UT Health SA Newsroom: UT Health San Antonio receives CPRIT funding

UT Health San Antonio received more than $1 million from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas in its summer round of funding, announced Aug. 22.

The largest award, $892,157, went to Yidong Chen, PhD, a professor of population health sciences in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine. Yogesh Gupta, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, and the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, received a high-impact, high-risk award of $199,996. A UT Health San Antonio-related spinoff company also received a $3 million seed award for product development.

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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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