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DECEMBER 2023
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IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
- From the Cancer Consortium
- CCSG Updates
- In the Spotlight
- Current Funding Opportunities
- Save the Date - Upcoming Events
- From the NCI
- From the Office of Community Outreach & Engagement
- From the Office of Translational Research
- From the Office of Education and Training
- NEW Special Feature: Furry Friends of the Consortium
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FROM THE CANCER CONSORTIUM
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CCSG Updates
Holy deadlines, Batman! Our CCSG submission date (January 25, 2024) is coming up FAST. From here on out, it's all about editing, formatting, and compiling.
The Consortium admin team is very tired and startles easily these days, so if you see any of them in the hallway, please approach slowly - preferably with a cup of coffee in hand.
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In the Spotlight
The following inter-institutional Cancer Consortium collaborations were featured in the most recent edition of the Science Spotlight:
- "Effective immunotherapy for relapsed or treatment-resistant leukemia" featured collaborative work by Drs. Alexandre Hirayama (Affiliate Member), Andrew Portuguese (Hematologic Malignancies), Aude Chapuis (Cancer Immunology), Mazyar Shadman (Hematologic Malignancies), Brian Till (Cancer Immunology), Ryan Cassaday (Hematologic Malignancies), Filippo Milano (Hematologic Malignancies), Hans-Peter Kiem (Hematologic Malignancies), Stanley Riddell (Cancer Immunology), David Maloney (Cancer Immunology), and Jordan Gauthier (Cancer Immunology).
- "Discoveries go full circle in the hunt for an elusive protein’s function" featured collaborative work by Drs. Roland Strong (Pathogen Associated Malignancies), James Olson (Cancer Basic Biology), and Soheil Meshinchi (Hematologic Malignancies).
Please join us in congratulating these investigators!
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CURRENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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NIH Administrative Supplement: DEIA Mentorship Award
The Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has supplement funding available through a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship. This NOSI focuses on mentors who have dedicated their time and effort and made significant contributions, based on evaluation data and publications, to DEIA to apply for an administrative supplement to further their personal research and/or mentoring activities. Participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) are inviting applications to support administrative supplements to existing NIH awards to support scientists who have demonstrated compelling commitments and contributions to mentorship and enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the biomedical sciences.
Eligibility Criteria:
Please review the NOSI for details and full eligibility criteria (link here)
- The PI must hold an eligible parent grant (see list of supporting institutes in the NOSI) with a mentoring component. Examples include but are not limited to:
- a Diversity Supplement associated within the current competitive segment of the parent award
- a Research Education Program that describes mentored research experiences
- a Plan to Provide Mentoring
- a Plan to Enhance Diverse Perspectives
- a discrete objective related to mentoring (examples include but are not limited to a description of mentoring others in a specific aim, a section in the research strategy, or a section in the research training program plan)
- The PI must be supported by no more than one institutional award considered an independent NIH grant at the time of application. Support from awards on the “smaller grants” list do not count toward the independent research project grant award.
- PIs with prior mentoring experience but no mentoring in their parent grant are not eligible.
- Individuals to be added and supported with funds from this administrative supplement must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
- Active awards with project end dates in July 2025 or later are eligible. The award may not be in a terminal no-cost extension or going into a no-cost extension in FY2024.
Budget:
The application budget should not exceed $250,000 in direct costs per year for one or two years and should not exceed the direct costs of the parent grant.
Webinar:
Monday, Dec 11,2023 10:30-12:30pm PST. ( Click here to register)
Applications are due February 16, 2024. Before submitting an application, applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with the Program Official for the parent grant or the contact listed below to confirm eligibility and to obtain technical assistance. Applications for this initiative must be within scope of the parent award and must be submitted using the following opportunity or its subsequent reissued equivalent.
Please direct any questions to Kris Blair (kblair@fredhutch.org), Research Development Specialist, Cancer Consortium Administration.
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Pilot Award Competition Will Open in January 2024
The annual Cancer Consortium Pilot Award Competition will open in early January 2024. Please stay tuned for more information!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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» December 6, 2023: Pathogen Associated Malignancies (PAM) Integrated Research Center (IRC) Seminar
The PAM IRC is hosting Dr. Yoshihiro Izumiya, Professor in the Department of Dermatology at UC Davis School of Medicine, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at 2pm. Dr. Izumiya will present “Generation of Peptide Drugs from Studies on a Gamma-herpesvirus Latency-Lytic Switch."
This event will take place in Pelton Auditorium (Weintraub Building, Fred Hutch Campus) and will also be streamed via Zoom ( click here for Zoom link).
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» [Ongoing] Steam Plant Seminar Series, Wednesdays at 4pm.
Please join us for the Steam Plant Seminar Series (O’Mack Suites, Steam Plant Building, Fred Hutch Campus). Seminars will be followed by beer hour in the first floor lounge. See below for a list of upcoming dates:
- Wednesday 12/6/2023, Melinda Biernacki (Bleakley Lab)
- Wednesday 1/17/2024 (Srivastava Lab)
- Wednesday 1/24/2024 (Riddell Lab)
- Wednesday 1/31/2024 (Hill Lab)
- Wednesday 2/7/2024 (Dudakov Lab)
- Wednesday 2/14/2024 (Ha Lab)
- Wednesday 2/21/2024 (Flow Core)
To receive notifications, please join the mailing list https://lists.fhcrc.org/postorius/lists/steamplant-seminar.lists.fhcrc.org/. (*Note that you will need to copy and paste this link into your browser, if using a Mac. If you are working remotely, you will need to be on VPN to access the listserv.)
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» Save the Date: PAM IRC, Cancer Consortium Pathogen Associated Malignancies, and Microbiome Research Initiative (MRI) Joint Retreat
The Cancer Consortium's Pathogen Associated Malignancies Program and the PAM IRC are partnering with the Microbiome Research Initiative to host this retreat. The event will take place on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at Pacific Tower.
