Leema John, 2016 SPUUR intern, presented her summer research findings at the 2016 NIDDK Urology Director’s Meeting in Pacific Grove, California, December 7-9, 2016.
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UMASS BOSTON AND DANA-FARBER/HARVARD CANCER CENTER U54 PARTNERSHIP RECEIVES $8.5M
The University of Massachusetts Boston and the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) have been granted $8.5 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health to support their U54 Comprehensive Partnership for Cancer Disparities …
JEONG RECEIVES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GRANT TO STUDY PROSTATE DISEASE DEVELOPMENT
Clara Jeong, PhD, received a Prostate Cancer Research Program Postdoctoral Training Award from the Department of Defense to support her investigation into the effects of environmental toxicants on prostate disease development. The two-year award begins …
VEZINA PRESENTS LECTURE AND TALK AT COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY COURSE
Chad Vezina, PhD, gave a lecture and talk on prostate development and benign prostate disease at the” Cold Spring Harbor Lab Course, “Mouse Development, Stem Cells and Cancer,” held in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, …
VEZINA RECEIVES ZOETIS ANIMAL HEALTH AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
Chad Vezina, PhD, associate professor of comparative biosciences in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the 2016 Zoetis Animal Health Award for Research Excellence. The UW School of Veterinary Medicine established …
BUSHMAN RECEIVES VA GRANT TO STUDY LINK BETWEEN PROSTATE INFLAMMATION AND BPH/LUTS
Wade Bushman, MD, PhD, the Robert F. and Dolores K. Schnoes Chair in Urologic Research, was recently awarded a 4-year Merit Award from the Veteran’s Administration to study the role of prostate inflammation in Benign …
RICKE NAMED UWMF PROFESSOR OF UROLOGIC RESEARCH
William A. Ricke, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Urology, has been named the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Professor of Urologic Research. Dr. Ricke is the director of the O’Brien Center for Benign …
FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GEORGE M. O’BRIEN UROLOGY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM
The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is pleased to announce the release of a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeking applications for the George M. O’Brien Urology Cooperative Research Centers …
FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN BENIGN UROLOGY (P20)
The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is pleased to announce a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to seek applications for the Developmental Centers for Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology Program …
PAUL MARKER PRESENTS PROSTATE CANCER TALK AT UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON
Paul Marker, PhD, professor and associate dean for research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, presented “Identifying molecular mechanisms of prostate cancer using transposon-mediated mutagenesis and mouse models” at the University of Massachusetts …