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World-renowned researcher to continue innovative work in cancer therapy at IU

Pravin Kaumaya, PhD, a world-renowned innovator of vaccines for cancer treatment has joined the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and the IU School of Medicine.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Feb 08, 2024

Cancer researcher Craig B. Thompson named 2024 Watanabe Prize winner

Pioneering cancer researcher Craig B. Thompson, MD, has been named the 2024 winner of the August M. Watanabe Prize in Translational Research.

IU School of Medicine  |  Feb 07, 2024

Lung cancer screenings to expand for Indiana veterans thanks to $1 million grant

Two researchers with the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center have been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant to expand lung cancer screenings to veterans across Indiana.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Dec 13, 2023

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center expands summer research programs for students and teachers with new grants totaling $3 million

More students than ever will be able to participate in meaningful cancer-focused research experiences through summer programs at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, thanks to two new five-year grants from the National Cancer Institute.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Dec 08, 2023

IU leukemia expert awarded $1 million grant from Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

An Indiana University leukemia physician-scientist has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to evaluate a new treatment for an extremely rare and incurable blood cancer.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Nov 09, 2023

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers receive $2.4 million NCI grant to develop new pancreatic cancer treatments

Two researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a five-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to explore new therapies that target the critical pathways pancreatic tumors use to survive.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Nov 06, 2023

$4.5 million gift from Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation funds mobile lung cancer screening program at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and IU Health

A mobile lung cancer screening program will soon take life-saving screenings to eligible high-risk Hoosiers statewide, thanks to a generous $4.5 million gift from the Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation that will include matching dollars from Indiana University Health, bringing its impact to $8.5 million.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Nov 03, 2023

IU cancer center researchers identify biology behind aggressive breast cancers in Black women

Researchers at Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center are unlocking the biology behind aggressive breast cancers in Black women.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Oct 25, 2023

$1.5 million gift to support prostate cancer research and cardiology research and education

In a gesture that continues their family’s long history of extraordinary generosity to Indiana University, Carmel residents W. Gerald and Diane Throgmartin made gifts earlier this month totaling $1.5 million to support lung and prostate cancer research and cardiology research and education at Indiana University School of Medicine.

IU School of Medicine  |  Oct 16, 2023