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Makowski Lab was thrilled to host MeDOC in Memphis, our NCI-funded consortium to study obesity, metabolic dysfunction, and cancer risk.

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It was an honor to host our Metabolic Dysregulation and Cancer Risk Program (MeDOC) Consortium fall meeting at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. MeDOC is a transdisciplinary approach to obesity-associated cancer research. Colleagues from across the US came to Memphis to share cutting edge research. Working together strengthened our resolve to understand links… Read More

Naveed Pervaiz and Jay Kim win awards!

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Drs. Minjeong “Jay” Kim, PhD and Naveed Pervaiz, PhD, postdoctoral fellows in the lab of Liza Makowski, PhD, were awarded best poster pitch awards at the MeDOC in Memphis consortium meeting. MeDOC, Metabolic Dysregulation and Cancer Risk Program, is a group of six universities funded by the National Cancer Institute to study obesity and cancer… Read More

The Makowski Lab celebrating the publication of the Bohm et al. article in JCI Insight April 2025

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Weight loss studies using GLP1 drug retatrutide leads to reduced pancreatic and lung cancer.

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Congratulations to Sandesh Marathe, PhD and the Makowski lab for their recent publication “Incretin triple agonist retatrutide (LY3437943) alleviates obesity-associated cancer progression“, published in npj Metabolic Health and Disease! This manuscript demonstrates protection from cancer onset and progression with GLP-1 associated medical weight loss using incretin mimetics in several pre-clinical models! Importantly withdrawal of the… Read More

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.

Written by Barbara Anne Harper

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Dr. Naveed Pervais, PhD

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!

Written by Barbara Anne Harper

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Dr. Sandesh Marathe, PhD, received a $300 award for Podium Presentation at the UTHSC Postdoctoral Research Showcase (2025). 

Written by Barbara Anne Harper

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@SMaratheTweets Sandesh Marathe, Ph.D.

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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@SMaratheTweets Sandesh Marathe, Ph.D.

Dr. Minjeong Kim won a Travel Award at 2024/25 UTHSC Postdoc Research Showcase (Jan 2025)

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www.linkedin.com/in/minjeongjaykim

Margaret Bohm, PhD candidate with the Makowski Lab, has won a travel award to the 3rd Annual MeDOC Consortium Meeting in March 2025. She has been selected to give an oral presentation!

Written by Barbara Anne Harper

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@maggiesuebohm on Twitter, Margaret Bohm on LinkedIn