John Prensner, MD, PhD, receives a Clinical Investigator Award from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Dr. John Prensner, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Biological Chemistry, has received a Clinical Investigator Award from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation for his proposal "Therapeutic opportunities and mechanistic insights of protein-RNA dyssynchrony in medulloblastoma." The award supports outstanding early-career physician-scientists whose disease-oriented research has the potential to directly impact patients. Congratulations to John for this achievement!
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Emerging into the Future
The Rogel Cancer Center’s Emerging Leaders Council, launched in 2021, supports early-career faculty. Made up of 15 members, the council gives faculty a voice in sharing their needs with Rogel leadership while helping them learn how the cancer center operates, connect with senior leaders, and develop leadership skills.
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Ljungman receives $500K from the Little Warrior Foundation for Ewing sarcoma gene-editing therapy
Mats Ljungman, Ph.D., professor of radiation oncology and environmental health sciences at the University of Michigan, received a $528,728 award from the Little Warrior Foundation to further research using a gene editing system to target a gene fusion involved in Ewing sarcoma.
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Improving care for patients with brain injuries
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