A TOTAL OF 43 GRANTS WERE FUNDED FOR PARTNERSHIP INVESTIGATORS AND RESEARCH TEAMS AT SDSU AND UCSD. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LIST.
| C. Thompson | Using Electronic Health Records to Understand Pathways of Breast Cancer Screening and Care | NCATS - KL2 TR001444 | 3/2016 -2/2019 |
| C. Thompson | Lung Cancer in Never Smokers: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Molecular Characteristics in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women (Subcontract: UCSF: PI: Gomez) | NCI - R01 CA204070 | 10/2017 – 4/2020 |
| C. Thompson | Spatial-, Neighborhood- and Healthcare System-related Drivers of Lung Cancer Treatment Disparities | UC Regents: Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program of California | 9/2019 – 8/2020 |
| P. Katira | Collaborative Research: Heterogeneous Cancer Cell Mechanics Differentially Drives Mechanosensing and Migration | NSF | 9/2018 - 8/2021 |
| C. House | Role of Divergent NF-kappaB Signaling in Supporting Ovarian Cancer Tumor-Initiating Cells Responsible for Cancer Recurrence | NCI - R00 CA204727 | 8/2018 - 7/2021 |
| C. House | The Role of Obesity in ND-KB-Induced Cancer Stem Cell-Like Phenotype and Its Implication in Ovarian Cancer Tumorigenesis and Chemoresistance | NIMHD U54 MD012397 | 6/2019 – 5/2022 |
| E. Arredondo | Linking Churches with Parks to Increase Physical Activity Among Latinos | RAND Corp. | 3/2019 – 4/2022 |
| E. Arredondo | Floreciendo Juntas (Growing Together): A Mother-Daughter Physical Activity Program (R21) | NCI - R21 | 1/2020-12/2021 |
| G. Ayala, K. Wells | SDSU HealthLINK Center for Transdisciplinary Health Disparities Research | NIMHD U54 MD012397 | 9/2018 –6/2023 |
| C. Sohl | Mechanisms of isocitrate dehydrogenase variants in cancer | American Cancer Society | 7/2019 – 6/2023 |
| H. Parada | Red Blood Cell Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Breast Cancer Mortality in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study | NCI K01 CA234317 | 9/2019 – 8/2024 |
| T. Wu | Secondhand Smoke, Past Smoking, Diet, Novel Biomarkers and Breast Cancer Metastasis | CA Tobacco Related Disease Research Program | 9/2019-8/2021 |
| K. Wells, M. Reblin | A Stepped-Care Psychosocial Intervention for Brain Tumor Family Caregivers | NCI - R01 | 7/2019 - 6/2024 |
| K. Wells , L. Barnes, J. Gong | SCH: INT: Collaborative Research: Multiscale Modeling and Intervention for Improving Long-Term Medication | NCI - R01 | 9/2019 – 8/2023 |
| E. Martinez | Linking and Amplifying User-centered Networks through Connected Health (L.A.U.N.C.H.): Kentucky | NCI - ICF subaward | 9/2017 – 9/2018 |
| E. Martinez | Breast Cancer Clinical Trial Education in Hispanic Communities | V Foundation | 9/2019 - 8/2020 |
| S. Gupta | Assessing the quality of colorectal cancer screening process at federally qualified community health centers in San Diego and Imperial counties | CDC | 10/2016 – 6/2017 |
| S. Gupta | Post-polypectomy Surveillance for Reducing Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality | NCI - R37 | 2/2018 – 12/2021 |
| Y. San Miguel | Diversity Supplement to above R37 grant | NCI Supplement | 2020-20201 |
| J. Nodora | Strengthen NCI-supported Community Outreach through CHE of the NON | NCI Administrative Supplement | 9/2015 – 8/2018 |
| J. Nodora | Increasing Minority Accrual in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Through a Multidisciplinary Approach | V Foundation | 6/2016 – 6/2017 |
| J. Nodora | Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies for Community Health Centers | ACS | 1/2018– 122022 |
| J. Nodora | Specialized Cancer Center Support Grant- HPV supplement | NCI Supplement | 9/2018–8/2019 |
| J. Nodora | Engaging breast medical oncologists to increase minority accrual in clinical trials | V Foundation | 9/2018–8/2019 |
| B. Rose | Active surveillance for African-American men with prostate cancer | Department of Defense | 7/2018– 7/2022 |
| P. Aristizabal | Outcomes of informed consent in pediatric oncology: A feasibility pilot study | American Cancer Society | 12/2014– 11/2016 |
| P. Aristizabal | Factors affecting parental satisfaction, anxiety and comprehension of informed consent in pediatric cancer clinical trials | Alex Lemonade Stand Foundation Psychosocial Grant | 1/2016- 12/2018 |
| P. Aristizabal | Factors affecting parental satisfaction, anxiety and comprehension of informed consent in pediatric leukemia clinical trials | American Society of Hematology | 7/2016– 6/2018 |
| P. Aristizabal | Educating the Next Generation: Development and implementation of a delivery of informed curriculum for pediatric hematology/oncology fellows to enhance communication skills | American Society of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology | 5/2016– 5/2018 |
| P. Aristizabal | COMPRENDO: adaptation and implementation of a peer-navigation intervention to improve research literacy and diversity in pediatric leukemia clinical trials | NCI - K08 | 07/2018– 06/2023 |
| P. Aristizabal | Role of Health Literacy on Psychological Distress in Parents of Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Cancer Patients at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego | Alex Lemonade Stand Foundation; Role: Mentor to Shilpa Nataraj, UCSD medical student | 6/2017-9/2017 |
