Sep 25, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Left to Right: Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Educational Engagement Postdoctoral Scholar and Cancer Voices Project Leader Craig Richard, and Cancer Voices Project Leader Azlan Guttenberg Smith Cancer not only affects the lives of survivors, but also those around...
Nov 6, 2024 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Read time: 3 minutesKeywords: cancer survivor, cancer researcher, bioengineering Catherine Applegate is a postdoctoral researcher at the Beckman Institute and a graduate of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Tissue Microenvironment (TiME) Training Program. She...
Aug 14, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois researchers Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and Erik Nelson tried their hand at dragon boating this summer, with a visit to the Prairie Dragon Paddlers at Homer Lake. Prairie Dragon Paddlers is a non-profit organization designed to support breast cancer...
Jun 14, 2024 | Cancer Center News
June is National Cancer Survivors Month, a time to celebrate survivors and recognize their unique hardships during and after battling the disease. The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) appreciates a survivor’s journey and the value these perspectives give researchers....
Jun 13, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The CCIL’s Cancer Research Advocacy Group (CRAG) was featured on WCIA during National Cancer Survivors Month. CRAG formed in 2015 to bring a patient perspective to investigators and inform patient-centric solutions. CRAG includes more than a dozen survivors,...
Mar 21, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The age of AI is here. How can we develop the AI tools of tomorrow to positively benefit patient and survivor outcomes for all who battle cancer? This is the question fueling the work of several researchers at the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL). Within the complex...
Jun 28, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Members of the Cancer Research Advocacy Group (CRAG) at the Survivor Summit Audience members participate in roundtable discussions Dr. Neil Iyengar, CCIL member Erik Nelson, Dr. Noel Arring Dozens of cancer survivors, caregivers, advocates, and researchers connected...
Dec 1, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Image of Elizabeth Salerno. Urbana, Ill. – Elizabeth Salerno, a former Cancer Scholars for Translational and Applied Research (C★STAR) student, is continuing her cancer research as an assistant professor of surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine, St....
Apr 28, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise provides multiple benefits for cardiac and pulmonary health, but this type of movement may not be an option for some patient populations. Cancer Center at Illinois scientist Neha Gothe is exploring the benefits of...
Sep 28, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Erik Nelson, Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member and Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Illinois graduate student, Liqian Ma, recently discovered that a cholesterol metabolite hijacks immune cells to derail the body’s natural defense...
Jun 7, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Twenty years ago, Christel Seyfert was diagnosed with breast cancer. Today, she advocates for cancer patients as a member of Prairie Dragon Paddlers – a boat racing team dedicated to providing outreach and educational initiatives in support of breast cancer...