Topics: Cancer Institute

Photo shows a zebrafish that was imaged using a technique called histomography. Colors indicated a specific assigned intensity and position within the scan.

$3.8M NIH grant funds 3D tissue and organism visualization project

Aug 6, 2024

Keith Cheng, distinguished professor of pathology, pharmacology and biochemistry and molecular biology, has been awarded a four-year, $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further develop novel methods for 3D imaging tissue.

Eight people shovel ceremonial dirt while wearing hard hats.

Penn State Health begins construction on comprehensive cancer center at Hampden Medical Center

Jun 26, 2024

Penn State Health today celebrated the expansion of its integrated network of comprehensive cancer services with a groundbreaking ceremony for Penn State Health Cancer Center at Hampden Medical Center.

Hohl appointed chair of Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium Directors Committee

May 13, 2024

Raymond J. Hohl, MD, PhD, was recently named chair of the Cancer Center Directors Committee for the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium (Big Ten CRC).

A combined image of two side-by-side images, one on the left showing a photo of Mayura Dhamdhere in a research lab and one on the right showing Mason Breitzig in a research lab.

Two College of Medicine graduate students receive prestigious Penn State awards

Apr 9, 2024

Two graduate students at Penn State College of Medicine have received the prestigious Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award.

Doris Shank stands in front of x-ray images of a breast.

Doris Shank: Without clinical trials ‘people like me would have no hope’

Jan 9, 2024

She is director of the Penn State Cancer Institute Clinical Trial Office. And she has benefited from that research.

A head and shoulders professional portrait of Dr. Stuthi Perimbeti against a background image of Penn State Cancer Institute.

Cancer Institute researcher receives grant award to increase diversity in clinical trials

Dec 1, 2023

Penn State Cancer Institute researcher Stuthi Perimbeti, MD, has received the Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award.

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A summer of opportunities: Penn State College of Medicine hosts first cohort of clinical research interns

Sep 27, 2023

Six Penn State students participated in a clinical research internship at Penn State College of Medicine during summer 2023.

A decorative image reads "Register today, Sixth Annual Cancer Research Day, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Students, trainees, faculty members invited to Penn State Cancer Institute Cancer Research Day on Oct. 7

Sep 15, 2023

Registration is open for Penn State Cancer Institute’s sixth annual Cancer Research Day on Oct. 7. Attendees can network with peers and learn about cancer research careers from established professionals.

Sol Rodríguez-Colón, center, seen here with women from the Latino Hispanic American Community Center in Harrisburg, helps communities of central Pennsylvania in the fight against cancer by arming them with education and resources to prevent and seek screening or treatment for the disease.

Alumna, Cancer Institute staff member advances health equity in central PA

Sep 13, 2023

Sol Rodríguez-Colón, a 2008 graduate of Penn State College of Medicine and project manager at Penn State Cancer Institute, helps Hispanic/Latino communities in the fight against cancer.

Six people stand behind a presentation check made out to Penn State Health Children's Hospital for $150,000.

College of Medicine researcher receives funding from Curing Kids Cancer to study new treatment approach for rare pediatric brain cancer

Aug 30, 2023

College of Medicine researcher Wei Li, PhD, received $150,000 from Curing Kids Cancer to support his pediatric cancer research.

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