For Immediate Release
May 11, 2005

Roswell Park Cancer Institute Awarded 1.6 Million in Grants

BUFFALO, NY – National Institutes of Health grants totaling $1,639,344 have been awarded to six members of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute faculty.

• Khushi Matta, PhD, Department of Cancer Biology, a $378,545 grant for the “Systematic Study of Three Types of Glycosyltransferases.”
• Arthur Michalek, PhD, Department of Educational Affairs, a $206,407 grant to evaluate the “Roswell Park Research Experience Program.” 
• Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, Department of Surgical Oncology, a $183,263 grant for “Ovarian Cancer Detection Using H-NMR_Based Metabonomics.”
• Lakshmi Pendyala, PhD, Department of Medicine, a $310,391 grant to study “Polyamine Catabolism in Platinum Drug Action.”
• Richard T. Swank, PhD, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, a $326,509 grant to investigate "Molecular Analyses of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Genes.”
• Yuesheng Zhang, MD, PhD, Department of Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences, a grant for $234,229 to study the “Prevention of Bladder Cancer with Broccoli Sprouts.”

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, founded in 1898, is the nation’s first cancer research, treatment and education center and is the only National Cancer Institute- designated comprehensive cancer center in Upstate New York.  RPCI is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation’s leading cancer centers.  For more information, visit the RPCI website at www.roswellpark.org, call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or e-mail askrpci@roswellpark.org.

-30-