Portable Oral Cancer ScannerOral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas are often diagnosed after the cancer has advanced, leading to low survival rates. Fei received a $1.6 million CPRIT grant in 2019 to advance hyperspectral imaging technology. Delivering Treatment to Spinal TumorsThe blood-spinal cord barrier is a complex structure that protects spinal cord tissue by stopping most molecules, including medications, from entering. CPRIT has funded 1,967 awards totaling $3.5 billion for cancer research, product development and cancer prevention since 2010. “These new grants will help UT Dallas engineers take their research to the next level.”