Abstract

The existing Partnership among Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee/University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center (MSM/TU/UAB CCC) continues to function under the direction and the commitment of the respective leaders. Dr. John E. Maupin (President of MSM), Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon (President of TU), Dr. Carol Garrison (President of UAB), and Dr. Edward Partridge (Director of UAB CCC and Co-Phncipal Investigator). The Partnership is a long-term relationship committed to the goals of eliminating the cancer disparities experienced by minority and disadvantaged populations.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Specialized Center--Cooperative Agreements (U54)
Project #
5U54CA118948-09
Application #
8936032
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCA1-SRLB-Y (O1))
Program Officer
Ogunbiyi, Peter
Project Start
2005-09-30
Project End
2016-08-31
Budget Start
2014-09-01
Budget End
2015-08-31
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
2014
Total Cost
$265,722
Indirect Cost
$82,934

  Institution

Name
University of Alabama Birmingham
Department
Type
DUNS #
063690705
City
Birmingham
State
AL
Country
United States
Zip Code
35294

  Publications

Akinyemiju, Tomi; Moore, Justin Xavier; Pisu, Maria et al. (2018) A Prospective Study of Obesity, Metabolic Health, and Cancer Mortality. Obesity (Silver Spring) 26:193-201
Akinyemiju, Tomi; Moore, Justin Xavier; Judd, Suzanne E et al. (2018) Pre-diagnostic biomarkers of metabolic dysregulation and cancer mortality. Oncotarget 9:16099-16109
Luo, Yanzhuo; Li, Bingjin; Zhang, Guangxin et al. (2018) Integrated Oncogenomic Profiling of Copy Numbers and Gene Expression in Lung Adenocarcinomas without EGFR Mutations or ALK Fusion. J Cancer 9:1096-1105
Wang, Chiung-Min; Yang, William H; Liu, Runhua et al. (2018) FOXP3 Activates SUMO-Conjugating UBC9 Gene in MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells. Int J Mol Sci 19:
Moore, Justin Xavier; Royston, Kendra J; Langston, Marvin E et al. (2018) Mapping hot spots of breast cancer mortality in the United States: place matters for Blacks and Hispanics. Cancer Causes Control :
Piyathilake, Chandrika J; Badiga, Suguna; Borak, Samuel G et al. (2017) A higher degree of expression of DNA methyl transferase 1 in cervical cancer is associated with poor survival outcome. Int J Womens Health 9:413-420
Williams, Samuel K; Braxton, Joanne M; Gosdin, Melissa et al. (2017) Evidence-Based Care for the Elderly: Uses of ""the Grandmother Principle"". J Health Care Poor Underserved 28:7
Gao, Song; Wang, Yicun; Wang, Meng et al. (2017) MicroRNA-155, induced by FOXP3 through transcriptional repression of BRCA1, is associated with tumor initiation in human breast cancer. Oncotarget 8:41451-41464
Jia, Xu; Shanmugam, Chandrakumar; Paluri, Ravi K et al. (2017) Prognostic value of loss of heterozygosity and sub-cellular localization of SMAD4 varies with tumor stage in colorectal cancer. Oncotarget 8:20198-20212
Zhang, Yifan; Li, Bingjin; Zhang, Xingyi et al. (2017) CD24 is a genetic modifier for risk and progression of prostate cancer. Mol Carcinog 56:641-650

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