Medical Imaging COBRE

• We’re thrilled to announce another exciting funding opportunity!  The Oklahoma Center of Medical Imaging for Translational Cancer Research plan to submit a competitive renewal COBRE Phase 2 grant application in May 2025, with the goal of further enhancing local research capabilities in Medical Imaging and Translational Cancer Research. In accordance with NIH COBRE guidelines, we intend to select 4-5 new Research Project Leaders (RPLs) for our competitive renewal COBRE Phase 2 grant application. Each RPL will propose a research project that aligns with the COBRE common research theme. 
• Full-time faculty members from any academic unit on the OU Norman and OUHSC campuses are eligible to apply by meeting the detailed criteria. The application submission deadline is November 15, 2024.

Please find the attached flyer and website link for detailed information:   

• COBRE Cancer Imaging - Call for RPL Applications - 2025 (PDF)
• Website Link

• We have exciting news about a funding opportunity! The Oklahoma Center of Medical Imaging for Translational Cancer Research (NIH - P20GM135009) is inviting applications for Pilot Project Grants. This program aims to provide seed funding to help researchers test new hypotheses and generate preliminary data for future extramural research grant applications.
• Proposals should align with the central research theme of this COBRE, which focuses on translational biomedical imaging science research aimed at improving cancer detection, diagnosis accuracy, or treatment efficacy. This can be achieved by developing and/or applying novel medical imaging techniques (e.g., new investigative imaging systems/tools or procedures) or quantitative imaging markers (e.g., generated using advanced machine learning or artificial intelligence algorithms). All types of studies using retrospective human subject image data, vertebrate animal models, cancer cell line models, and/or dedicated imaging phantoms are accepted.
  
• Full-time faculty members from any academic unit on the OU Norman and OUHSC campuses are eligible to apply by meeting the detailed criteria. The application submission deadline is November 15, 2024, and the anticipated project start date is January 1, 2025. Pilot Projects will be awarded at a level of $60,000 in direct costs per year, with each award lasting one year (12 months).

Please find the attached flyer for detailed information:

• COBRE Pilot Project Grant 2025 (PDF)
• Website Link

• 08/2024-A study published in the July/September 2024 issue of Biophotonics Discovery explores the use of integrated multispectral autofluorescence imaging endoscopy combined with machine learning to automatically distinguish between benign and cancerous or pre-cancerous oral lesio (Dr. Javier Jo Team).
• 08/2024- A paper published on Communications Engineering for automatic renal carcinoma biopsy guidance using forward-viewing endoscopic optical coherence tomography and deep learning (Dr. Qinggong Tang Team)
• 07/2024– Dr. Tang co-authored a paper on Cell Cycle reporting on the synthesis and validation of a 37 amino acid RSPO1-mimetic peptide for interoperative imaging of colorectal cancer peritoneal metastatic disease.(Dr. Qinggong Tang Team)
• 05/2024, A new study conducted by the Wilhelm Lab as "Study Reveals Promising Development in Cancer-Fighting Nanotechnologies" 

Research reported in this [publication, release] is supported in part by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, under grant number P20 GM135009.