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Research
Please join UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in welcoming Jing Li, PhD, effective October 1, 2023. Dr. Li is an assistant professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh and a member of the Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy…
Please join UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in welcoming Serah Choi, MD, PhD, effective September 1, 2023. Dr. Choi is an associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh and a member of the Genome Stability…
University of Pittsburgh researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center are working to better understand breast cancer to help with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the disease. For example, they are examining the effects of hormones such as estrogen on…
Saturday, September 30 1:22 – 1:42 p.m. Non Definitive Lung Options: Palliation and XRT Alone Location: Room 33 Uzoma Iheagwara, MD, PhD – UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Sunday, October 1 8 – 9 a.m. SS 02 – GYN 1: Integrating…
Published in Science Immunology, researchers led by Dario Vignali, PhD, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Immunology and member of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, identified a genetic mechanism to enhance an immune system’s antitumor activity. By finding a…
Abby Overacre-Delgoffe, PhD, assistant professor in the Pitt School of Medicine’s Department of Immunology and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, has received a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) New Innovator Award for her project, “Microbiota initiation of lymphangiogenesis.” Totaling…
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center would like to welcome Melanie Potiaumpai, PhD, MPH, effective August 1, 2023. Dr. Potiaumpai is joining as assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh and a member of…
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center would like to welcome Anthony (Tony) R. Cillo, PhD, effective August 1, 2023. Dr. Cillo is an assistant professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh and a member of the Tumor Microenvironment…
Saiful Huq, PhD, FAAPM, FInstP, Director of the Medical Physics Division at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, received the William D. Coolidge Gold Medal Award from the American…
Benjamin A. Nacev, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, has been named a Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. With his mentor, Jeremy Rich, MD, Dr. Nacev will receive $600,000…