| P. Aristizabal | Establishment of a Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Registry-Surveillance System in Mexico | Sanofi-Espoir Foundation | 6/2019-12/21 |
| J. Murphy | Interactive Contouring Atlas for Radiation Oncology | NIH-AHRQ R03 HS024321 | 7/2016 - 6/2017 |
| J. Murphy | Interactive Contouring Simulation (iCountour) to Improve Outcomes of Cancer Patients Treated with Radiation Therapy | NIH - AHRQ R18HS026881 | 08/2019 - 05/2024 |
| L. Hill | UCSD/SDSU General Preventive Medicine Residency Program "ACS Physician Training Award in Preventive Medicine | American Cancer Society | 1/2018- 6/2022 |
| J. Carethers | Immune Modulation of DNA Mismatch Repair in Colorectal Cancer | NIH - R01 | 4/2016-3/2021 |
| A Kummel | Liposomal encapsulation of oncovirus | EpicenRx | 9/2019-8/2020 |
| A Kummel, McIntyre | IMPACT – Innovation Materials and Processes for Advance Compute Technology | SRC | 1/2020 - 12/2022 |
| UCSD: Martinez SDSU: McDaniels | Specialized Cancer Center Support Grant- SD Cares Supplement | NCI - P30 Supp | 9/2018 –8/2019 |
| UCSD: Martinez SDSU: Tsou | Innovative Infrastructure to Enhance the California Teachers Study | NCI - U01 subcontract | 9/2018 – 8/2020 |
| UCSD: Tamayo, Kim Martinez, Nodora, Murphy SDSU: McDaniels | Integrated Machine-Learning Platform to Inform Precision Therapy in Underrepresented Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients | California Initiative for Precision Medicine | 1/2019 – 12/2021 |
| UCSD: Martinez, Gupta, Nodora SDSU: Castañeda | CRC-HUB-SPOKE: A ColoRectal Cancer Screening Hub for Southern California Community Health Centers (Cancer Moonshot RFA) | NCI - UG3/UH3 | 9/2019 – 8/2024 |
| UCSD: Martinez SDSU: McDaniels | Breast Cancer Clinical Trial Education in Hispanic Communities | V Foundation | 9/2019 - 8/2020 |
| L. Rodriguez; (Family Health Centers of San Diego) | Enhancing Breast Health and Breast Cancer Screening through Education and Outreach | Susan G. Komen - San Diego | 07/2017-06/2018 |
Featured Grants
Partnership teams from SDSU and UCSD receive NCI funding for ACCSIS Grant (Accelerating Colorectal Cancer Screening and Follow-Up Through Implementation Science)
Drs. Elena Martinez, Samir Gupta, and Sheila Castañeda were awarded funds for an NCI Cancer Moonshot proposal titled “CRC-HUB-SPOKE: A ColoRectal Cancer screening Hub for Southern California community health centers.” The project addresses the extremely low colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and follow-up rates in community health centers (CHCs) in San Diego County. This implementation science project will look at a multilevel intervention that combines centralized strategies implemented or coordinated by an consortium organization (Health Quality Partners, HQP, the hub) to regional CHCs (spokes) and their patients. This project will assess if these methods are an effective, scalable, and sustainable approach to optimize CRC screening, follow-up, and referral-to-care.
ACCSIS Team at annual Investigators Meeting
in Washington, DC
From L to R: Balambal Bharti, PhD, Jesse Nodora, DrPH, Elena Martinez, PhD, Samir Gupta, MD (all from UCSD), Sheila Castañeda, PhD (SDSU), Jennifer Covin, MPH, and Kristine Ortwine, MPH (HQP)
From L to R: Balambal Bharti, PhD, Jesse Nodora, DrPH, Elena Martinez, PhD, Samir Gupta, MD (all from UCSD), Sheila Castañeda, PhD (SDSU), Jennifer Covin, MPH, and Kristine Ortwine, MPH (HQP)
Christal Sohl, PhD, awarded American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant
Dr. Christal Sohl, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry at SDSU was awarded an American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant. The study, titled "Mechanisms of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Variants in Cancer", aims to develop tools to help inform therapeutic inhibitor response and prognosis based on mutation identity. The prestigious four-year grant was awarded in Spring 2019, and, as Dr. Sohl notes, her lab has already "identified new features of mutant IDH1 inhibitor selectivity, and generated cellular tools to connect chemistry to phenotype". Dr. Sohl (SDSU) mentors Partnership-supported PhD students as well as undergraduate Partnership Scholars. Congratulations, Dr. Sohl!
Humberto Parada, PhD, Partnership Early Stage Investigator, awarded NCI K01
Dr. Humberto Parada Jr, Assistant Professor in the San Diego State University’s School of Public Health, has been awarded National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to Promote Diversity. This career development award will focus on examining the role of polyunsaturated fatty acids in mortality following breast cancer among women who participated in the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study, a multi-site randomized trial of the effect of a plant-based dietary pattern on breast cancer recurrence and survival, conducted by scientists at MCC. Specifically, Dr. Parada will examine red blood cell fatty acids in association with mortality following breast cancer and breast tumor gene expression.
