Baylor researchers receive CPRIT funding for cancer research
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Researchers at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine have been awarded more than $5 million in grants by the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support research focused on promising new insights into cancer treatment and innovative core facilities. CPRIT awarded $93 million in grants to institutions across Texas, including five grants to Baylor, to advance the fight against cancer.
Awards to Baylor include:
Dr. Daniel Kraushaar, assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology and of education, innovation and technology and director of the Genomic and RNA Profiling Core, received a Core Facility Support Award of $1,999,998 for the Comprehensive Cancer Epigenomics Core Facility.
Dr. Shalini Makawita, assistant professor of medicine – hematology and oncology, received an Early Clinical Investigator Award of $1 million for research titled, “Combination Immunotherapy Strategies in the Treatment of Advanced Refractory Solid Tumors.”
Dr. Gloria Echeverria, assistant professor in the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, received a High-Impact, High-Risk Research Award of $250,000 for research titled, “Inhibition of Mitochondrial RNA Polymerase to Overcome Chemoresistance in Triple Negative Breast Cancer.”
Dr. Jamie Anastas, assistant professor of neurosurgery, received a High-Impact, High-Risk Research Award of $249,470 for research titled, “Overcoming Immunosuppression and Antigen Heterogeneity to Improve Immunotherapy for Pediatric Brain Tumors.”
Baylor also received $2 million for a CPRIT Scholar Recruitment Award.
To date, CPRIT has awarded more than $3.9 billion in grants to Texas research institutions and organizations through its academic research, prevention and product development programs. Read more about the most recent round of CPRIT funding here.