UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center announces recipients of cancer-related research grants through O’Neal Invests

The UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center is pleased to announce its latest O’Neal Invests grant awards. O’Neal Invests funds UAB investigators initiating new cancer-related projects to do key preliminary work to enable competitive extramural applications. Applications for this grant cycle were submitted in fall 2024.

The awardees receiving funding through O’Neal Invests include:

• Randall Davis, M.D.
  • Department of Medicine
  • Division of Hematology & Oncology
  • Pre-R01
  • Modeling FCRL6 Effector Lymphocyte Function in Tumor Immunity
• Han-Fei Ding, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Department of Pathology
  • Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology
  • Pre-R01
  • Mapping the Metabolic Landscape of Non-MYCN High-Risk Neuroblastoma
• Steven Duncan, M.D., and Adam Wende, Ph.D.
  • Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology
  • Division of Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care and Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology
  • Pre-R01
  • Lung Cancer, Copper, and T-cell Dysfunction
• Andrea Gillis, M.D.
  • Department of Surgery
  • Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery
  • Catalyst
  • Defining the Impact of Prescription Amphetamine Use on Solid Cancer Outcomes
• Anita Hjelmeland, Ph.D.
  • Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
  • Pre-R01
  • GLUT3 Phosphorylation Increases Invasion Independent of Glucose Uptake
• Outi Keinaenen, Ph.D.
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Catalyst
  • Host-Guest Click Chemistry for Pre-targeted PET Imaging and Radioimmunotherapy
• Syed Mohammad Qasim Hussaini, M.D.
  • Department of Medicine
  • Division of Hematology and Oncology
  • Pre-R01
  • LEGAL-CARE: A Pilot Feasibility Randomized Trial of a Legal Navigation Program

Catalyst grants are for $50,000 for one year. Pre-R01 grants are for $160,000 over two years.

There are two O’Neal Invests RFAs per year, in the spring and fall. Cancer Center membership is not a requirement to apply, but awardees must become members. The grants are peer-reviewed by a panel of UAB faculty.

There are two O’Neal Invests RFAs per year, in the spring and fall.