Non-Fred Hutch users can email Marcie Dominguez (mdomingu@fredhutch.org) for more information.
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FROM THE NCI
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NCI Data Science Training Resources
The NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) has developed data science training resources, which are available through the NCI Cancer Data Science website. The new section is tailored specifically for PIs and trainees trying to understand the basics of data science in cancer research including the: NCI CBIIT welcomes ideas for new topics and resources to add to the training. Please email them to ncicbiit@mail.nih.gov.
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FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT (OCOE)
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WA Comprehensive Cancer Control
You read and provided feedback on the draft of the Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan. Now you can join the Cancer Action Plan of Washington State (CAPOW) at a hybrid event to review the updated plan, start developing implementation strategies, and discuss how to put priorities into action.
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Registration for the January 24 meeting of the Cancer Action Plan of Washington is open now. This statewide cancer coalition meeting will be held in-person in Olympia, WA, at the Evergreen State College from 10:00am - 3:00pm.
For those unable to join the meeting in Olympia, there are several other choices for participation. Additional in-person hubs in Arlington, Poulsbo, Sunnyside and Spokane will be available (must sign up with registration) along with a virtual-only option for those joining independently. Feel free to share this information with any partners, colleagues, or organizations that would be interested. Click here to register.
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Cancer Health Equity NOW!
Are you all caught up on the OCOE’s Cancer Health Equity NOW podcast episodes? If not, download some episodes for your holiday travels!
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Check out Season 4, Episode 2 which features Community Health Educator for Indigenous Populations, Snowy Johnson and Tee Benally, Senior Research Coordinator at UW’s Seven Directions. This episode is a discussion of workforce development and the importance of representation when it comes to health equity for American Indian/Alaska Native communities. Check it out for a storytelling session on their pathways and experiences in public health as Native women from different reservation communities.
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Community-Researcher Connections
OCOE is now including a space in their monthly newsletter to offer opportunities to connect researchers with community members. For more information, check out the OCOE's November newsletter.
Looking for community members to help guide or advise on a research study? Need to get the word out to the community about an opportunity to participate in research? Let us know at EndDisparities@fredhutch.org and we’ll include in the next issue!
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FROM THE OFFICE OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
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Join Upcoming Focus Group to Address Research Community Needs
The Precision Oncology, Office of Translational Research, and Data Science Lab teams at Fred Hutch are collaborating to improve our research and patient care through several initiatives to better understand how we approach universal/broad research consent, clinical data access and abstraction and specimen access. To gather input for these initiatives, focus groups are scheduled October 2023 through March 2024. The focus groups are scheduled and organized by disease, and all researchers, faculty and staff with an interest in these key topics are encouraged to attend the meetings.
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FROM THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION & TRAINING (OET)
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Save the Date! Seattle Diverse Research Opportunities for Postdocs (DROP) Virtual Recruitment Event
The FH/UW/SC Cancer Consortium is hosting a collaborative initiative to recruit postdocs on May 7, 2024, from 8:00am - 2:30pm. This virtual event is a great opportunity for postdocs to learn more about research opportunities in Seattle, hear from leading Consortium mentors with T32 grants, and enjoy a free lunch! All are welcome to attend; individuals from groups underrepresented in biomedical research are encouraged to attend.
Registration will open early in 2024; in the meantime, those interested can sign up to pre-register here. Pre-registered individuals will receive a notification email when registration opens.
**Investigators, please feel free to forward this message to any interested members of your lab or encourage them to sign up for the newsletter by emailing amiller2@fredhutch.org.**
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FURRY FRIENDS OF THE CONSORTIUM
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Behind every successful member of the Consortium team, there's a furry friend (as the well-known saying goes). This month, we're celebrating some of the true heroes of cancer research administration - the animals who keep our spirits high and our sanity intact.
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Peewee
(Human: Raya Polyak, Cancer Consortium Administrative Coordinator)
- Name: Peewee Patricia Polyak (Patricia is for my grandmother on my Dad’s side, who would’ve loved meeting her)
- Nicknames: P, Sweet P/Pea, Peanut, Sweet Girl, Peewee Baby Peewee, Peewee Patricia (only when she’s in trouble), Beebop
- Age: 8, going on 9 (her birthday is in February)
- Favorite snack: Mighty O’s dog donut
- Toxic trait: “cleaning” the kitchen floor, aka eating anything and everything that gets dropped on the floor. She also likes to stress-eat grass when we are on walks after confrontations with other dogs.
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- Likes: treats, humans, burrowing under blankets, naps, belly rubs, butt scratches, and playing with her llama toy, Larry.
- Dislikes: most other dogs (except for her few canine friends), nail trims, the click of the oven as it heats up or the heater when it turns on, the vacuum cleaner, the garage door when it opens and closes.
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Percy
(Human: Amanda Gary, Seattle Translational Tumor Research Project Coordinator)
- Name: Percival
- Nicknames: Percy
- Age: 3yrs
- Favorite snack: ALL the treats and more
- Toxic trait: Pawing the window blinds for attention
- Likes: Snuggles or being carried on your shoulder
- Dislikes: Not being the center of attention
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Want to submit your furry* friend to be featured in a future edition of the newsletter? Contact Alison Miller by email (amiller2@fredhutch.org) or Teams message!
*feathered, scaled, amphibious, and reptilian friends also welcome! We don't discriminate. :)
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FRED HUTCH/UNIVERISTY OF WASHINGTON/SEATTLE CHILDREN'S CANCER CONSORTIUM
1100 FAIRVIEW AVE. N., SEATTLE, WA 98109
Award number P30 CA015704-48
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