UTRGV awarded $18.8 million National Institutes of Health grant

EDINBURG, Texas – UT-Rio Grande Valley has received an $18.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the Rio Grande Valley Cancer Health Disparity Research Center. 

The center aims to reduce cancer health disparities in underserved Hispanic communities. The funding supports the effort. 

The Valley, home to more than 1.3 million residents, has some of the highest rates of liver, gall bladder, stomach and cervical cancers in the nation. The predominantly Hispanic population also bears a disproportionate burden of chronic liver diseases, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. 

Following a press conference held to the announce the grant, the Rio Grande Guardian secured video interviews with three key players. They were Dr. Guy Bailey, president of UTRGV; Dr. Michael Hocker, dean of the UTRGV School of Medicine; and Dr. Subhash C. Chauhan, director of the university’s South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research.

Here is a video recording of the interviews:

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