Lung Cancer Research Foundation and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Announce First Team Science Award Grant | PR Newswire [Video]

Groups Award $2.5 Million, Four-Year Research Grant to Team Led by Dr. David Barbie of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

, /PRNewswire/ — The Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) today announced the first grant awarded to its IASLC – LCRF Team Science Research Grant on the Next Step in the Cure of Oncogene-Driven Lung Cancers. David A. Barbie, MD, Director of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Insititute, and principal investigator of the Barbie Lab, will be leading the winning project, “Immune elimination of drug tolerant persister cells in oncogene-driven lung cancer.” The research team is comprised of Dr. Barbie as principal investigator; Aaron Hata, MD, PhD of Massachusetts General Hospital; Eric Smith, MD, PhD of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Pasi Jänne, MD, PhD of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; and Shunsuke Kitajima, PhD representing the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research.

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