The goal is to develop a curriculum for Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) in adult oncology care and to scope out the resources required to do this in a sustainable way. The project needs to be a research exercise - identifying training models, researching their outcomes, analyzing the outcomes of those models to select the most effective curriculum, and also researching the cost of creating sustainable models where they currently do not exist. The ideal grantee will have a mentor who is established, and will need to be within a team or be paired with a high-income institution working for a period of time in a lower resource setting. View the full proposal and application instructons>
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Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Pre-application deadline: September 17, 2019
The Department of Defense's Congressionally Directed  Medical Research Programs (
CDMRP
) recently released additional funding opportunities. Click the program below to view award announcements and application instructions.
Kidney Cancer Research Program (KCRP)
- Concept Award
- Idea Development Awards
- Translational Research Partnership Award
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The Wall Street Journal - June 2, 2019
A
study including
Case CCC members
Marcos de Lima, MD,
Paolo Caimi, MD,
Pingfu Fu, PhD,
Folashade Otegbeye, MD, MPH,
Stan Gerson, MD, and
Ehsan Malek, MD was featured among others in this article highlighting research that shows expansion of insurance coverage boosted rates of diagnosis. The study was also mentioned by
The Washington Post and
Everyday Health.
HemOnc Today - June 3, 2019
SurVaxM demonstrated encouraging efficacy and immunogenicity among patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma, according to results of a multicenter, single-arm phase 2 clinical trial presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting. Cleveland Clinic's
Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, FACP discussed the study with
HemOnc Today. Ahluwalia is a member of the
Case CCC's Developmental Therapeutics Program.
HemOnc Today - June 5, 2019
"This is the first-ever national study in the U.S. of perioperative chemotherapy for resectable pancreatic cancer," said Cleveland Clinic oncologist and
Case CCC member,
Davendra Sohal, MD, MPH.
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EVENTS
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Fri, June 7
Team Case CCC VeloSano Fundraiser Bash
5-8p Tavern of Little Italy
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Mon, June 10
Shared Resources Directors Meeting
12p WRB 1-422D
Genomic Medicine Institute Seminar
Scott Lundy, MD, PhD Eng Lab
"The Microbiome of Male Infertility"
Nick Sarn
Eng Lab
"Decreased Nuclear Pten Increases Microglia Activation and Synaptic Pruning in a Murine Model with Autism-like phenotype"
12p NE1-205
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Tues, June 11
BrainX + CCIPD Seminar
Ashish Khanna, MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Rakesh Shiradkar
Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD)
Sharona Hoffman, JD, LLM
Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University
"Solving Health Care Challenges with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence"
5p Nord Hall 356
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Thurs, June 13
Developmental Therapeutics Journal Club
9a NE6-218
Molecular Biology and Microbiology Virology Journal Club
1p SOM W203
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Fri, June 14
Taussig Cancer Institute Grand Rounds
Jaleh Fallah, MD
Jessica Geiger, MD
Nathaniel Rosko, PharmD
Davendra Sohal, MD
"ASCO Oral Presentations"
8a CA5-120
UH Seidman Cancer Center Grand Rounds
8a Wearn 137
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Mon, June 17
Genomic Medicine Institute Seminar
Harpreet Kaur, PhD Kallianpur Lab
"Plausible Role of the HFE (hemochromatosis) Gene in HIV-Associated
Neurocognitive Disorder"
Vijay Nagampali, PhD
Blackenberg Lab
A Machine learning based approach for predicting aberrant activity of PI3K pathway in cancer"
12p NE1-205
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Tues, June 18
Cancer Drug Discovery and Resistance
3p WRB 1-422D
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Weds, June 19
Biomedical Innovation & Entrepreneur Club:
Discussion and Networking Happy Hour
4-6p Sears think[box]
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Thurs, June 20
Developmental Therapeutics Journal Club
9a N
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Molecular Biology and Microbiology Seminar
1p SOM W203
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Fri, June 21
Taussig Cancer Institute Grand Rounds - CCF ONLY
James Kochenderfer, MD
National Cancer Institute
"Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy for Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma"
8a CA5-120
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ADDITIONAL UPCOMING SYMPOSIUMS & EVENTS
NCCN Policy Summit
June 17, 2019
Washington, DC
Details
ASCO Review
June 26, 2019
InterContinental Hotel
Cleveland Clinic Cholangiocarcinoma Symposium
July 12, 2019
Taussig Cancer Center
Details
Cancer Center Annual Scientific Retreat
July 25-26, 2019
Corporate College East
Artificial Intelligence in Oncology: Advancements and Policy
Oct 24, 2019
Tinkham Veale University Center, CWRU
AYA Oncology Symposium
Nov 14-15, 2019
Tinkham Veale Universtiy Center, CWRU
4th Annual Cancer Disparities Symposium
March 6, 2020
Tinkham Veale University Center, CWRU
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES
Deadline: June 7, 2019
Doris Duke 2019 Physician Scientist Fellowship
Deadline: June 7, 2019
2019 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and Multi-Scale Systems
Deadline: June 13, 2019
Internal Deadline: June 18, 2019
Full Proposal Deadline:
June 21, 2019
LOI/Preapplication Deadline: June 27, 2019
Deadline: July 24, 2019
LOI/Preproposal Deadline: July 24, 2019
Deadline: July 24, 2019
DoD Melanoma Research Program Awards
Pre-Application Deadline: July 26, 2019
Deadline: July 31, 2019
Deadline: July 31, 2019
LOI/Preproposal Deadline: Aug 1, 2019
LOI/Preproposal Deadline: Aug 21, 2019
LOI/Preproposal Deadline: August 22, 2019
Deadline: Open
Deadline: Open
Deadline: Open
Deadline: Open
Deadline: Open
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