| Grant ID | RP210176 |
| Awarded On | August 18, 2021 |
| Title | Early Clinical Investigator |
| Program | Academic Research |
| Award Mechanism | Early Clinical Investigator |
| Institution/Organization | The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
| Principal Investigator/Program Director | Moran Amit |
| Cancer Sites | Head and Neck |
| Contracted Amount | $1,499,042 |
| Lay Summary |
Dr. Amit is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he trained. He has published over 90 papers, mostly first authored, including articles in Nature, Nature Medicine, JNCI, and J Clin Oncol. His postdoctoral studies combined cancer biology, neuroscience, and cancer immunology to build a comprehensive research platform that includes in vivo immunobiology and human cancer neurobiology models to identify the mechanisms of immune plasticity in driving cancer, particularly squamous cell carcinoma. These efforts resulted in a first-authored publication that was featured on the cover of Nature. On top of his stellar... |