National Cancer Institute - The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training.
Partners
Wilmot Cancer Institute - UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute provides world-class cancer treatment and care and conducts pivotal research. The goal is to prevent and conquer cancer through innovation in science, patient care, education, and community outreach.
Cancer Grand Challenges - Cancer Grand Challenges is a global funding platform founded by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute in the US. It supports a global community of diverse, world-class research teams to come together, think differently and take on some of cancer’s toughest challenges.
Supportive Care in Cancer - For over 35 years, Supportive Care in Cancer has conducted cancer control and cancer care delivery research locally and nationally investigating the etiology, prevention and management of side effects from cancer and its treatments. Our mission is “to help good people through lousy times” by working with patients and survivors of cancer and their families and caregivers, to alleviate cancer-related toxicities and side effects in order to ultimately improve quality of care and quality of life.
PEAK Human Performance Clinical Research Laboratory - Providing novel exercise testing techniques and state of the art services. The PEAK Lab supports investigators conducting multidisciplinary and translational (T1-T4) research related to all forms of human movement (e.g., physical activity, exercise, and sedentary behavior) within the University of Rochester.
Cancer Control and Psychoneuroimmunology Laboratory - The Cancer Control and Psychoneuroimmunology Laboratory (CCPL), led by Dr. Michelle Janelsins, is a clinical and translational research lab that is focused on three main project areas from T1-T4 levels of research: understanding clinical, psychological, and biological mechanisms of cognitive difficulties in cancer patients; investigating interventions to alleviate cognitive difficulties in cancer patient; and translational models of cognitive difficulties in cancer.
Geriatric Oncology Research Group - The Geriatric Oncology Research Group conducts studies that focus on the design and implementation of large, multi-site studies evaluating cancer care delivery methods, supportive care, aging biomarkers, and therapeutic interventions for older adults with cancer. We strive to include a diverse patient population from the Wilmot Cancer Institute, its affiliated community practices, as well as practices nationally.
University of Maryland Baltimore - At the heart of the research enterprise at UMB is a collaborative culture that is embraced by basic scientists and clinical researchers who are dedicated to working together across disciplines to advance discoveries that will lead to new treatments and improved health.
Moffitt Cancer Center - As Florida’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and one of only 30 leading cancer centers in the U.S. participating in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Moffitt is at the very forefront of cancer centers worldwide in pioneering advances like CAR T-cell therapy.
Massey Cancer Center - VCU Massey Cancer Center is working toward a future without cancer – one revolutionary idea, one promising therapy and one life saved at a time. Through innovative research, patient care, education and community engagement, Massey Cancer Center is discovering, developing, delivering and teaching effective means to prevent, detect, treat and cure cancer and to making these advancements equally available to all.
O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center - The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB is among the nation’s leading cancer research institutions and one of only 51 comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute. Being routinely recognized as among the nation’s best means the citizens of Alabama have access to the latest therapies, cutting-edge clinical trials and the expertise needed to treat their cancer right in their own backyard.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center - Founded in 1898 and operating from a 29-acre campus on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) near downtown Buffalo, New York, Roswell Park today remains the only comprehensive cancer center designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Upstate New York, and one of only four NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers in all of New York. In the past year, Roswell Park teams cared for more than 46,000 patients. Roswell Park helps set international standards in cancer care through its role as a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and consistently earns patient-satisfaction scores that are among the highest in the country.
Cancer and Aging Research Group - The Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) is a national consortium of geriatric oncology investigators. The goal of this group is to join geriatric oncology researchers across the nation in a collaborative effort to design and implement clinical trials in older adults in order to improve the care of older adults with cancer, as well as to promote the development of academic geriatric oncologists who will continue to sustain the field of geriatric oncology.