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Optimizing Cancer Therapies in Rare Melanoma Variants: From Kennel to Beside

Bently Doonan Helen Moore, Ph.D., an associate professor in the laboratory for systems medicine in the division of pulmonary, critical care & sleep, is leading a project that will optimize melanoma cancer therapies in dogs, eventually translating for human use through RNA sequencing and mathematic modelling. Moore is a mathematician…

NCI grant supports UF Health Cancer Center epigenetics research

Richard Bennett Richard Bennett, Ph.D., a research associate professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the UF College of Medicine, has received a prestigious five-year, $850,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to support research investigating epigenetic mechanisms of cancer. Bennett received the competitive R50 Research Specialist Award,…

Thomas George, M.D., named Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Thomas George, M.D. Thomas George, M.D., deputy director of the UF Health Cancer Center, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in recognition of his extraordinary volunteer service, engagement, dedication and commitment to ASCO. Recipients are recognized for efforts that benefit ASCO, the…

UF Hematology/Oncology Fellowship named UF GME Program of the Year

The University of Florida Hematology/Oncology Fellowship has been recognized as the UF Graduate Medical Education Program (GME) of the Year. It was selected from among 83 ACGME-accredited programs and nearly 50 non-ACGME-accredited programs offered at the University of Florida.   The Hematology/Oncology Fellowship team from left: Shelby Thompson, Carol Mathew, M.D.,…

Florida Cancer Innovation Fund awards to propel novel UF Health Cancer Center research

Six UF Health Cancer Center researchers have received funding from the Florida Cancer Innovation Fund for research projects that promote cancer innovation, research and lifesaving care for patients in Florida. The projects range from small-molecule drug discovery for novel cancer therapeutics to community outreach efforts for breast cancer screening. “These awards…