The mission of COBRE Center for Cancer Research Development at Rhode Island Hospital is to create, interpret and apply new knowledge based on original, collaborative, multidisciplinary laboratory studies of the cellular and molecular pathways leading to carcinoma. Such knowledge will be generated in an environment that fosters career development of promising junior investigators and employs cutting-edge methodology and applications to further our understanding of the cancer process. Basic knowledge gained will be used to design and implement novel diagnostic and treatment protocols to benefit the hospital’s patients and the community at large.
The COBRE Center provides junior investigators access to the wisdom and experience of senior faculty mentors as well as cutting-edge technologies in biomedical research that were previously unavailable in Rhode Island. The mentoring relationship helps investigators hone their research and investigative skills so that they will ultimately be able to support their research through their own grant awards.