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Grants, Honors, Awards & Recognitions

Stories of achievement and discovery from across our research community.

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  • Headshot of Kevin O'Connor with text reading "Kevin O'Connor, Grad Student, Kelliher Lab" and "Satish & Sudha Gupta Award for Cancer Research."

    Former MCCB Student Receives Satish & Sudha Gupta Award for Cancer Research

    Kevin O’Connor is first recipient of the Satish & Sudha Gupta Award, established to support MD/PhD students at UMass Chan who are actively engaged in cancer research.

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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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  • Headshot of Lucio Castilla with overlaid text reading “Lucio Castilla, PhD” and “National Cancer Institute U01 Grant."

    Lucio Castilla to Explore Therapeutic Approach to Delay Onset of Blood Cancer

    Lucio Castilla, PhD, has received NCI funding to evaluate tyrosine kinase inhibitors as preventive therapy for RUNX1-FPD, a hereditary condition that increases blood cancer risk.

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