Various research groups have awarded UI radiation oncology faculty more than $3.7 million.

The U.S. Department of Energy and NASA gave $1.4 million to Douglas Spitz, a UI professor of radiation oncology.

Spitz, also the director for the free radical and radiation biology program, will use the grant money over the course of three years to research the risks associated with low-dose radiation, according to a UI news release.

The National Cancer Institute also awarded four grants.

Spitz received more than $360,000 to research the effect of certain diets on radiation and chemotherapy effectiveness, according to a UI news release.

Apollina Goel, an assistant professor radiation oncology, received $1.1 million to study treatments for multiple myeloma.

Radiation oncology Professor Frederick Domann received approximately $266,000 to study a genetic factor in the initiation and progression of cancer, according to a UI news release.

Andrean Simons-Burnett will use a five-year, $569,105 grant to investigate improvements to cancer therapy. This funding is sponsored by Spitz.

— by Samantha Honken