# University of Arizona Cancer Center - Cancer Center Support Grant

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2020 · $150,000

## Abstract

Project Summary / Abstract: Overall
The University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) in Tucson, Arizona has been an NCI-designated Cancer
Center since 1978 and a Comprehensive Cancer Center since 1990. It was founded as a matrix center within
the University of Arizona (UA), and its members represent 43 Colleges and 11 Departments. In 2014, the
UACC was elevated to a status equivalent to that of a College, reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of
Health Sciences. At this time, Andrew S. Kraft, MD, was appointed Director of the UACC. With authority for all
cancer-related activities at the UA, he is spearheading the utilization of the significant Institutional support to
enhance the Program. This includes the recently completed $100M 220,000 square foot outpatient clinic in
Phoenix, which will greatly enhance translational research, an expansion of basic research space with
occupancy of 20,000 square feet within two years, and an Institutional Commitment of $232M dollars over the
next five years. The functionality of the Center has been enhanced by optimization of the Administration and
Senior Leadership infrastructure. The UACC Strategic Plan for 2015–2020 calls for the continuation of the
highly innovative and impactful team science based on four robust cornerstone Programs: Cancer Biology,
Cancer Imaging, Therapeutic Development, and Cancer Prevention and Control. Strategic recruitment and
pilot funding is focused on team building, including development of inter-programmatic collaborations and
movement of research into the clinic. The UACC will continue to invest in its eight integrated Shared
Resources that enhance the capabilities of UACC investigators in basic, prevention, translational, and clinical
research, and another in development. The Clinical Trials Office has been strengthened, and investments
supporting precision medicine initiatives are ongoing. The UACC is the only major academic Cancer Center in
a 400 square mile area of driving distance and is committed to serving the residents in this region and its direct
catchment area of southern Arizona. Thus, it has a focus on skin cancer and arsenic exposure as well as the
needs of Hispanics, Native Americans, the elderly, and the economically disadvantaged. It has established a
robust infrastructure of international, national, and regional collaborations and outreach programs together with
research spanning epidemiology, genetics, epigenetics, cell biology, and signaling mechanisms, as well as
targeted interventions and understudied survivorship issues. To capture the emerging synergies, the positions
of Associate Director of Cancer Disparities and Associate Director of Precision Medicine and Bioinformatics
have been created and filled by nationally recognized experts. The UACC emphasis on inclusive training of the
next generation of cancer researchers has had demonstrable success in graduation of Native American and
Latinos. The research generated by UACC members is characterized...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10246540
- **Project number:** 3P30CA023074-40S4
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- **Principal Investigator:** Joann B. Sweasy
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $150,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1997-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10246540

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10246540, University of Arizona Cancer Center - Cancer Center Support Grant (3P30CA023074-40S4). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10246540. Licensed CC0.

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