{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-announces-federal-grants-university-kansas-cancer-center", "Davids Announces Federal Grants for University of Kansas Cancer Center", "2023-08-30", "2023", "2023-08", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded two grants totaling $1,197,968 to the University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) to advance cancer treatment, cause, and prevention research. Last week, Davids also announced multiple federal grants to boost medical research capabilities at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC).\n\n\u201cThe University of Kansas Cancer Center is critical for the health and wellbeing of folks in our state and beyond,\u201d said Davids. \u201cAs the only NCI-designated cancer center in our region, the University of Kansas\u2019 center ensures Kansas families can stay close to their loved ones while they receive world-class care. I\u2019m glad I could help bring these resources home to Kansas, where they\u2019ll help boost cancer research and treatment.\u201d\n\nThe two grants awarded to the University of Kansas Cancer Center will be used for:\n\nCancer Treatment Research \u2013 $614,361\n\nThe federal resources will be used to reduce post-operative complications from the surgical treatment of advanced bladder cancer. Specifically, researchers will seek to better understand how increased nutrition supports the immune system, reduces infections, and preserves muscle.\n\nCancer Cause and Prevention Research \u2013 $583,607\n\nThe federal resources will support a new five-year study to increase the screening, treatment, and follow-up care of cervical cancer in Kenya. This study builds on a decade of research between KUMC and multiple research partners in Kenya to improve patient outcomes and reduce health disparities in low resource and rural settings.\n\n\u201cThe funding crucial to see this work to completion,\u201d said Dr. Jill Hamilton-Reeves, Associate Professor, Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Cancer Center. \u201cWe anticipate enrolling the final few patients by this fall, this specific grant funds the work to dive deeper into the science at the bench with patient samples guided by word renowned experts in immunology, metabolism, and microbiology.\u201d\n\n\u201cThese federal research funds will allow us to evaluate low-cost strategies to increase cervical cancer screening and support treatment completion in rural and low-resource settings to improve patient outcomes,\u201d said Dr. Sarah Kessler,PhD, MPH, University of Kansas Cancer Center. \u201cWe are extremely grateful for this investment and opportunity.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nThe University of Kansas Cancer Center has nearly 350 researchers and 150 disease-specific oncologists. They conduct all phases of cancer research, from laboratory studies to clinical trials to population-based studies that address environmental and behavioral factors that contribute to cancer. Research operations have already contributed an estimated $2.5 billion in economic impact to the region since 2007 when the center began working toward NCI designation in earnest.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:30:18Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-announces-federal-grants-university-kansas-cancer-center"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7686030585318804, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}