Trainee Associate Membership Awards

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Trainee Associate Membership Awards

Jun 12, 2024, 04:04 PM

The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center is proud to announce the recipients of this year's Trainee Associate Membership (TAM) awards, recognizing excellence in trainee-initiated cancer research and academic achievements. The TAM program is designed to support the next generation of cancer researchers by providing access to resources, mentorship, and funding opportunities. Through the TAM Pilot Project Awards, recipients receive $5,000 to advance their research projects, fostering innovation and discovery. TAM Travel Awards offer $1,500 stipends to enable trainees to present their research at national conferences, facilitating professional growth and networking opportunities. Applications for the TAM Award Program are accepted annually. Congratulations to TAM Awardees!

2024 TAM Pilot Project Awards

Taylor Lange

Project: Studying the efficacy of Eliglustat treatment in a preclinical in vivo model of HPV infection
Program: Cancer and Cell Biology
Mentor: Susanne Wells, PhD

Kate Von Handorf
Project: Elucidating Roles of GBM Soluble Factors and Radiation in MPO+ Macrophage Differentiation

Program: Cancer and Cell Biology
Mentor: David Plas, PhD

Zhixin Lu

Project: Elucidating the crosstalk between RON and EGFR in promoting EGFR targeting therapy resistance in Triple-negative Breast Cancers
Program: Cancer and Cell Biology
Mentor: Susan Waltz, PhD

Levi Fox
Project: Discerning the role of RON regulated STAT signaling in breast cancer apoptotic evasion
Program: Cancer and Cell Biology
Mentor: Susan Waltz, PhD

Keilan Johnson

Project: Community Engagement Work as a Model for Increasing Cancer Screening among Underserved Communities in Cincinnati
Program: MD/MPH
Mentor: Robert Van Haren, MD, MSPH

2024 TAM Travel Awards

Haley Todd

To present at the Julie M. Brown & Christina Gianoplus Symposium RAS in GI Cancers in May
Program: Cancer and Cell Biology
Mentor: Andrew Waters, PhD

Levi Fox

To present at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in December
Program: Cancer and Cell Biology
Mentor: Susan Waltz, PhD

Devyani Sharma
To present at the Workshop on Molecular Aspects of Myeloid Stem Cell Development & Leukemia in May
Program: Cancer and Cell Biology
Mentor: Marie-Dominique Filippi, PhD

Mackenzie Fourman
To present at the Midwest Pancreas Symposium in May
Program: Cancer and Cell Biology
Mentor: Amanda Wasylishen, PhD

Keilan Johnson
To present at the 34th Annual Scientific Meeting Society of Black Academic Surgeons in September

Program: MD/MPH
Mentor: Robert Van Haren, MD, MSPH

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