Faculty
Tunnell Receives Grants to Further Cancer Detection and Treatment
Jul 30, 2010
1 minute
Professor James Tunnell and his laboratory recently received grants totaling over $1.1 million to further cancer research.
Tunnell and his Biophotonics Laboratory are conducting research on early skin cancer detection devices and a combined imaging and treatment system for pancreatic cancer.
Funding for these projects will be supplemented through the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program Award from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, a National Institutes of Health grant through the National Cancer Institute, and a National Institutes of Health grant through the National Center for Research Resources.