Massey and Wright Center developing next-generation model for cancer research training program
Faculty members at VCU Massey Cancer Center and the VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research are expanding the curriculum for the Cancer and Molecular Medicine (CAMM) Ph.D. program at VCU to better meet the nation’s needs for the next generation of cancer scientists.
Backed by a two-year, $324,000 R25 grant from the National Cancer Institute, Devanand Sarkar, MBBS, Ph.D., associate director for training and education and Harrison Foundation Distinguished Professor in Cancer Research at Massey and a Wright Center mentor, and Joyce Lloyd, Ph.D., research member at Massey, Wright Center mentor and vice chair for education and faculty affairs of the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of Medicine, will implement an updated translational science academic concentration to better align predoctoral students with the modern scope of cancer research and clinical care. This grant resulted from a collaboration between Massey and the Wright Center and helps strengthen cooperation between these two VCU entities.
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