Laufey Aumundadottir Receives 2021 CCR-DCEG FLEX Award
, by DCEG Staff
Laufey Amundadottir, Ph.D., senior investigator in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics, in collaboration with Dr. Efsun Arda from the NCI Center for Cancer Research (CCR), have received the 2021 CCR-DCEG FLEX award, for their project “Characterizing cell type resolved effects of genetic variation on pancreas cancer risk.”
About the CCR-DCEG Flex Program
CCR and DCEG pursue highly complementary approaches to cancer research and prevention. To foster integrative studies that take advantage of expertise in population-based epidemiological studies in DCEG and basic biology and clinical research in CCR, the FLEX program awards proposals for the formation of joint research teams to perform high-impact, collaborative research projects in the area of cancer mechanism, diagnosis, prognosis, susceptibility, predisposition, or prevention. Learn more about the program CCR-DCEG Flex Award program.