UT Health SA Newsroom: Greehey Institute begins 2018 with new faculty studying children’s cancer
The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio is on an impressive and rising trajectory as 2018 begins. This includes the recruitment of seven new faculty members, further bolstering the Alamo City’s thriving biosciences sector.
Extramural funding for the Greehey Institute totaled $11.1 million in the state fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2017. The new investigators accounted for $1.1 million, or 10 percent, of those research awards. The new scientists are in various stages of establishing laboratories, boosting the number of active labs at the Greehey Institute to 17.
Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to understanding its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer by discovering, developing, and disseminating new scientific knowledge. Our mission consists of three key areas — research, clinical, and education.
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