{"id":4385,"date":"2014-12-04T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"[caption id=\"attachment_4386\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"700\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4386\" src=\"http:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/08\/Rao.jpg\" alt=\"Manjeet Rao, Ph.D. (right), assistant professor of cellular and structu"},"modified":"2016-03-23T13:57:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T13:57:43","slug":"hsc-researchers-receive-support-from-cancer-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/hsc-researchers-receive-support-from-cancer-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"HSC researchers receive support from cancer institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4386\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4386\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/08\/Rao.jpg\" alt=\"Manjeet Rao, Ph.D. (right), assistant professor of cellular and structural biology, was one of several HSC faculty awarded research grants and faculty recruitment funds.\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/08\/Rao.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/08\/Rao-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/08\/Rao-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Manjeet Rao, Ph.D. (right), assistant professor of cellular and structural biology, was one of several HSC faculty awarded research grants and faculty recruitment funds.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nearly $8 million in cancer-related research grants and faculty recruitment funds were awarded to the Health Science Center by the Cancer Prevention &amp; Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), surpassing previous amounts awarded by the same group.<\/p>\n<p>HSC faculty competed with nearly 600 grant applicants to receive the highly competitive funds. They are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullet_arrow4 imglist\">\n<li>Amelie Ramirez, Dr.P.H., professor and director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research and associate director of Cancer Prevention and Health Disparities at the CTRC, with co-investigators Kipling Gallion, M.A., and Patricia Chalela, Dr.P.H., received $1.4 million.<\/li>\n<li>Ricardo Aguiar, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and biochemistry, received $854,740.<\/li>\n<li>Devalingam Mahalingam, M.D., Ph.D., oncologist and assistant professor of medicine, received $825,285.<\/li>\n<li>Patricia Dahia, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, received $881,146.<\/li>\n<li>Manjeet Rao, Ph.D., assistant professor of cellular and structural biology at the Greehey Children\u2019s Cancer Research Institute, received $900,000.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Boyer, Ph.D., professor of molecular medicine, received $200,000.<\/li>\n<li>Daisy Morales-Campos, Ph.D., instructor\/research of epidemiology and biostatistics at the Institute for Health Promotion Research, with Deborah Parra-Medina, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, received $149,985.<\/li>\n<li>Deborah Parra-Medina, M.P.H., Ph.D. and principal investigator Meizi He, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., at The University of Texas at San Antonio, received $573,095.<\/li>\n<li>A recruitment grant for a potential faculty member was also awarded. 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