Grant ID RR200045
Awarded On May 20, 2020
Title Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Members
Program CPRIT Scholar
Award Mechanism Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Members
Institution/Organization The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Principal Investigator/Program Director Robert Hillman
Cancer Sites Ovary
Contracted Amount $2,000,000
Summary of Goals and Objectives

My overall goals and objectives are to obtain my first tenure-track position within a clinical gynecologic oncology department, for the purpose of establishing an innovative academic research lab focused on applying modern tools of genomic analysis to identify new therapeutic vulnerabilities in gynecologic cancers. The position I seek would be at a research institution with a strong track record in both basic and clinical research, with the existing expertise and research facilities to support cutting edge work in cancer genomics as well as a strong collaborative culture.

Within the first 5 years of establishing my independent research laboratory, I plan to achieve the following:

(1) Develop ...

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