Solmaz AghaAmiri, PhD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
NTIG

The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) congratulates Solmaz AghaAmiri, PhD, Post-Doctoral Researcher, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), as the 2022 recipient of NANETS Theranostics Investigator Grant (NTIG). Dr. AghaAmiri was awarded this scholarship for her proposal: Overcoming MGMT resistance in NETs with a tumor-targeted drug conjugate.

Dr, AghaAmiri will be mentored by Dr. Ali Azhdarinia (Associate Professor, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), and Center for Translational Cancer Research at the Institute of Molecular Medicine) and Daniel Halperin, MD, medical oncologist, MD Anderson Cancer Center and NANETS board member.

The NTIG award is a two-year, $100,000 grant made possible through generous support from the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) and supported by an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation on behalf of Advanced Accelerator Applications.