Jul 19, 2024 | Cancer Center News
“To cure, prevent, and manage every human disease by the end of the century”—this is the bold vision of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Launched in 2015 by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, CZI aims to build a “better future for everyone” by addressing some of...
Sep 28, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois researchers Hua Wang, left, and Shuming Nie, pictured at Beckman Institute, will take their collaboration in cancer research to the next level with their 2.26 M NCI grant. (Photo by Heather Coit) Urbana, Ill. – Hua Wang (Ph.D.’16, MatSE), a...
May 25, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Cannabis has long been used to alleviate pain, reduce anxiety, and treat inflammation, with the earliest records dating back to 2737 B.C. in China. Today, many cancer patients use cannabis to treat pain and chemotherapy-related symptoms such as nausea,...
Dec 20, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Image of Hua Wang. Urbana, Ill. – Funded by the Faculty Early Career Development Program, CCIL researcher and assistant professor of materials science and engineering, Hua Wang, was recognized as a promising academic. Wang will receive a five-year, $700,000 award...
Nov 3, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Image of Elisabeth Martin. Urbana, Ill. – High school students are often unsure of their career path and unable to obtain early hands-on experience in the fields they are interested in. This can be especially true for students with an early interest in oncology. The...
Jun 3, 2021 | Cancer Center News
The Endocrine Society has named Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, Ph.D., of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Ill., as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES). Ashley Grossman M.D., F.R.C.P., of Barts and the London School of Medicine...
Feb 27, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Paul J. Hergenrother, the Kenneth L. Rinehart Endowed Chair in Natural Products Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry, has been appointed the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Deputy Director effective March 1, 2020. Paul currently co-leads the CCIL research...
Nov 13, 2019 | Cancer Center News
Animal Sciences Department Head Rod Johnson, Keith W. and Sara M. Kelley Endowed Professor of Immunophysiology H. Rex Gaskins, Dean of the College of ACES Kim Kidwell, and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs William Bernhard. H. Rex Gaskins, CCIL’s Associate...
Oct 25, 2019 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Monika Kizerwetter Cancer Scholars Program How did you get involved in the Cancer Scholars Program? I was invited to apply to the Cancer Scholars Program before my freshman year. I submitted the application and was accepted. Through the program, we listen to faculty...
