Research at UNC Lineberger
UNC Lineberger’s research spans the spectrum from the laboratory to the bedside to the community as our faculty work to understand the causes of cancer at the genetic and environmental levels, conduct groundbreaking laboratory research, and translate findings into innovative clinical trials.
Center Scientific Research Programs
Find research program information, investigator profiles, and program news:
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer Cell Biology
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Cancer Genetics
- Cancer Prevention and Control
- Cancer Therapeutics
- Immunology and Immunotherapy
- Tumor Virology
View research program leadership
UNC Lineberger Centers of Excellence
- Bladder Cancer Center of Excellence
- Endometrial Cancer Center of Excellence
- Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence
Center Initiatives
- Cancer Information & Population Health Resource (CIPHR)
- Cancer Outcomes Research Program
- Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN)
- Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative (CCSI)
- Center for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery (CICBDD)
- Clinical Immunotherapy Program
- Community Outreach and Engagement
- Geriatric Oncology Program
- Global Oncology
- North Carolina – Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP)
- UNC Health Registry
- UNC Precision Oncology Program
- UNC RNA Discovery Center
For Researchers
- Funding & Grants Development Support: The UNC Lineberger Grant Development Office offers a range of services to support UNC Lineberger members and their affiliates in developing and submitting grant applications.
- UNC Lineberger Pilot Awards Program: The development funding program is intended to support the cancer research innovations led by faculty, research staff, fellows and postdocs. The objective is to stimulate new applications for extramural funding.
- UNC Lineberger Clinical Trials Office: The UNC Lineberger Clinical Trials Office (CTO) is the clinical research management team and turns research concepts into operational clinical trials. The CTO provides administrative, regulatory, compliance, project management, monitoring, clinical data management, clinical operations, training, and study coordination support to the oncology clinical trials conducted at UNC.
- Investigator Initiated Trials: Helping make your clinical trial concept into a fully operational reality.
- UNC Lineberger Oversight Committees: Find information about the Oncology Protocol Review Committee, Data and Safety Monitoring Committee, and Compliance Committee.
- MaTRIC: Provides centralized project management services for UNC Lineberger population science researchers, offers resources on effective research management practices for any UNC Lineberger-affiliated faculty or staff member.
- UNC Lineberger Data Curation Team: The Data Curation Team supports data collection as used for the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG). They oversee Center Membership, the library of Member publications, and the portfolio of the Center’s extramural funding.
- Updates on Federally Sponsored Research: Find resources and information on NIH grant and application changes.