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CPRIT Awards $6 Million
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso has received a landmark $6 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
$100K for Cancer Treatment Research
Shrikanth S. Gadad, Ph.D. has been awarded a grant from the Edward N. and Margaret G. Marsh Foundation to support breast cancer research.
Coldwell Foundation Gift
The Lizanell and Colbert Coldwell Foundation announced grants to support researchers with TTUHSC El Paso who are studying treatments that may increase patients’ odds of surviving cancer and cardiovascular disease.
New Grant for Brain Bank
The Robert E. and Evelyn McKee Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Southwest Brain Bank at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.
Research Participants Wanted
The Foster School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry is seeking people of Latin American or Hispanic ancestry to participate in a study of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
$1.5 Million for Cancer Research
The American Cancer Society has awarded two TTUHSC El Paso researchers grants totaling $1,582,500 to develop therapies for treating breast cancer and leukemia.
Global Health Conference
Health care professionals and community organization staff are invited to attend the 4th Annual Global Health Conference on Friday, April 21, at the MSB II Auditorium.
$2.6 million for TB Vaccine
In addition to a tuberculosis vaccine, the groundbreaking research may lead to therapies for a variety of other viral illnesses, including bladder cancer.
EPA Grants $30,000
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a grant of $30,000 to TTUHSC El Paso for the Farmworkers Pesticide Use Protection Project.
Outstanding Research Award
“Combining Surgical Pyloroplasty and Gastric Electrical Stimulation in Gastroparetic Patients Is Superior to Pyloroplasty Alone: A Randomized Double Blind Placebo Control Trial,” was honored by the ACG.
Updates from the VP for Research
Huron Consulting Group Assessment; New IRB Chair, Dr. Stormy Monks
Data Management and Analysis Core Workshop
The Office of Research invites the TTUHSC El Paso community to attend the workshop “Data Management and Analysis Core for Comparative Effectiveness Research on Cancer in Texas,” presented by the UTMB School of Public and Population Health.
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