Research Development & Collaboration
Research Development at the Cancer Center promotes basic, clinical, and population research excellence by supporting transdisciplinary research.
- Coordinate and support cancer-focused Translational Research Teams (lung, GI, breast, melanoma, neurologic, and modifiable risk factors)
- Catalyze new cross–disciplinary research initiatives
- Lead large, interdisciplinary proposal teams
- Maintain database of faculty expertise
- Network with other research development professionals at UVA to identify resources and facilitate cross–Grounds collaborations
- Identify and disseminate grant opportunities
- Work with investigators to improve grant writing skills and grantsmanship
- Maintain templates for proposal components
- Provide strategic advice to create competitive proposals
- Edit proposal drafts
- Manage internal peer review
UVACCC offers researchers resources including team-science guidance, NIH guidelines and templates, and facility and resource directories. For more information, click here.
The Research Development team also manages the Translational Pipeline and works with Cancer Center leadership to advance projects to investigator–initiated clinical trials.
To learn more, contact:
Jill K. Slack-Davis, PhD
Associate Director of Research
Development and Collaborations
jks6a@virginia.edu
