Scientific Areas of Integrated Review Groups (IRGs)


For a listing of the Scientific Review Officer and membership roster for each study section, click on the study section roster under the study section name within an IRG listed below or go to the study section index (study sections listed alphabetically) and click on the specified roster next to the name of the study section.

Oncology 1 - Basic Translational IRG [OBT]
Last updated on 24th November, 2008

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The Oncology 1 – Basic Translational Integrated Review Group (OBT IRG) will consider applications involving basic and translational investigations that encompass cancer initiation, promotion, progression, and metastasis.  Specifically, the OBT IRG reviews research grant applications related to chemical and environmental induced carcinogenesis, cancer genetics, tumor biology, oncogenic transformation, regulation of tumor metastasis and angiogenesis, mechanisms of interactions between tumor and host system, and pathological approaches to oncogenesis. 

Research project grant applications (R01, R21, R15, R03, etc) are reviewed in the OBT IRG.