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Schmidt M, Boulanger-Espeut C, Liou G, Ma N, Torres S, Cersosimo S, Bogler O, Zahir N. Evaluation of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) Program. J Cancer Educ 2024:10.1007/s13187-024-02420-1. [PMID: 38499846 DOI: 10.1007/s13187-024-02420-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) K99/R00 award is intended to help postdoctoral scholars transition in a timely manner to research independence and to foster their development of an impactful cancer research program that is competitive for subsequent independent funding. Here we analyzed factors that impact peer review outcomes and evaluated whether NCI K99/R00 awardees have achieved the goals of the K99/R00 funding mechanism. Our analysis of the K99/R00 review criterion scores demonstrates that while all review criterion scores are positively correlated with the overall impact score, the Research Plan criterion is the strongest predictor of the overall impact score and funding outcomes. In addition, our analysis shows the NCI K99/R00 award facilitated the successful transition of postdoctoral scholars to research independence and enhanced the likelihood of K99/R00 awardees to secure subsequent R01-equivalent NIH grant support although not in an accelerated fashion as originally intended. An NCI K99/R00 award was not determined to be a prerequisite to obtain a faculty position, but for some awardees, it was an asset in that transition. Our results suggest that the NCI K99/R00 award is an important component for training and retention of the next generation of independent cancer researchers and to increasing the percentage of women and promoting the diversity of the cancer research workforce.
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- Michael Schmidt
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Digital Science, Inc, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
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Galli E, Ciucci A, Cersosimo S, Pagnini C, Avitabile S, Mancino G, Delle Fave G, Corleto V. Eczema and Food Allergy in an Italian Pediatric Cohort: No Association with TLR-2 and TLR-4 Polymorphisms. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2010; 23:671-5. [DOI: 10.1177/039463201002300233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Recent studies have indicated that Toll-like receptor polymorphisms or their impaired signalling, specifically TLR-2 and TLR-4, were correlated with a higher risk for allergy. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the associations of TRL-2 and TRL-4 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and atopic traits in a cohort of 159 Italian allergic children (102 affected by eczema and 57 by IgE-mediated food allergy) and 147 healthy controls recruited in Rome, Italy. DNA was isolated from the peripheral blood and TLR-2 R753Q/TLR-4 D299G polymorphisms were determined by TaqMan MGB probes using Real-Time PCR technique. In the control group, the TLR-2 polymorphism R753Q had a prevalence of 2.5% while the frequency of the TLR-4 D299G was 12%. None of the 159 allergic patients showed the R753Q SNP. By contrast, 7/57 patients with food allergy (12%) and 6/102 subjects with eczema (6%) carried the TLR-4 mutation. In our cohort, no evidence of correlation between TLR-2 or TLR-4 polymorphism and eczema and food allergy incidence and/or severity was found. Further studies are needed to clarify the possible role of TLR-2 and TLR-4 polymorphism in allergic disease, in Italian children.
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- E. Galli
- Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy
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- Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy
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- Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy
- II School of Medicine, “La Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy
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- Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy
- II School of Medicine, “La Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy
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- Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy
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- Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy
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- II School of Medicine, “La Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy
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- Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy
- II School of Medicine, “La Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy
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