CFCCC Bulletin - Events, Announcements, Funding Opportunities and More

Upcoming Events

Aug

2

Research in Progress Seminar: Targeting Metabolic Support and Resistance Networks in Pancreatic Cancer

Speaker: Christopher Halbrook, PhD

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Virtual Webinar

Request a Calendar Invite or Join via Zoom

Aug

16

Advances in Minimally-Invasive Urologic Care and Genitourinary Malignancies

Host: UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Virtual Webinar

Learn More or Join via Zoom

Aug

19

UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge Rally

8:00 - 11:00 AM

UCI Research Park | 5141 California Avenue, Irvine, CA 92617

Sept.

22

Cancer Center Scientific Retreat

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach

*Faculty, encourage your pre and postdoctoral trainees to submit an abstract for the poster session - due Aug. 11!

Sept.

29

CHOC SC-PACS Education Day

4:30 - 7:30 PM

The Assembly | 1715 Flight Way, Tustin, CA 92782

Learn More (registration forthcoming)

Oct.

7

UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge

UCI Aldrich Park

Announcements

Six clinical faculty members completed the inaugural Cancer Clinical Trial Bootcamp this month after dedicating 16 weeks to learning how to successfully design an investigator-initiated cancer clinical trial. Thank you to our collaborators across the CFCCC who lent their time and expertise mentoring these rising cancer researchers. The next Cancer Clinical Trial Bootcamp will launch in Spring 2024. For questions about this bootcamp and other Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination (CRTEC) programs, please email Kimberly Castellanos at kecastel@hs.uci.edu.

(Pictured left to right: Dr. Farshid Dayyani, Dr. Edward Nelson, Dr. Thuy Tran, Christine Hui, Dr. Sweta Chekuri, Dr. Ekamol Tantisattamo, Dr. Omid Yazdanpanah, Dr. Ann Arter, Kimberly Castellanos, Wen-Pin Chen, Dr. Min Zhang)

Apply to the CFCCC Mentorship, Education and Training (MET) Program

The CFCCC Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination (CRTEC) is accepting applications for the Mentorship, Education and Training (MET) Program.

The CFCCC MET Program is a year-long mentoring program designed to engage the expertise of senior CFCCC members with the goal of supporting junior and mid-career CFCCC faculty (basic, clinical and population science) and to catalyze strategies for overcoming career and scientific challenges.

Learn more about the MET Program, including details on how to apply.

Apply now until August 15, 2023

Save the Date: The Science of Mind-Body Interactions in Cancer Survivorship

Nov. 8 | 12 - 2 PM | Sue Gross Auditorium

Join UCI Public Health and the UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center for an informative, interdisciplinary conversation on the Science of Mind-Body Interactions in Cancer Survivorship with featured speaker Julienne Bower, PhD. This event will be moderated by Michael Hoyt, PhD.

Learn More and Register

Biostatistics Shared Resource - In-person Walk-in or Zoom Consultations Now Available

Informal statistical in-person walk-in or via Zoom consultations are available to discuss your study design and statistical needs. After you have booked the meeting, the Zoom information will be sent to you if you would like to meet via Zoom.

Every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday from 2 - 4 PM
Location: 200 S Manchester Ave, Orange, CA 92868, Suite 400, Room 433

Questions? Contact Wen-pin Chen, Senior Statistician and BSR Manager.

Book Your Consultation

Funding Opportunities

OTHER NON-FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

These opportunities do not require nomination or selection by the Cancer Center.

California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)

Convener on Fertility Preservation for Young Breast Cancer Patients

$40K/6 months

Application: August 2, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)

Shift Work and Breast Cancer Risk

$300K (Project 1); $350K (Project 2)/2 years

Application: August 2, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance (MOCA)

2023 National Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer Research Awards

$150K/1 year

Focus: early detection of ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer

Proposal: September 1, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Health Equity Leadership Development Initiative (MPI-CPI-23-001)

U.S Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Minority Health

$2 million/3 years

Focus: Implementation of a fellowship program

Application: August 1, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

*Please notify CFCCC Administration if you decide to participate

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

Funding mechanisms may cover awards for early-stage investigators, postdocs, exploratory/innovation research, translational research, clinical research/trials, and team projects.

FY23 Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) - next deadline Sept. 12, 2023

FY23 Chronic Pain Management Research Program (CPMRP) - deadline August 21, 2023

FY23 Kidney Cancer Research Program (KCRP) - next deadline Sept. 15, 2023

(NEW) KCRP Clinical Consortium Award (CCA) - due Oct. 26, 2023

FY23 Melanoma Research Program (MRP) - next deadline August 31, 2023

FY23 Pancreatic Cancer Research Program (PCARP) - next deadline Sept. 14, 2023

FY23 Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) – next deadline August 3, 2023

Newsroom

Bridging the Gap: Latinx Children with Cancer, Culturally Appropriate Support for Families

Dr. Michelle Fortier’s work has shown that the pain management treatment of Latinx children – and their outcomes – are too often inadequate when compared to non-Latinx white children. Besides the immediate impact of not assisting a child in need, researchers have found that there are long term consequences to poorly managed pain that amplify health inequities for Latinx patients when they are adults including changes in their physiological responses to pain and avoidance of preventive healthcare to support wellness.