UT Tyler Health Science Center receives more than $3 million in CPRIT grant funding

TYLER – The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee approved approximately $3.5 million to The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center to fund two CPRIT cancer prevention related programs. With the assistance of $997,120, the DEFEAT (Delivering Education, Focused Navigation, and Equitable Access throughout East Texas) program will focus on recruiting underserved and uninsured women between 40 and 75 years of age to have proper access to breast cancer screenings, according to the release. The Health Science Center also received $2,482,127 for the continued expansion of the Colorectal Cancer Prevention grant “Screening to Optimize Prevention of CRC in East Texas.”

In a news release, UT Tyler School of Medicine Dean Dr. Brigham Willis points out that the grants “are perfectly mission-aligned with our new medical school.” Both grants will be initiated Sept. 1.