American Cancer Society awards nearly $1 million to UT Health San Antonio cancer researcher
Mays Cancer Center Annual Report
Zhijie “Jason” Liu, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, received a $960,000 grant from the American Cancer Society in 2024. A Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Scholar in Cancer Research, Liu will use the funding to enhance his research into the mechanisms of endocrine resistance in breast cancer and the role of estrogen receptor-bound enhancers.
Liu, who joined the health science center in 2016 with a $2 million CPRIT Scholar (recruitment) award, is a research member of the Mays Cancer Center. A noted cancer investigator, he was recognized by the Mays Cancer Center for having the 2019 Discovery of the Year for his research on endocrine resistance and breast cancer.
