# Program 2: Cancer Imaging Program (CIP)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2020 · $31,806

## Abstract

Project Summary / Abstract: Cancer Imaging Program (CIP) 
The scientific goal of the Cancer Imaging Program (CIP) is to develop and apply imaging technologies and 
imaging methods for cancer prevention and intervention studies. Members of the CIP are working at the 
forefront of the field and have been eminently successful in utilizing the theoretical underpinnings of imaging 
science to advance new imaging technologies for a wide array of critical cancer applications. Program activities 
are organized under three major themes: Theme 1) Advancement of major biomedical imaging technologies 
for cancer; Theme 2) Molecular imaging and the development of advanced contrast agents, including analysis 
of their mechanisms; and Theme 3) Advancement of theoretical image science related to cancer. The CIP 
provides a dynamic cancer-focused environment that fosters inter-programmatic collaborations with a robust 
translational pipeline that facilitates entry of research applications into investigator-initiated clinical trials (IITs). 
CIP has two Specific Aims: Aim 1) To promote advances in imaging science and technology and their 
application in the context of cancer biology, early cancer detection, development and monitoring of cancer 
therapies, and cancer prevention studies; Aim 2) To promote translation of the science into clinical trials and 
development and testing of new technologies in the clinic through investigator-initiated clinical trials (IITs) and 
coordinated validation at other clinical sites. CIP leadership, in cooperation with the UACC and University of 
Arizona (UA) leadership, is instrumental in securing sources for pilot funding for prototype testing/development 
and in providing access to unique laboratory and clinical methodologies to aid researchers who are involved in 
the discovery and development of new diagnostic methods and new anticancer therapies. The CIP builds on 
the UA's excellence in imaging science. The CIP has 31 Members, from 10 different departments, with 
complementary, specialized skills drawn from multiple colleges and departments across the UA. Joint 
appointments in multiple departments and membership in Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs provide the 
dynamic networks of interaction required for highly innovative research. The effective integration of the diverse 
Membership into cancer imaging research, combined with funded mentoring and training programs, have 
resulted in the sustained, broad-based development of novel approaches to cancer diagnosis/therapy and 
significant high-impact contributions. CIP Members have contributed to 249 cancer-relevant manuscripts, of 
which 33% were intra-programmatic and 31% were inter-programmatic. As of September 1, 2015, the CIP 
Program secured more than $7.5M in total annual grant dollars, with $3M of that from the NCI and $4M in 
other peer-reviewed funding. Major funding held by Program Members includes a Center Grant 
(P41EB002035) that supports UA's “Center for Gam...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9969494
- **Project number:** 5P30CA023074-40
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- **Principal Investigator:** Jennifer Kehlet Barton
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $31,806
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9969494

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9969494, Program 2: Cancer Imaging Program (CIP) (5P30CA023074-40). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9969494. Licensed CC0.

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