Collaborating for the Cause — Researchers at the Albert Einstein Cancer Center and the Montefiore Medical Center, led by Dr. Richard Gorlick, are part of a 50-institution, nonprofit consortium, the Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration (SARC), whose aim is tobetter understand the biology of sarcomas and to develop new approaches to their diagnosis and treatment. Sarcomas are cancers of bone and connective tissues and account for about 15 percent of childhood cancers. SARC was recently awarded a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant of $11.5 million over five years from the National Cancer Institute. The SPORE funding will be dispersed among the SARC member institutions to support a variety of clinical research projects, as well as career development awards. Dr. Gorlick is professor of pediatrics and of molecular pharmacology at Einstein and vice chair of pediatrics at Montefiore. He also is leader of SARC’s Clinical Research Committee, which will determine recipients of the SPORE career development awards.
Posted on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012