Congratulations to our student who is headed to medical school
|Yummy lunch at Global Cafe to celebrate Arati! Congratulations!
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Laura Sipe was selected as a Susan G. Komen® Breast Cancer Challenge Winner Presented by The Obesity Society: Obesity and Cancer Section
|Laura presented in the Obesity and Cancer Section/Susan G. Komen Challenge Symposium at the 2018 ObesityWeek meeting. As a winner she will present the results of her pilot studies at the 2019 ObesityWeek meeting in Las Vegas, NV, within a session devoted to results from the Susan G. Komen® Breast Cancer Challenge.
We are hiring!!!
|https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job?id=654895
West Fight On 2018
|Laura Sipe, Janine Twitchell, Liza Makowski and Neil Hayes were out there walking to raise money for cancer research.
Emily Miller won first place in West Cancer Center/UTHSC Summer Research Program Presentations!
|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… Read More
Dr. Vickie Bae-Jump and Dr. Makowski awarded an R01 to study endometrial cancer
|In 2018, Dr. Bae-Jump (PI) and Dr. Makowski (co-I) were awarded an R01 to examine the systemic and local metabolic changes in patient ovarian tumors and a murine model of serous ovarian cancer and test the effects of a novel biguanide.
Drs. Bae-Jump and Makowski awarded V Foundation Award.
|Dr. Vickie Bae-Jump (PI, UNC Chapel Hill) and Dr. Liza Makowski (co-I, UTHSC) were awarded a 3 year V Foundation Grant entitled Metabolic and Molecular Biomarkers of Metformin Response in Obesity-driven Endometrial Cancer in Fall 2017.
Makowski lab moves to University of Tennessee Health Science Center
|In 2017, Dr. Makowski was recruited to University of Tennessee Health Science Center to continue her work on immunometabolism in the normal and tumor microenvironment.
Alyssa Cozzo elected into Honorary Public Health Society
|Alyssa Cozzo was elected into the Delta Omega Theta Chapter of the Honorary Public Health Society. Congratulations Alyssa!
Alyssa Cozzo receives the Marci Kramish Cambell Dissertation Award
|Alyssa Cozzo was awarded the 2017 Marci Kramish Campbell Dissertation Award, which recognizes excellence in dissertation research focused on cancer and the population sciences and includes a $5,000 prize.