John M. Carethers, MD, FAACR Honored by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
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Congratulations to Moores Member and UC San Diego Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Dr. John M. Carethers, who received the 2025 AACR Distinguished Lectureship for his research in colorectal cancer disparities, which he presented at the 18th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Baltimore, MD. Moores was represented at the conference by 18 attendees from UC San Diego and San Diego State University, who contributed seven posters and two oral presentations.
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Leading Cancer Centers Tout Importance of Safe and Effective HPV Vaccination to Prevent Cancer
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Moores, along with 61 other National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers, has endorsed a joint statement urging health care systems, physicians, health care providers and professionals, parents, and caregivers across the United States to promote human papillomavirus vaccination for cancer prevention.
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U.S. Department of State Update: Visa Appointment Locations
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Effective September 6, 2025, all applicants for U.S. nonimmigrant visas (i.e., J-1, F-1, and H-1B) must schedule their visa appointments in their country of nationality or residence. Although existing appointments generally will not be canceled, applying outside one’s home country may increase the risk of denial and lost fees. Students and scholars are advised to check estimated visa wait times and consult embassy websites before making travel plans.
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Call for Nominations: 2026 St. Jude National Graduate Student Symposium (NGSS) |
Nominations are now open for the 24th annual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital NGSS, an all-expenses-paid academic and professional development event to be held March 24–27, 2026 on the St. Jude campus. This event is open to excellent PhD students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and expect to graduate between April 2026 and July 2027. Faculty members/mentors must submit nominations by October 16, 2025, at stjude.org/ngss; students cannot apply directly.
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Living with Skin Cancer Symposium: UC Melanoma and Skin Cancer Consortium |
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. (PST)
Place: Virtual and Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute Auditorium
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This symposium will address skin cancer awareness, prevention, and management and is designed for patients, caregivers, and anyone interested in learning about skin health and treatment options.
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FEATURED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES |
View featured limited submission, federal, and non-federal grant and funding opportunities. |
Emerging Scholars in Healthy Aging Research Program |
The Stein Institute and UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging is offering up to $30,000 for master’s degree, PhD, and postdoctoral researchers to support salary or research costs and provide access to aging-related resources. Proposals are due to healthyaging@health.ucsd.edu. Contact Anthony Molina, PhD (ajmolina@health.ucsd.edu) for project proposal guidance.
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Proposal Due Date: September 29th at 5:00 p.m. PST
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Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion Funding Opportunity: Interdisciplinary Research on Empathy and Compassion
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This funding mechanism will support UC San Diego-affiliated faculty in pursuing cross-sector projects that foster empathy and compassion in healthcare, education, and society. Proposals may include new curricula, interdisciplinary interventions, measurement tools, or policy frameworks. Collaborations across schools or divisions are strongly encouraged.
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Awards: Up to two $100K and two $50K grants
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due November 14, 2025
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American Cancer Society (ACS) Institutional Research Grant 2026 |
Moores Member Michael Bouvet, MD, Member of the Local Committee of the ACS Institutional Research Grant (ACS-IRG-24-1317140-51-IRG), is pleased to announce the availability of seed money to stimulate cancer research projects of high merit among junior investigators at UC San Diego.
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| Association of HOXB13 G84E with prostate cancer among 592,158 men |
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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Hannah Carter, PhD, MEng (Structural and Functional Cancer Genomics) and Tyler Seibert, MD, PhD (Structural and Functional Cancer Genomics)
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| Antithrombin-binding heparan sulfate is ubiquitously expressed in epithelial cells and suppresses pancreatic tumorigenesis
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The Journal of Clinical Investigation
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Maike Sander, MD (Cancer Biology and Signaling) and Jeffrey Esko, PhD (Solid Tumor Therapeutics)
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| Efficacy of PVX and PEGylated PVX as intratumoral immunotherapy
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Nicole Steinmetz, PhD (Solid Tumor Therapeutics)
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CLINICAL TRIALS OFFICE (CTO) |
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JZP898-101: A Phase I, First-in-human, Open-label, Multicenter Study of JZP898 as Monotherapy and in Combination with Pembrolizumab in Participants with Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
PI: Assuntina Sacco, MD
NCT ID: NCT06108050
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SIO-2025-01: A Multi-Center Observational Trial of Symptomatic, High-Risk Bone Metastases Treated with Percutaneous Ablation and Palliative Radiation Therapy
PI: Kathryn Tringale, MD, MAS
NCT ID: NCT06859801
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT (COE) |
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