Jun 3, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The CCIL was featured on WCIA during National Cancer Research Month. CCIL Associate Director for Translational Research and Development Timothy Fan discussed new developments in cancer research and the critical role research plays in finding new ways to help patients....
Sep 6, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers Joonsu Han and Hua Wang Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang and his research group are passionate about developing novel – but simple – solutions to not only improve the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies, but...
Aug 29, 2023 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is reshaping its core leadership team. These changes reflect the institute’s continued evolution and build upon its history of research and education excellence. The new positions also underscore the CCIL’s strong...
Mar 8, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Optica recently announced that Brian T. Cunningham, CCIL Program Leader and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award. Established in 2012, the Feld Biophotonics Award...
Jul 5, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Sara Pedron Haba The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) named chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Sara Pedron Haba a 2021 AACR NextGen Star and a 2022 Minority and Minority-serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research, an award that...
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....
Sep 30, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Sylvia Crowder, PhD, Food Science and Human NutritionCancer Scholars for Translational and Applied Research (C★STAR ) 2017 Cohort Where are you working now? I am a T-32 Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior at Moffitt Cancer Center in...
Sep 23, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – The Cancer Center at Illinois is excited to announce the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduate students selected for the 2021 Tissue Microenvironment (TiME) Training Program. Four Illinois students were selected for the TiME Program, focused...
Sep 15, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Sisi He, PhD Candidate, Molecular and Integrative PhysiologyTiMe 2016 CohortC*STAR 2017 Cohort Where are you working now? Currently I’m working as a scientist at NGM Biopharmaceuticals located at California Bay area. What are you currently researching? I am...
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...
Aug 5, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Renowned engineering scholar and innovator Stephen Boppart has been appointed as a Grainger Distinguished Chair of Engineering. “Steve’s accomplishments in all areas of his professional life have been exceptional and we are truly fortunate to have him as a...
Mar 26, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Sisi He, PhD Candidate in Molecular and Integrative Physiology, will be defending her thesis, “The Impact of Cholesterol and Its Metabolites on the Ovarian Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Progression” April 6, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. Sisi is a student in...