National Institutes of Health MERIT Award (R37)
The NIH MERIT (R37) is a prestigious award designed to provide stable, long-term funding support to outstanding, experienced investigators whose productivity is distinctly superior and who are deemed highly likely to continue to perform their research activities in an outstanding manner.
2024-25 Honorees
Liya Ding
Department of Immunology
Liya Ding, PhD, is an assistant professor of oncology in the Department of Immunology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center who focuses on targeted therapy and immunotherapy, anti-tumor immunity and epigenetics related to ovarian and prostate cancers. Her current research centers on interactions between cancer and immune cells in ovarian and prostate tumor cells, seeking to decipher the oncogenic signaling pathways in ovarian and prostate tumor cells, their modulatory effect on the tumor immune microenvironment, and the development of mechanism-based innovative targeted therapies and immunotherapies for cancer treatment. Her NIH Merit Award will allow her to continue her research on the immunomodulatory function of Cyclin E1 in ovarian cancer and the development of novel therapies for cancer patients.