Grant Challen, PhD Receives Prestigious LLS Career Development Achievement Award (Links to an external site)
Dr. Challen, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology is a 2023 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society-Career Development Program Scholar Achievement Awardee. Dr. Challen’s laboratory research aims to determine how disruption of the chemical compounds that direct our genome leads to the development of blood cancers including important work in understanding how mutations in the […]
Seminal Work in Cancer Genomics by Washington University Researchers Recognized (Links to an external site)
“Efforts to understand the molecular underpinnings of cancer took a giant leap forward fifteen years ago, when Ley et al. reported the first complete genome of a cancer — specifically, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Genomic data sets of this kind generated in the intervening years have revolutionized our knowledge about tumour biology.”
Study lead by Washington University scientists reveal important roles of the epigenome in the way cancer forms, grows and spreads. (Links to an external site)
This collaborative study, published in Nature on Nov 1, 2023 involved researchers from the Divisions of Oncology, Department of Surgery, McDonnell Genome Institute, Siteman Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Department of Neurologic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Department of Genetics at Washington University. Scientists discovered specific epigenetic changes that […]
Two Hematology-Oncology Fellows Receive 2023 Knowlton Incentive for Excellence Award
Rigoberto De Jesus Pizarro and Joshua Siner, both third year Hematology-Oncology Fellows at Washington University School of Medicine are recipients of the 2023 Knowlton Incentive for Excellence Award. The awards recognize and support fellows who exemplify a compassionate spirit combined with outstanding knowledge and skill.Dr. Siner has clinical and research interests in classical hematology with […]
Three New Clinical Trials of Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Beginning at Siteman Cancer Center (Links to an external site)
A $10.9 Million SPORE Grant for Pancreas Cancer expands on research funded by a prior pancreas cancer SPORE grant and various studies undertaken at Washington University. It targets novel therapeutic targets for the management of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), recognized as the most lethal variant of pancreatic cancer. Currently, the five-year survival rate for PDAC […]
Siteman Cancer Center Researchers Receive Career Catalyst Awards from Susan G. Komen® to Accelerate Breast Cancer Research (Links to an external site)
Aimilia Gastounioti, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Dr. Priyanka Verma, PhD, Assistant Professor of Oncology receive grants to advance precision medicine and help to eliminate disparities in breast cancer outcomes
Kelly Bolton, MD, PhD awarded The Women’s Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research (Links to an external site)
Dr. Bolton is one of the first recipients of “A Grant of Her Own: The Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research” from the V Foundation for Cancer Research
Siteman researchers receive $10.9 million NCI SPORE grant for pancreatic cancer (Links to an external site)
5 year multidisciplinary grant with Department of Surgery, Department of Medicine and Siteman Cancer Center researchers focuses on developing new therapies for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Announcing AMWA’s 2023 INSPIRE Award Recipients (Links to an external site)
Congratulations to Dr. Saiama N. Waqar, Associate Professor of Medicine and Research Director for Thoracic Oncology, at Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO)
2023 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® (Links to an external site)
Congratulations to the 30 oncologists that made the 2023 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® list.