Congrats to Emily Miller who came in first place for her 8 week M1 summer rotation project presentation entitled “Targeting Tumor Associated Macrophages: Investigating a novel drug combination for Triple Negative Breast Cancer.” Emily is entering into her second year at UTHSC medical school as a Merit Scholarship recipient (one of five out of 170 incoming students selected). She attended University of Tennessee and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Honors Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) where she was in the Chancellors Honors Program for 4 years, among other awards. Congratulations Emily! 
Recent Posts
- Weight loss studies using GLP1 drug retatrutide leads to reduced pancreatic and lung cancer.
- Dr. Naveed Pervaiz, PhD, from Dr. Makowski’s Lab has won a travel award from Metabolic Dysregulation and Cancer Research Program (MeDOC). He has also been selected to give an oral talk in March 2025 at the Annual Consortium Meeting held in Boston, MA.
- Lukmon Raji, a graduate student in the Makowski lab, has been awarded a travel scholarship to the College of Graduate Health Science’s Third Annual MeDoc Consortium in Boston, MA. Congratulations, Raji!
- Dr. Sandesh Marathe, PhD, received a $300 award for Podium Presentation at the UTHSC Postdoctoral Research Showcase (2025).
- Dr. Sandesh Marathe, PhD, has received a $1,000 travel award from the UTHSC Postdoctoral Association to attend the MeDOC Consortium Annual Meeting in Boston (March 2025)!
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