MD/PhD student named 2015 Science and SciLifeLab grand prize winner

Allison Cleary, an MD/PhD student at Penn State College of Medicine, was named the 2015 Science & SciLifeLab Prize grand prize winner.

Her winning essay, “Teamwork: The Tumor Cell Edition,” appeared in the Dec. 4, 2015, edition of Science and describes her work while in Dr. Edward Gunther’s lab.

Cleary looked at the role of breast cancer cell subpopulations in tumor development and progression. This research was an April 3, 2014 cover story in the journal Nature, one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world.

Read more about Cleary’s MD/PhD research at Penn State College of Medicine on Penn State News and on the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) website, and see video of her discussing her award above.

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