# Outreach Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $168,150

## Abstract

ABSTRACT/SUMMARY: Outreach Core
The Stanford CCSB Outreach Core will disseminate to the cancer research and broader communities our
center scientific and methodological advances in applying the principles of cancer systems biology toward the
study of tumor-immune interactions. We will work to promote cancer systems biology by researchers at all
career stages. We will also develop and implement an evaluation process to assess the effectiveness of our
proposed outreach activities. Toward these aims, our CCSB Outreach Core will organize and oversee activities
including an annual symposia, monthly seminar series, a broadly disseminated quarterly newsletter, and a
website which will highlight our publications and research. Our website will also include a dedicated section
that will make our Center's computational models and tools available to the community and provide information
on how to access the publicly available data generated by our projects. To foster the growth and advancement
of our early stage investigators (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and research scientists) in the area of
cancer systems biology, we will establish an Early Investigators Committee, which will work toward identifying
specific needs of these groups. Moreover, we will provide opportunities for our early investigators to interact
with thought leaders through monthly seminars and feature an early investigator in our quarterly newsletter.
We will encourage participation in a competitive poster session at our annual symposium, and application for
cross-training funds at other participating NIH CSBC Research Centers. Stanford also offers the first training
program in cancer systems biology, the NCI-funded Cancer Systems Biology Scholars (CSBS) program, which
is led by our PI. Through this program, we have already established a new course in cancer systems biology, a
Stanford roadmap for scholars to become knowledgeable in the cross-disciplinary areas related to cancer
systems biology, a monthly journal club discussing cancer systems biology research, and a training session on
writing grants in the field of cancer systems biology that includes a mock grant review. All of our CCSB early
investigators will have full access to these programs. Finally, we will develop and implement an annual, online
evaluation strategy that will enable us to assess and continually improve our outreach activities by soliciting
feedback from our participating faculty, early stage investigators, partnering research centers in the NIH CSBC
and the broader community attending our events. All of the evaluation results will be made accessible for
review by our Internal Advisory Board, External Advisory Board and the NIH to ensure that our outreach goals
are being met.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9982080
- **Project number:** 5U54CA209971-05
- **Recipient organization:** STANFORD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** SYLVIA KATINA PLEVRITIS
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $168,150
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9982080

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9982080, Outreach Core (5U54CA209971-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9982080. Licensed CC0.

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