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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2018 BSD Annual Faculty Awards Announced

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2018 Annual BSD Faculty Awards

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BSD Faculty: Professional Photo Session

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Lunch with Leadership

Mumtaz Darbar
Rescheduled: Monday, March 11
12:00 – 1:00pm in Billings, Room S100

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Writing Workshop I: Clarity and Focus in Scientific Writing

Friday, April 26
12:30 – 2:00pm, Location TBA
Please RSVP by April 10

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Faculty Accolades

Dr. Ruth Anne Eatock, PhD, named AAAS 2018 Fellows

 

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)  nominated Dr. Ruth Anne Eatock, PhD as a 2018 fellow for her ” distinguished contributions to the field of sensory neuroscience.”

BSD Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Joy Bergelson and Olaf Schneewind are two of the three University of Chicago faculty members recently nominated to the National Academy of Sciences.

Neurobiology Professors Honored with Teaching Awards for Excellence

Peggy Mason, PhD, received a Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award and David Freedman, PhD, received a Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring.

BSD Faculty Awarded Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships

Menjie Chen and Matthew Kaufman are two of the four University of Chicago faculty members who received the Sloan Fellowship, awarded only to the field’s most promising early-career faculty.

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