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CPRIT oversight committee approves 15 prevention grants totaling about $27 million
Summary
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas oversight committee approved 15 prevention grant recommendations covering screening, tobacco cessation and obesity‑related prevention programs, and delegated contract negotiation authority to the CEO.
The CPRIT oversight committee voted to approve the Program Integration Committee’s 15 prevention award recommendations, a slate the agency says totals about $27,000,169.50 and would fund projects across screening, tobacco cessation and primary prevention.
Miss Doyle, CPRIT’s chief executive officer, told the committee the slate would—if approved—help the agency pass a cumulative milestone of $4 billion in awards since CPRIT’s founding. Doctor Lehi (prevention program presenter) described five representative projects on the slate, including a colorectal cancer screening expansion by…
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