Research Grants & Funding

A comprehensive overview of research funding supporting cancer prevention, screening optimization, and healthcare operations research projects.

25

Total Grants

14

Active Grants

11

Completed Grants

10

Years Active

2026

Proton Beam Therapy Health Economics and Evidence Generation

ActiveCo-PI
Ion Beam Applications (United States)
2026-2028
Grant ID: IBA - RCTS_65380
2025

Family-based Helicobacter pylori screening and eradication for prevention of gastric cancer

ActiveSubcontract Principal Investigator
Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
2025-Present
Grant ID: RP260095

Predictive Modeling of Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening

ActiveMentor
Cancer Prevention Research Training Program (CPRTP)
2025-Present
Grant ID: N/A

Optimizing ovarian cancer early detection using mathematical modeling

ActiveMentor
FOUNDATION FOR WOMENS CANCER
2025-Present
Grant ID: FP00024760

Development of a shared decision tool to facilitate uptake of the levonorgestrel intrauterine device for primary prevention of endometrial cancer

ActiveCo-I
Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
2025-Present
Grant ID: RP250293

Lung Cancer Early Detection Initiative: Stratified Screening Strategy for Ireland (LEAD-Ireland)

ActiveCollaborator
Health Research Board (HRB) Applied Partnership Awards
2025-Present
Grant ID: APA-2024-001
2024

Methods Training for Comparative Effectiveness Research in Cancer

ActiveCo-I
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2024-Present
Grant ID: R25CA278726
2023

Cancer Prevention Education: Student Research Experiences

ActiveKey
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2023-Present
Grant ID: R25CA056452

Lung Moon Shot Expanding Reach

CompletedCo-Leader
Moon Shot Program
2023-2024
Grant ID: Lung Moon Shot

Multicomponent Interventions to Improve Uptake and Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening

ActiveMulti-Principal Investigator
Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
2023-Present
Grant ID: RP230213

Understanding and Intercepting Ovarian Carcinogenesis” The BTC Minimal Original Disease (MOD) Ovarian Cancer Team

ActiveCo-I
Break Through Cancer (BTC)
2023-2026
Grant ID: FP00015204
2022

Comparative Modeling of Lung Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Interventions

ActiveSubcontract Principal Investigator
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2022-Present
Grant ID: U01CA253858

Clinical Validation Center for Lung Cancer Early Detection

ActiveCo-I
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2022-Present
Grant ID: U01CA271888

Optimizing Personalized Screening and Diagnostic Decisions for Lung Cancer Based on Dynamic Risk Assessment and Life Expectancy

ActivePI
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2022-Present
Grant ID: R37CA271187

Development of a risk prediction and natural history models for ovarian cancer

CompletedPI
Duncan Family Institute for Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment Seed-Funding Research Program
2022-2024
Grant ID: DFI Leveraging Seed Funding

Optimizing Population Selection for Primary (Helicobacter Pylori Screening) and Secondary (endoscopic Screening and Surveillance) Prevention of Gastric Cancer

ActiveSubcontract Principal Investigator
Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
2022-2026
Grant ID: RP220127

Establishing the Value of Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer: Assessing Cost-Effectiveness and Financial Toxicity of Therapy

CompletedCo-I
National Association for Proton Therapy (NAPT)
2022-2024
Grant ID: FP00015187
2021

Acceptability Assessment and Delivery of Personalized Lung Cancer Screening

CompletedPI
Cancer Center Support Grant: Risk Detection and Outcomes (RDO) Program
2021-2022
Grant ID: P30CA016672

Smoking Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening for Dental Patients

CompletedInvestigator
The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth)-MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) Population Health Initiative
2021-2022
Grant ID: UTH-MDA Population health Initiative Quick Start Award

Lung Moon Shot Expanding Reach

CompletedCo-I
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Moonshot Program
2021-2022
Grant ID: Moonshot Program
2020

Comparative Modeling of Lung Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Interventions

CompletedSubcontract Principal Investigator
University of Michigan
2020-2023
Grant ID: U01CA199284
2019

Comparative Modeling: Informing Breast Cancer Control Practice and Policy

CompletedPostdoctoral Fellow
NIH/NCI
2019-2020
Grant ID: U01 CA199218

Administrative Supplement to Controlling Esophageal Cancer: A Collaborative Modeling Approach

CompletedConsultant
NIH/NCI
2019-2020
Grant ID: U01 CA199336
2017

Personalized, Dynamic Risk-based Lung Cancer Screening

CompletedPI
NIH/NCI
2017-2019
Grant ID: F32 CA220961
2015

Comparative Modeling of Lung Cancer Prevention and Control Policies

CompletedPostdoctoral Fellow
NIH/NCI
2015-2020
Grant ID: U01CA199284