DCB News and Events
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A recent Cancer Currents Blog features DCB & NIDCR supported research and includes a perspective from Phil Daschner, a Program Director in DCB: Scientists Link a Single Type of Bacteria to Colorectal Cancer
A recent NIH Director's Blog features DCB & NIDCR supported research: Microbe Normally Found in the Mouth May Drive Progression of Colorectal Cancer
A recent Cancer Currents Blog includes a perspective from Ron Johnson, a Program Director in DCB: Drug Combination May Have Potential for Cancers with TP53 Mutations
A recent Cancer Currents Blog features DCB-supported research and includes perspectives from Joanna Watson and Brunilde Gril, Program Director in DCB: Stress-Induced Immune Changes May Help Cancer Spread
Upcoming Events
May 23, 2024 (11:00 - 2:30 pm ET)
Sex and Gender Differences in Cancer Workshop: Clinical Sciences
This part of an NCI workshop series will explore the role of sex differences in cancer from a clinical perspective.
May 28, 2024 (11:00 - 12:00 pm ET)
Cancer AI Conversations: Machine Learning (ML) in Cancer Care Delivery - Implementation and Sustainability
During this webinar, Drs. Roxanne Jensen (NCI), Tina Hernandez-Boussard (Stanford), & Katharine Rendle (University of Pennsylvania) will discuss the role of ML in implementation science and the delivery of cancer care.
May 30, 2024 (1:00 - 1:30 pm ET)
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Meet the Funders Webinar with NCI
Dr. Lillian Kuo (a program director in our division) will discuss NCI grant policies and funding opportunities with ASCB members.
June 11, 2024
Registration Deadline: Cancer Prevention Research Conference
The deadline to register for an American Cancer Society, NCI, and Cancer Research UK event that
will bring together researchers to create a thriving multidisciplinary cancer prevention research community, spark new collaborations and ideas, as well as advance cancer prevention.
June 25 - 27, 2024
Cancer Prevention Research Conference
The American Cancer Society, NCI, and Cancer Research UK will will be hosting a conference in Boston to help create a new-look cancer prevention research community and to showcase research to better understand cancer aetiology, risk factors, intervention development and implementation, and health inequalities in cancer prevention.
June 26 - 28, 2024
DCB R15 Investigator Workshop
The goal of the workshop is to provide a focused, unique, and interactive platform for DCB R15 investigators. Attendees will have an opportunity to showcase their ongoing research, as well as exchange and explore new ideas.
June 27, 2024 (11:00 - 2:30 pm ET)
Sex and Gender Differences in Cancer Workshop: Population Sciences
This part of an NCI workshop series will discuss gaps in the field, statistical and study design approaches, considerations utilizing “real world data” (including sex vs. gender considerations), and pitfalls in data collection/interpretation.
June 30, 2024
Application Deadline: HuBMAP From Atlas to Practice Innovation Lab
This HuBMAP Innovation Lab will bring together investigators who are enthusiastic about the convergence and synergies between spatial biology and pathology. Participants will identify opportunities where data and methods developed by spatial biologists can benefit pathologists, and the questions, tools, and measurements that pathologists are most interested in for their diagnostic work.