The University of Massachusetts Boston and the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) have been granted $8.5 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health to support their U54 Comprehensive Partnership for Cancer Disparities …
Awards and Grants
JEONG RECEIVES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GRANT TO STUDY PROSTATE DISEASE DEVELOPMENT
Clara Jeong, PhD, received a Prostate Cancer Research Program Postdoctoral Training Award from the Department of Defense to support her investigation into the effects of environmental toxicants on prostate disease development. The two-year award begins …
VEZINA RECEIVES ZOETIS ANIMAL HEALTH AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
Chad Vezina, PhD, associate professor of comparative biosciences in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the 2016 Zoetis Animal Health Award for Research Excellence. The UW School of Veterinary Medicine established …
BUSHMAN RECEIVES VA GRANT TO STUDY LINK BETWEEN PROSTATE INFLAMMATION AND BPH/LUTS
Wade Bushman, MD, PhD, the Robert F. and Dolores K. Schnoes Chair in Urologic Research, was recently awarded a 4-year Merit Award from the Veteran’s Administration to study the role of prostate inflammation in Benign …
FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GEORGE M. O’BRIEN UROLOGY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM
The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is pleased to announce the release of a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeking applications for the George M. O’Brien Urology Cooperative Research Centers …
FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN BENIGN UROLOGY (P20)
The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is pleased to announce a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to seek applications for the Developmental Centers for Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology Program …
VELKY AND THOMAS RECEIVE TRAVEL AWARDS TO ATTEND SBUR FALL MEETING
The Society of Basic Urologic Research (SBUR) awarded Jordan Velky and Sam Thomas, pre-doctoral trainees in the Ricke lab, 2015 Travel Awards to attend the SBUR Fall Symposium July 12-15, 2015, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. …
BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL NAMES MACOSKA ‘WOMAN TO WATCH’
Jill A. Macoska, PhD, Alton J. Brann Distinguished Professor of Science and Mathematics, professor of biological sciences, and director of the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy at The University of Massachusetts, Boston, was named to …