The Center for Cancer and Metabolism (CCM) is a center funded through the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program. The CCM was established in 2017 with the receipt of an $11 million Phase 1 COBRE grant award.

The CCM supports four research projects from junior faculty members at UK whose research is dedicated to defining the role of metabolism in the development and treatment of cancer. Because these...