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Grants, Honors, Awards & Recognitions

Stories of achievement and discovery from across our research community.

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  • Headshot of Kelsey Wagner with overlaid text reading “Kelsey Wagner” and "Kids Beating Cancer Emerging Scientist Grant."

    MCCB Student Awarded Grant for Childhood Leukemia Research

    Kelsey Wagner studies how BTG2 regulates therapy resistance in T-ALL, with the goal of identifying targets to resensitize leukemia-initiating cells to treatment and prevent relapse.

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  • Headshot of Kat Murphy with overlaid text reading “Katherine Murphy, Grad Student, Ruscetti Lab” and “National Cancer Institute F31 Fellowship."

    MCCB Student Awarded NIH Fellowship to Study Prostate Cancer Immune Suppression

    Kat Murphy is exploring how interferon signaling drives immunotherapy resistance in neuroendocrine prostate cancer, with the goal of developing new therapeutic strategies.

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  • Headshot of Nathan MacGilvary with overlaid text reading "Nathan MacGilvary, Grad Student, Cantor Lab" and "National Cancer Institute F31 Fellowship."

    MCCB Student Receives NIH Fellowship to Study Chemoresistance in BRCA-Mutant Cancers

    Nate MacGilvary is investigating how chemoresistance develops in BRCA-mutant breast and ovarian tumors to identify targetable mechanisms that could improve patient outcomes.

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  • Headshot of Bradley Class with text reading "Bradley Class, Grad Student, Lodato Lab" and "NINDS F31 Fellowship."

    Bradley Class Awarded NIH Fellowship to Study Rare Neurodegenerative Disorder

    Bradley Class will use single-cell somatic mutation analysis to characterize how loss of the ATM gene impacts Purkinje cell neurons in ataxia telangiectasia.

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