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UChicago Medicine Receives $6M to Prevent Colorectal Cancer

The Center for Asian Health Equity (CAHE) is joining the NCI’s Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot Initiative and have been awarded nearly $6 million to test novel ways to improve colorectal cancer screening and follow-ups. The grant is led by cancer specialists Karen Kim, MD, MS, and Blase Polite, MD, MPP.

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Faculty Accolades

Joe Thornton receives Friend of Darwin Award

Joe Thornton, PhD, Professor of Ecology & Evolution and Human Gentetics, received the Friend of Darwin Award for contributions to evolution education from the National Center for Science Education (NCSE).

Susan Cohn Receives Award for Outstanding Achievement

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has named Susan Cohn, MD as the recipient of the 2019 AACR-Joseph H. Burchenal Memorial Award for her outstanding contributions in international pediatric clinical research.

BSD Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Francisco Bezanilla, Ph.D and Mercedes Pascual, Ph.D are two of the four University of Chicago faculty members who joined one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies

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