Congratulations to Dr. Ekta Khurana on receiving an award from the Starr Cancer Consortium for the project entitled: Prostate cancer non-neuroendocrine lineage plasticity: detection using multimodal integration and immunotherapeutic targeting.
Three teams led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have received awards from the Starr Cancer Consortium in its 17th and final annual grant competition. The grants will fund research on the deep mechanisms of common cancers and related treatment strategies.
The Starr Cancer Consortium, established in 2006 with generous support from The Starr Foundation, includes The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University and Weill Cornell Medicine. The consortium’s goal has been to encourage highly collaborative and transformative research on cancer biology and novel treatment strategies. Its grants have targeted early-career scientists and have been intended mainly as seed funding for ambitious, long-term projects.
“Collaborative research, combining diverse areas of expertise and knowledge, is at the heart of successful biomedical breakthroughs,” said Dr. Jedd Wolchok, the Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine. “We extend our gratitude to The Starr Foundation for fostering these vital combined efforts to advance cancer prevention and treatment.”
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers are the principal investigators for three of this year’s ten funded projects and co-principal investigators for another four of the projects.
“We’re extremely grateful to The Starr Foundation for its generous support over the years, which has enabled our investigators to pursue transformative ideas in cancer research,” said Dr. Hugh Hemmings, senior associate dean for research and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine. “The collective impact of this funding has been extraordinary in supporting innovative and collaborative projects from interinstitutional teams of investigators.” Read more.