Moores Member Emphasizes Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
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SDNEWS spoke with Moores Member Andrew Lowy, MD, FACS about personalized screening and follow-up care for high-risk individuals, as UC San Diego Health continues to combat pancreatic cancer and improve outcomes. Learn More>>
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UC San Diego Health Launches AI Thinkshop
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AI Thinkshop is a forum designed to review, triage, and launch projects designed to solve problems with AI and information services experts. AI Thinkshop meets bi-weekly, and meetings feature presentations on AI requests, discussions on feasibility, data requirements, and integration challenges. The scope of AI Thinkshop includes vendor products, internally developed AI tools, and applied AI research-related requests.
Contact Karandeep Singh, MD, MMSc at karandeep@health.ucsd.edu if you have AI ideas that you would like to bring to the forum for discussion.
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Moores Biorepository and Tissue Technology Shared Resource (BTTSR) Reaccreditation
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Moores BTTSR, a minority-focused institutional biobank and a histology core, has earned reaccreditation by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for Biorepository (BAP) and Laboratory (LAP). CAP is the world's largest association exclusively composed of pathologists who are certified by the American Board of Pathology; CAP is the leader in laboratory quality assurance.
This onsite reaccreditation marks the third consecutive for Biorepository and the second for TTSR, maintaining an unbroken record of inspections with zero deficiencies.
“We are extremely proud of our consistent commitment to quality and regulatory excellence,” affirmed Alfredo Molinolo, BTTSR Director. “This first-pass, no-deficiency reaccreditation reflects our team’s dedication, expertise, and unwavering emphasis on providing the highest scientific support to Moores Member researchers.” Learn More>>
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Moores Members Publish Findings on Treatment of Head and Neck Cancers
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Moores Member Loren K. Mell, MD led a study with Moores Member Assuntina G. Sacco, MD, which demonstrates that cetuximab is more effective than durvalumab in treating certain head and neck cancers. Learn More>>
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A multilineage screen identifies actionable synthetic lethal interactions in human cancers
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Prashant Mali, PhD (Cancer Biology and Signaling) and Trey Ideker, PhD (Structural and Functional Genomics)
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| A benchmarked, high-efficiency prime editing platform for multiplexed dropout screening
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Emma K. Farley, PhD (Structural and Functional Genomics)
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| Increased translation driven by non-canonical EZH2 creates a synthetic vulnerability in enzalutamide-resistant prostate cancer
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Miguel Reina-Campos, PhD (Cancer Biology and Signaling)
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FEATURED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Application Deadline: February 16, 2025
Budget: $275,000 for 2 years
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LOI Deadline: January 5, 2025
Application Deadline: February 5, 2025
Budget: $499,999/year for 5 years
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Application Deadline: February 16, 2025
Budget: $275,000 for 2 years
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LOI Deadline: January 16, 2025
Application Deadline: February 16, 2025
Budget: $275,000 for 2 years
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CLINICAL TRIALS OFFICE (CTO)
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GO44900: A Phase Ib Study Evaluating the Safety, Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Glofitamab in Combination with Gemcitabine Plus Oxaliplatin in Patients from Racial/Ethnic Minorities with Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
PI: Ayad Hamdan, MD
NCT: NCT06624085
MA.39: TAILOR RT: A Randomized Trial of Regional Radiotherapy in Biomarker Low-Risk Node Positive and T3N0 Breast Cancer
PI: Dominique Rash, MD
NCT: NCT03488693
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT (COE)
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Cancer Prevention and Screening at the Annual Adelante Promotores Conference
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COE Coordinator Maritza Gomez, in partnership with Mateo Banegas, PhD, Co-Director, UC San Diego CHEER, presented a bilingual session that highlighted the essential role of Promotores and community health workers in providing education on cancer prevention and screenings in their communities.
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Cancer Screening Guidelines at the VA Great American Smokeout Fair
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COE continues to conduct the LGBTQIA Needs Assessment. COE Liaison Krzel Manansala-Tan has distributed surveys in Hillcrest with VIDA to qualified respondents. Contact COE if you are interested in helping distribute the survey.
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