• MICR at the 101st AACR Annual Meeting 2010

  Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR), an AACR membership group more than 4,000 strong, presented a comprehensive program of events at the recent 101st AACR Annual Meeting 2010 in Washington, D.C., on April 17-21. Special programs included: MICR Networking and Resource Center, MIRCR Council Meet and Greet, and the 5th Annual AACR-MICR-Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship.




• Dr. Mayte Canto Promotes Clinical Trials to Latinos

  As part of NCI’s celebration of National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, Dr. Maria Canto, CRCHD Program Director, educated a Latino radio audience about the value of clinical trials participation in cancer research. Click here to hear this interview in Spanish.




• NCI's National Outreach Network (NON) Holds Kick-off Call for CHEs

  NON recently held its kick-off call for Community Health Educators (CHEs) from 17 sites throughout the U.S. Nearly 25 CHEs, from CNP, PNRP, and MICCP, their program managers, and principal investigators, joined the call to hear an overview of the network and the CHEs' roles and responsibilities.




• New! Upcoming CRCHD Job Opportunities

  CRCHD is pleased to announce three new upcoming staff positions:

  • Clinical Trials Program Director - M.D./Ph.D., M.D. or Ph.D. with experience in conducting or managing clinical trials;
  • Diversity Training Program Director - Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. with experience in overseeing programs involving the training of individuals from diverse/underrepresented populations; and
  • National Outreach Network Program Director - Expert in applied research, especially in the areas of communication, outreach, education and behavior.
  
  
  These positions will be posted for your consideration at http://usajobs.gov within the next 2-6 weeks.

In the Field

Amelie G. Ramirez, Ph.D., head of Redes En Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network, receives an award from Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR) Council.

Dr. Amelie Ramirez, CNP Redes en Accion Principal Investigator, was awarded the 5th Annual Jane Cooke Wright Lecturship and provided an outstanding account of the development, implementation and assessment of their Redes en Accion partnership with MICR. Her remarks included best practice strategies for achieving balanced networks for research, training and infrastructure in disparities.

News You Can Use

New! NCI/CRCHD Supplement Opportunities

• Three new FY2010 NCI/CRCHD administrative supplement opportunities will be available soon. Please check the NIH Guide after July 6 for supplement opportunities to:
  
  
  • Suppl. 1: Expand NCI-supported community outreach capacity through Community Health Educaters (CHEs) of the National Outreach Network
  • Suppl. 2: Develop a CHE education/outreach plan
  • Suppl. 3: Conduct community-engaged research on HIV/AIDS-related cancers.
  
  Information about these one-year supplement opportunities will also be posted on the CRCHD website and disseminated through CRCHD program e-mails. Submission deadlines for all three opportunities will be August 6, 2010.
  
  



Research & Training Opportunities

• NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program
  Deadline: September 1, 2010
• Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R01)
  Application Deadlines: September 14, 2010, January 11, May 11, 2011
  Letter of Intent Receipt Dates: August 14, 2010, December 11, 2010, April 11, 2011
• Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions: Exploratory Grants (R21)
  Deadlines: August 5, December 5, 2010
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Education and Career Development Program (R25)
  Deadline: Standard dates apply, please see here
• Application and Early Stage Development of Emerging Technologies in Cancer Research (R21)
  Application Deadline: September 30, 2010
  Letter of Intent Receipt Dates: August 30, 2010



Find upcoming meetings on our Meetings and Events page on our website. These include:

• 2010 cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) Annual Meeting
  September 13-15, 2010
  Washington, D.C.
  Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
  Abstract submission deadline: N/A
• 3rd AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities
  September 30 - October 3, 2010
  Miami, FL
  Loew Miami Beach Hotel
  Abstract submission deadline: N/A
• 2010 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting
  October 3-5, 2010
  Chicago, IL
  Westin Chicago River North
  Abstract submission deadline: N/A

NCI/NIH Science in the News

• Dr. Harold Varmus to Lead the National Cancer Institute
  President Barack Obama has appointed Harold Varmus, M.D., to serve as Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Director John Niederhuber, M.D., writes that Dr. Varmus “will lead an institution second to none." Read more on Dr. Niederhuber's message here.
  
  
• Recovery Act Funding Helping to Inform Personalized Medicine
  The NIH Recovery Act website recently added highlights that include details on a Recovery Act-funded pilot study that is helping evaluate new technologies for measuring all of the proteins in the human body.
  
  
• Patients Whole Genome Reveals Risk of Diseases and Adverse Drug Responses
  A study conducted by scientists at Stanford and Harvard Universities suggest that whole-genome sequencing can yield clinically useful information for individual patients.
  
  
• Cancer Trial Accrual Symposium
  The National Cancer Institute and the American Society of Clinical Oncology co-sponsored the Cancer Trial Accrual Symposium in Bethesda, MD on April 29-30. Abstracts and presentations can be found here.
  
  
• Trends Suggest Increase in Cancers of the Lower Stomach for Younger Whites in U.S.
  A surveillance study led by NCI researchers suggest rise in cancers of the lower stomach for younger whites in US. However, overall cancer continues to be higher among African-American, Asian-Americans and Hispanics.
  
  
• Health Care Use May Account for Colorectal Cancer Disparities
  Dr. Adeyinka O. Laiyemo and Dr. Christine Berg of NCI led a new study that suggests higher rates of colorectal cancer incidence and death among African-Americans may be driven less by biology and more by differences in health care utilization.
  
  

Community Tools

• Read about the release of the American Cancer Society's (ACS) Cancer Facts and Figures report containing incidence data from SEER and the North American Association for Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) with a special section on prostate cancer.
• Find out more about this report which summarizes our nation's progress against cancer in relation to the Healthy People targets developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Take advantage of this database developed by the National Cancer Institute, containing state cancer-related legislation on a variety of topics across the cancer research continuum.
• Click through to a short publication from the Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW) and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) outlining the role of oncology nursing and oncology social work in patient navigation services to support patient access/compliance and improvement of outcomes.