Four WashU Medicine researchers at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, have received Siteman Catalyst Awards to pursue innovative ideas that could change how cancers are detected and treated.
Each awardee will receive $100,000 for an early-stage project that is too new for traditional funding but has strong potential to benefit patients. Together, these efforts aim to move promising science from the lab toward real advances in cancer care.
- Adam Bauer, PhD, an associate professor of radiology and of biomedical engineering, aims to better protect cognition in people who need whole-brain radiation.
- Alireza Ghanbarpour, PhD, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, is researching ways to exploit a newly discovered weak point in leukemia cells’ energy machinery.
- Priyanka Verma, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine, is seeking to improve how doctors interpret BRCA1 gene changes that affect breast cancer risk.
- Max Wattenberg, MD, an assistant professor of medicine, is studying new ways to treat pancreatic cancer that has spread to the lining of the abdomen.
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