UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Scientists Receive Grant for Breast Cancer Research

By The ASCO Post Staff
December 10, 2018

Four breast cancer researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center have received nearly $1 million from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to further breast cancer research from the most basic biology of a cancer cell to developing innovative new treatments and improving patients’ quality of life. BCRF These grants for 2018–2019 were awarded to 300 scientists at academic and medical institutions across 14 countries and six 6 continents.

Grant Recipients

• Wendie Berg, MD, PhD, FACR, Professor of Radiology, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and University of Pittsburgh
• Leisha Emens, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine in Hematology/Oncology and Co-Leader of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Immunology and Immunotherapy Program
• Steffi Oesterreich, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology and Co-Director of the Women’s Cancer Research Center at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Magee-Women’s Research Institute (MWRI)
• Adrian Lee, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at the Women’s Cancer Research Center at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and MWRI, and Director of the UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Institute for Precision Medicine. ■

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