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 March 18, 2026
 
 
Events
 
 
 
MARCH 24, 5:00 PM
Member, Mahtab Jafari, PharmD
UC Irvine Research Associates Madeline Martin Swinden Memorial Lecture. Research Innovations in Brain Health – Part I
 
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MARCH 27–29
Digestive Health Summit - Leading-Edge Science, Surgical Advances, & Clinical Expertise
UCI Health Chao Digestive Health Institute. Registration fees.
 
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March 30, 4–5:00 PM
Gatien Moriceau, PhD, Visiting Scientist, UCLA
Beyond First-Generation Success: Rethinking Melanoma Therapy in the Era of Resistance. Gross Hall, 4th Floor or Zoom.
 
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APRIL 7, 12–1:30 PM
Members, Jason A. Douglas, PhD, Marizen Ramirez, PhD, Alana LeBrón, PhD, Jun Wu, PhD.
From Research to Impact: Community Voices Shaping Public Health
 
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APRIL 14–15
Members, Kai Zheng, PhD, Dan Cooper, MD
University of California Health Conference 2026 – Thriving Through Change: Adapting, Advancing, Achieving
 
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MAY 1, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM
Campus-Wide Symposium on Basic Cancer Research
Faculty and trainees from across the UC Irvine campus to exchange ideas
 
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JUNE 22–26
10th Annual NCI R25-Funded Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC)
5-day transdisciplinary research, early career investigators & post doc fellows.
 
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OCTOBER 10
10th Anniversary Anti-Cancer Challenge
Register and choose your activity; Create or join a team; Donate or join as a virtual participant; anti-cancerchallenge.org
 
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Funding Opportunities
 
 
 
Anti-Cancer Challenge Supported Pilot Projects
1. Early Stage Investigator Award ($20,000)
2. Standard Award (Up to $50,000)
3. Re-entry After Dependent Care Award ($40,000)
4. Multi-PI (Team Science) Award ($60,000)
Apply by March 20
 
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Seed Funding Opportunity - American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
1 year | Up to $60,000 
Early-stage investigators
Submit by March 25, 2026
 
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CRCC Faculty Seed Grants and Fellowships – UC Research Initiatives
Cancer Research Coordinating Committee 
Faculty Seed Grants - 1 year | Up to $100,000 (up to $50,000 per year) 
Full proposals deadline April 2, 12:00 PM PDT
Start date: October 1, 2026


Program scope and priorities questions UCRI@ucop.edu
Application process questions RGPOGrants@ucop.edu
 
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Robert A. Winn Career Development Award – For early-career physician-researchers
Excellence in Clinical Trials Award Program – Flyer
Career Development Award – 2 years | $120,000 per year
Application period: January 5 – May 4
Program questions gemmaa@vcu.edu
 
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Research Support Opportunity
1 year | $2,500
UC Irvine Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute
Funds research using NIH All of Us data to advance precision medicine.
Rolling Deadline
 
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A1 Bridge Funding
1 year | $20,000
UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Supports cancer research with strong potential to improve treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and patient outcomes. Designed to strengthen and resubmit NIH grant applications.
Rolling Deadline
 
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Announcements
 
 
 
🎉Congratulations to Farshid Dayyani, MD, PhD!
For enrolling the most patients in interventional treatment trials in February. Thank you for advancing cancer research and patient access to innovative therapies!
 
BigCARE Data Training for Cancer Research
No Cost, Two-week immersive workshop July 20–August 1 at UC Irvine
Application Deadline: Monday March 23
 
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ICTS K-Club Grant Writing Series
Intended for early-career faculty and postdoctoral scholars preparing to submit applications for NIH Mentored Career Development awards. Series of four workshops in March and April.
 
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Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE)
Strengthen your research impact, enhance clinical trial success, gain trusted community insights, increase study relevance, and accelerate accruals.
 
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News
 
 
 
Member, Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz, PhD
What Can Happen to Your Body When You Drink Plastic Bottled Water
 
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Member, Jessica Shiu, MD, PhD
Can You Prevent or Reverse Gray Hair?
 
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Member, Jason Samarasena, MD
NBC news - Raising Awareness of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer
 
Video
 
Member, William Karnes, MD
Colonoscopies: More Comfortable Than Ever
 
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Member, Matthew Landry, PhD, RDN
Struggling to Sort Through Nutrition Advice?
 
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Member, Gary Deng, MD, PhD
Maintaining Your Energy When Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
 
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Member, Stefan Ciurea, MD
Lifesaving Stem-Cell Transplant Program Meets Growing Demand
 
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Member, Gary Deng, MD, PhD
Podcast: How Does Integrative Oncology Benefit Cancer Patients?
 
Video
 
Member, Matthew Landry, PhD, RDN
What Eating Bananas Every Day Does to Your Body
 
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Members, Min Zhang, MD, PhD and Dabao Zhang, PhD
First Cell Type-Specific Gene Regulatory Maps for Alzheimer's Disease
 
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Member, Maksim Pilkus, PhD
Irvine is Leading the Way for Innovators
 
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Member, Matthew Landry, PhD, RD
Lifestyle Changes are Still the Most Powerful Tool We Have Against Obesity
 
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RESEARCH SERVICES
 
 
 

Transgenic Mouse Facility


Recharge-based services for genetically modified mice and stem cells, expert consultation, and training for research use.

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Optical Biology Core


Cutting-edge imaging and cytometry technologies with expert support for analyzing cancer biology from molecule to organism.

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Genomics Research & Technology Hub


End-to-end genomic services and analysis using emerging nucleic acid technologies for gene expression and sequencing.

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Mass Spectrometry


Three facilities offering advanced MS for proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, structural analysis, and biomarker discovery.

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In Vivo Functional Onco-Imaging


Imaging technologies and multi-modality platforms for tracking tumors, evaluating therapies, and designing molecular probes.

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Experimental Tissue Resource


Provides human and animal tissue procurement, histology, immunohistochemistry, pathology, and consultations.

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Biostatistics Shared Resource


Statistical expertise for study design, data analysis, and interpretation across laboratory, clinical, and population research.

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Biobehavioral Shared Resource


Consultative support for integrating patient-reported outcomes, behavioral measures, and quality-of-life data into research.

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Contact Information
 
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cfccccommunications@hs.uci.edu
Phone 714-456-8000
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