Cancer Center Faculty Co-Recruitment Funds

Support and recruitment for MCW Basic Science Departments

Full Project Name:Cancer Center Faculty Co-Recruitment FundsPrincipal Investigator:Robert L Truitt, PhD, PediatricsCo-Investigator:William Campbell, PhD , Pharmacology and Toxicology; Xiao-Mei Qi, MD, Pharmacology and ToxicologyAward Amount:$750,000

Award Date

March2006

Project Duration:75 months

Project Description Narrative:

Funds will advance program development support for fundamental scientists in the area of cancer research. The research areas will focus on aberrant signal transduction pathways in malignancy; genetic disruptions which generate oncogenes; and genetic alterations which result in the loss of tumor suppressor genes.