Faculty awarded 2024 ACS seed grant through Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
Four early-career scientists have each been awarded a one-year, $40,000 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant through University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.
These seed grants help junior faculty members and independent research scientists start their careers in cancer research, and provide funds to explore new ideas related to the cause, prevention, and treatment of cancer.
New grant recipients
Po Hien Ear, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
Project: Role of RABLaA pathway on serotonin signaling in NETs
Jessica Gorzelitz, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor of Health and Human Physiology
Project: The effect of combined aerobic and muscle strengthening exercises on structural and functional cardiovascular adaptations in endometrial cancer survivors
Erin Talbert, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health and Human Physiology
Project: Obesity-associated increases in circulating myostatin in cancer cachexia
Ryan Zander, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Project: Regulation of T cell exhaustion by Plac8