UAB Pancreatobiliary Disease Center Director J. Bart Rose, M.D., MAS, received nearly $800,000 in funding from the National Cancer Institute this summer for his research on neuroendocrine tumors.

Dr. J. Bart Rose

Rose, who also serves as an assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, received a K08 Clinical Investigator Award in July for his project, “Targeted treatment of metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.” Through this grant, Rose will receive more than $150,000 in support each year from the NIH for five years.