CBCRP News

Grant Applications for 2007 Due in January

We have issued our Call for Applications for next year’s funding cycle. Full details, application forms and instructions, and helpful advice can be found on our website (www.CaBreastCancer. org) under the “Apply” link. Applications must be submitted through the appropriate award types links on proposalCENTRAL (https://v2.ramscompany .com/).

Applications for the IDEA, Postdoctoral Fellowship, and Dissertation awards are due by January 10, 2007. IDEA-competitive renewal letters of intent are also due by this deadline.

If you have specific questions, please contact one of our research administrators:

CBCRP Joins World Community Grid

The California Breast Cancer Research Program has partnered with World Community Grid, joining the IBM Corporation and over 200 other universities and foundations to harness individual PCs and laptops worldwide to support humanitarian research. The IBM Corporation launched World Community Grid in November 2004 to advance humanitarian research project. One such project is “Help Defeat Cancer,” in which cancer tissue microarrays are being analyzed to help doctors select
proper treatments and provide accurate prognosis for cancer patients. The“Help Defeat Cancer” project is being led by Dr. David J. Foran, lead researcher and professor at the Center for Biomedical Imaging at the UMDNJRobert Wood Johnson Medical School and co-director of the Immunohistochemistry shared resources program of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

In your computer’s spare time, World Community Grid software could be analyzing micro-sections of tissue samples and sending the data back to World Community Grid’s server. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers around the world are already sharing their idle computer cycles with World Community Grid projects. Together,
these individual computers can quickly analyze what would take years to complete using a traditional computer. The California Breast Cancer Research Program is encouraging our community to join the World Community Grid and participate in this humanitarian research project. To join, go to www.worldcommunitygrid.org and download the free, small software program onto your computer. Then sign up for the CBCRP team and select the “Help Defeat Cancer” project.

CBCRP Joins the Checkoff California Umbrella Campaign

The CBCRP has joined a coalition comprised of the other recipients of voluntary contributions on the state income tax form, Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, and both the Northern and Southern California Broadcasters’ Associations to launch the Checkoff California media campaign. These groups have united together to alert California
tax payers to the unique opportunity they have to give to the causes closest to their hearts on their California State Income Tax Form 540. To see a full description of the Checkoff California umbrella campaign and all of the participants visit checkoffcalifornia.org any time after January 1, 2007.

New to the Web—Learn about CBCRP Featured Researchers We’re pleased to announce that our website now hosts a Featured Researcher page. Every two months, we’ll spotlight another researcher or research team and highlight the progress they’re making against breast cancer. The Featured Researcher page includes a Q&A segment—we’ll take your questions during that spotlight period and post their answers. Archived features are also available.

CBCRP Featured Researchers for 2006:


Dr. Susan Murin
Our current featured researcher is Dr. Susan Murin, of the University of California, Davis. Her research on smoking has resulted in direct, experimental evidence that cigarette smoke exposure can increase the spread of cancer cells to the lung.


Dr. Anna H. Wu
Our previous featured researcher was Dr. Anna Wu, of the University of Southern California. She has found that both soy and green tea intake can reduce one’s risk of breast cancer. Visit www.cabreastcancer.org/research/ feature/ to read more.

Spread the Word about California Breast Cancer Research Fund
The California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP) is seeking assistance in spreading the word of how California income tax payers can Invest in a Cure for breast cancer simply by contributing to the California Breast Cancer Research Fund on their State Income Tax form 540.

You can help by:

For more information about how you can help to spread the word, contact Brenda Dixon-Coby at cbcrp@ucop.edu.

CBCRP on Tour

If you would like to get the most up-to-date information about the CBCRP, or just to talk to CBCRP staff in person, look for our exhibit at the following conferences:

African American Health Summit 2007
January 11–13, 2007
Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland

5th International Symposium— Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer
March 1–4, 2007
Sheraton Delfina, Santa Monica

Cedars-Sinai’s Sixth Annual Women’s Health Conference
March 23, 2007
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting
April 15–18, 2007
Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles

Each One Reach One— African American Women’s Breast Cancer Conference
May 19, 2007
Hilton Oakland Airport, Oakland