$2 million CPRIT award brings top cancer researcher to UT Health San Antonio
Posted on August 23, 2024 at 8:33 am.
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As part of the $52 million Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) grant funding round announced in May, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) received a $2 million CPRIT recruitment (CPRIT Scholar) funding award to bring top cancer researcher, Maria Falzone, PhD, to the health science center beginning Sept. 4, 2024.
Falzone will join as an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology in the institution’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and cross-appointed as a full member of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and UT Health San Antonio’s Mays Cancer Center, one of only four National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers in Texas and the only one in Central and South Texas.
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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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