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Albany State University Gets Cancer Research Grant

May 9th, 2014

A small college is southwest Georgia is making big strides in cancer research.

For the next four years, the school will receive $105,000 annually, from the National Institutes of Health.

This is the second grant of this size the school has successfully applied for.

“We can spend more time on research and basically another kind of teaching,” says Dr. Yixuan Wang, from the school’s Chemistry Department.

The announcement of the grant came from Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop, from Georgia’s second congressional district.

“I’m pleased, I’m excited and I’m looking forward to their work and their continuing in this effort,” says Bishop, who is cancer-free, after being previously diagnosed with the disease.

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ASU has a student population of about 4,100.

Officials at the school say this grant will strengthen the learning experience for those in Wang’s class.

“Because if they’re in his classroom, they’re learning the same skills and knowledge that he has,” says Dr. Chanta Haywood, ASU’s interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement.

The research mainly focuses on lung and stomach cancer.