West Fight On 2018
|Laura Sipe, Janine Twitchell, Liza Makowski and Neil Hayes were out there walking to raise money for cancer research.
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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.
Ashley Fuller elected to Royster Society of Fellows
|Ashley Fuller was elected to the Royster Society of Fellows and received the Ross and Charlotte Johnson Family Dissertation Fellowship.
Orravia Zattra wins Outstanding Undergraduate Awards
|Ottavia Zattra is the winner of the Joseph Edozien Outstanding Undergraduate Award and received the Delta Omega Undergraduate Recognition. Congratulations!
Chris Kartawira goes to state competition NC Science and Engineering Fair
|Chris Kartawira, winner of Region 3b NC Science and Engineering Fair at NCSSM and will go to state competition NC Science and Engineering Fair at Meredith College for a poster entitled “Characterizing the Phenotype of Lean and Obese Bone Marrow-Derived Adipose Tissue Macrophages”