{"id":2729,"date":"2025-07-29T20:08:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/cancer-center\/?p=2729"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:08:45","slug":"cprit-awards-approximately-16-4-million-to-advance-childrens-cancer-research-and-attract-top-researchers-to-south-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/cancer-center\/2025\/07\/29\/cprit-awards-approximately-16-4-million-to-advance-childrens-cancer-research-and-attract-top-researchers-to-south-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"CPRIT awards approximately $16.4 million to advance children\u2019s cancer research and attract top researchers to South Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2730 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/cancer-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/AdobeStock_712264614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/cancer-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/AdobeStock_712264614.png 1500w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/cancer-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/AdobeStock_712264614-450x300.png 450w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/cancer-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/AdobeStock_712264614-850x567.png 850w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/cancer-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/AdobeStock_712264614-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio roughly $16.4 million in funding to help advance research into cancers that affect children and teens, as well as bring three noted cancer researchers on board.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #a54d2e\">Advancing Ewing\u2019s sarcoma research<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Katsumi Kitagawa, PharmD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and investigator in the health science center\u2019s Greehey Children\u2019s Cancer Research Institute, received $1.4 million to advance research into Ewing\u2019s Sarcoma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCPRIT\u2019s support will enable Dr. Kitagawa to develop novel therapeutic strategies for treating Ewing\u2019s sarcoma, a common pediatric bone cancer,\u201d said Patrick Sung, director of UT Health San Antonio\u2019s Greehey Children\u2019s Cancer Research Institute.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #a54d2e\">Renowned cancer researcher joins UT Health San Antonio<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Simon Gayther, PhD, a cancer researcher from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, joined Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the Department of Medicine through CPRIT funding. His breakthrough studies have focused on understanding the underlying causes of ovarian cancer initiation and development.<\/p>\n<p>Gayther joined as professor of medicine, Mays Family Endowed Chair in heritable oncogenesis and inaugural director of the school\u2019s Center for Heritable Oncogenesis (the formation of tumors). He will be part of the Mays Cancer Center\u2019s Population Science and Prevention Program. Gayther will focus mainly on his internationally acclaimed research program in genetic epidemiology and functional biology of risk variants associated with ovarian, breast and prostate cancers.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #a54d2e\">New chair in DNA repair genetics<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A $6 million CPRIT recruitment (CPRIT Scholar) funding brought Anna Malkova, PhD, to UT Health San Antonio. Formerly at the University of Iowa, she joins UT Health San Antonio as a full professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology.<\/p>\n<p>She will be a member of Mays Cancer Center\u2019s Cancer Development and Progression Program and the Greehey Children\u2019s Cancer Research Institute. Malkova will also serve as the Mays Family Endowed Chair in DNA Repair Genetics and a mentor in the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #a54d2e\">Blood cancer research at Greehey Children\u2019s Cancer Research Institute<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A $2 million CPRIT recruitment grant also brought Yu Luan, PhD, to UT Health San Antonio from Northwestern University. 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