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Trudy G Oliver

Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Campus Box 3813, Durham, NC 27708
308 Research Drive, LSRC C138B, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Duke Research Training Program in Surgical Oncology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

NEUROD1 function in SCLC fate and plasticity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Coordinating Center for the NCI Small Cell Lung Cancer Research Consortium

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · 2022 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Duke Research Training Program in Surgical Oncology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

NEUROD1 function in SCLC fate and plasticity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Coordinating Center for the NCI Small Cell Lung Cancer Research Consortium

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · 2022 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Otolaryngology Surgeon- Scientist career Path (OSSP) program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · 2022 - 2027

Mechanisms of Arginine Deprivation in Small Cell Lung Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Uncovering novel vulnerabilities to treat SCLC therapy resistance

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Lung Cancer Research Foundation · 2023 - 2025

Investigating and targeting metabolic vulnerabilities of MYC-driven small cell lung cancer

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Pro-tumor functions of neutrophils in squamous cell lung cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

Aur1959 inhibition in small cell lung cancer (SCLC)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Auron Therapeutics · 2023 - 2024

SOX9 promotes a unique immunogenic state in small cell lung cancer (SCLC)

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina · 2023 - 2024

Targeting SCLC plasticity with constellation pharmacology

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Utah · 2022 - 2023

Genomic and Functional Identification of Chemotherapy Resistance Mechanisms in Small Cell Lung Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Washington University in St. Louis · 2022 - 2022

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Investigating and targeting metabolic vulnerabilities of MYC-driven small cell lung cancer · September 2022 - August 2025 Mentor · National Institutes of Health Ireland, Abbie F31

External Relationships


  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • Auron Therapeutics
  • Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • Genes & Development
  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • Auron Therapeutics
  • Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • Genes & Development
  • Lung Cancer Research Foundation
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Moffit Cancer Center
  • Nuage Therapeutics
  • Purdue University
  • US Patent
  • University of California Los Angeles
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Vanderbilt University

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